athletes

Portuguese soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the most marketable athlete on the planet for 2022, with the Manchester United player coming out on top in SportsPro’s latest global rankings.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, 37, secured a commanding Marketability Score of 91.21 out of a possible 100, putting him some distance ahead of now-retired tennis star Serena Williams...

Elite runners need a specific combination of physiological abilities to have any chance of running a sub-two-hour marathon, new research shows .

The study is based on detailed testing of athletes who took part in Nike's Breaking2 project – an ambitious bid to break the two-hour barrier.

Professor Andrew Jones , of the University of Exeter, said the findings reveal that elite...