Roger Federer highest-paid global athlete
Roger Federer topped the 2020 Forbes magazine list of highestpaid global athletes announced on May 29, leading the lineup for the
rst time with pretax earnings of $106.3 million (€95.5 million). The Swiss tennis legend, a men’s record 20time
Grand Slam singles champion, becomes the rst player from his sport atop the annual list since its 1990 debut, rising from fth in 2019. Federer’s haul over the past 12 months included $100 million from appearances fees and endorsement deals plus $6.3 million in prize money. His previous best showing was second in 2013. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic that shut down sports worldwide caused the rst decline since 2016 in the total income of the world’s 100 toppaid athletes, a 9 percent dip from last year to $3.6 billion. Another plunge is expected next year from the shutdown. Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo was second on the list at $105 million, $60 million in salary and $45 million from endorsements, with Argentine football hero Lionel Messi third on $104 million, $32 million of that from sponsorship deals. Messi and Ronaldo, who have traded the top spot three of the past four years, saw their combined incomes dip $2■ million from last year due to salary cuts when European clubs halted play in March.
Formula One’s truncated coronavirushit season will nally get underway with the
Austrian Grand Prix on July 5, with the Red Bull
Ring hosting a second race the weekend after.
“The two Formula One races on July 5 and 12 at
Spielberg will be staged without spectators,” said Austrian health minister Rudolf Anschober. Austria's Red Bull Ring and Britain's
Silverstone circuit will each host two grands prix without spectators on an initial eight race
Formula One calendar published on June 2.
Austria's races start the season on July 5 and 12 and will be called the Austrian Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Steiermark (Styria), the region in which the circuit at Spielberg is located. Silverstone will host the British Grand Prix on August 2 and the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix on August 9. The Hungarian Grand Prix will be on July 19 with races in Spain, Belgium and Italy on August 16 and 30 and September 6, respectively. The Formula One season was unable to start in Australia in March as planned due to the COVID19 pandemic.