Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Шарапова [mɐˈrʲijə ˈjurʲjɪvnə ʂɐˈrapəvə] ( listen), US: /ʃɑrəˈpoʊvə/, UK: /ʃærəˈpoʊvə/; born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player and former world no. 1. A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 26 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She has also won the year-end WTA Tour Championships in 2004. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked Sharapova world no. 1 in singles on four separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on August 22, 2005, and last regained the ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008. As of May 28, 2012, Sharapova is ranked world no. 2. She has been in six Grand Slam finals with the final record 3–3.

Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 at age 17, when she defeated two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final for her first Grand Slam singles title. She entered the top 10 of the WTA Rankings with the win. Despite not winning a major in 2005, Sharapova briefly held the no. 1 ranking, and reached three Grand Slam semifinals, losing to the eventual champion each time. She won her second major at the 2006 US Open defeating then-world no. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals and world no. 2 Justine Henin in the final.

The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. ( /ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, and is one of only seven athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Bolt won a 200 m gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, making him the competition's youngest-ever gold medalist at the time (since surpassed by Jacko Gill). In 2004, at the CARIFTA Games, he became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 m in less than 20 seconds with a time of 19.93 s, breaking the previous world junior record held by Roy Martin by two-tenths of a second. He turned professional in 2004, and although he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he missed most of the next two seasons due to injuries. In 2007, he broke Don Quarrie's 200 m Jamaican record with a run of 19.75 s.

Diego Alfredo "Tota" Lugano Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo luˈɣano]; born November 2, 1980 in Canelones) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Uruguay national football team as a central defender. Lugano has previously played for Plaza Colonia, Nacional, São Paulo and Fenerbahçe. He is also captain of the Uruguayan national football team, and was selected the best captain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

He starts his career in Club Atlético Tres Esquinas Canelones (child football) and the pass to the Club Atlético Libertad (Canelones, Uruguay). In December 1998, he plays on first squad of Libertad to be champion with 18 years old. From Libertad, in 1999, he transfers to the Club Nacional de Football (Montevideo, Uruguay). He plays some friendlies in Europe with Nacional first team. A few years later, Lugano pass to Club Plaza de Deportes (Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay).

After Oswaldo de Oliveira left the club in late 2003, Lugano started playing matches more frequently. In 2005, while playing for São Paulo as a centre-back, he led the team to titles in the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores, and the FIFA Club World Championship in Japan. That same year, Lugano was recognized as South America's best defender. His leadership skills and his willingness to fight for ball possession have raised his profile amongst São Paulo's supporters, where he is still highly regarded. Lugano has also mentioned that he still maintains a good relationship with the club.

Inés Sainz Gallo de Pérez (March 18 1978) is a Mexican journalist for CNN en Español also for Azteca Deportes, hosting the Spanish-language sports interview program DxTips (or, Deportips). Sainz and her husband, who reside in Mexico, own the production company that created the show. Sainz works in the English language as a boxing match hostess.

Sainz grew up in a family of three siblings in Mexico City, Mexico, all of them brothers, one her twin. Although Sainz was an athletic tomboy active in a number of sports (she became a black belt in taekwondo at the age of 14, competing in national competitions) Sainz's mother, a homemaker, wanted her to be more feminine, and encouraged her to enter professional modeling, which she did, shooting commercials for such companies as Bacardi, Hoteles Misión, and Telcel.

Sainz graduated with a licenciatura en derecho ("bachelor in law") degree from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico in Querétaro and a masters in tax law from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Her father was likewise a lawyer. Additionally, Sainz obtained a graduate degree in sports business administration. Moving from modeling to television sports reporting, Sainz married Mexican television producer Héctor Pérez Rojano and they have three children, María Inés, Eduardo and Hector. Sainz remained an active participant herself in such sports as football, swimming, volleyball, basketball and tennis.