Indian actress Deepika Padukone latest and hot photo gallery.....

Indian actressDeepika Padukone was born in Mangalore, Karnataka in the year 1986. She is the most celebrated Indian model and an upcoming actress. Daughter of a former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone.

Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz. Pursuing her dreams, Deepika Padukone quickly became a model endorsing leading brands like Liril soap.

The pretty svelte model won numerous awards for her modeling style. Her sensuous photographs appearing on the 2006 Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar has virtually proved that she is indeed a supermodel in her own right.She was chosen as the 'Model of the Year' by Kingfisher at its Fashion Awards.

She was awarded the 'Female Model of the Year' award in commercial assignments category and 'Fresh Face of the Year' at Idea Zee Fashion F Awards.She entered film industry with a Kannada film, "Aishwarya" in 2006 starring opposite Kannada hero, Upendra. The following year she bagged three Bollywood films, "Om Shanti Om", "Pirate" and "Delhi 6".

Female Athletes in Nike Make Yourself Ads

Although almost six years since the last time Maria Sharapova ranked as world's no. 1 female tennis player, it's not enough reason for Nike to leave her. We have to admit that Maria Sharapova is not only seen for her achievements on tennis court, but she can be considered as a fashion model too.

Recently, Nike announced its new campaign, using Maria Sharapova as their brand ambassador again. The Russian tennis player showed off her rock hard abs and bulging biceps while she was being photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Nike Make Yourself campaign.

Don't forget to check Maria Sharapova's New Nike Outifit.



Sharapova is not the only female athletes participating in this new Nike ads. Nike also hired China tennis player Li Na, track-and-field stars Allyson Felix from U.S. and British Perri Shakes-Drayton, American soccer player Hope Solo, Algerian dancer Sofia Boutella, and surfer Laura Enever from Australia.

The ads will be published in the August and September issues of Seventeen, InStyle and Glamour magazines.


Nike Make Yourself campaign was launched to encourage women to improve their physical form and share their strategy of becoming ‘the best versions’ of themselves.

Maria Sharapova Hot New Tennis Outfit

Maria Sharapova's journey in her first 2011 grand slam, Australian Open, was ended prematurely. Seeded at 14th place, she only managed to went through fourth round, defeated straight set by the 30th seeded, Andrea Petkovic. Although unsatisfactory, Maria Sharapova was able to made a sweet revenge, not in term of achievement, but in fashion.

Maria Sharapova's tennis outfit for 2010 Australia Open was a disaster. Fans and critics said the dress looks like a curtain! But this year, Sharapova and Nike make a huge improvement. The grey and orange dress with racing back and adjustable straps is one of the outfits from her 2011 Nike collection and is unusually traditional for the tennis player who has a reputation for daring outfits.

The Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova signed an eight-year contract with Nike worth 43 million pounds last year, making her the world''s most lucratively endorsed sportswoman. Let's see if she can come back to her best performance with the new outfit. World's no.1 in 2005, she's currently on 13th in January 2011 WTA ranking.

Maria Sharapova 2010 Australia Open Outfit

Maria Sharapova is Engaged to Sasha Vujacic

Tennis star Maria Sharapova reported has been engaged to Los Angeles Lakers' shooting guard, Sasha Vujacic. This happy moment happened when the Slovenian basketball player proposed to Sharapova last week at his home, on their one-year anniversary.

The couple has been together since last year, when they were spotted together at a U2 concert in Los Angeles. "We are engaged and are both really happy" said Sasha. "It was probably old school. I had to do it like a gentlemen" he added.

The Russian tennis sensation, Maria Sharapova, also reported wearing a US$ 250,000 engagement ring and looks very happy.


Sasha Vujacic (26) and Maria Sharapova (23) have not set a wedding date as of yet. The pair look really good together and we hope the engagement leads to a wedding. Although, there are some jokes wandering around the media that Sharapova (1.88 m) chose Vujacic because she was having a hard time finding a descent guy taller than her, and that's where Vujacic (2.01 m) meets the requirement.

10 American Richest Athletes

Tiger Woods adultery scandal paid off! Many big sponsors like AT&T, Accenture LLP, and Gatorade left him. Unfortunately, this was not yet moved him from the top of the American richest athletes list. However, he has a significant dropped income since my last post about World's Richest Athletes.

Recently, Sports Illustrated released a list of the 50 top-earning American athletes by salary, winnings, endorsements and appearance fees. They called their compilation list as "2010 Fortunate 50". These are the top 10 of U.S. richest athletes:

1. Tiger Woods/golf ($20,508,163 salary/winnings; $70,000,000 endorsements, $90,508,163 total)


2. Phil Mickelson/golf ($9,660,757; $52,000,000; $61,660,757)
3. Floyd Mayweather Jr./boxing ($60,000,000; $250,000; $60,250,000)
4. LeBron James/NBA basketball ($15,779,912; $30,000,000; $45,779,912)
5. Alex Rodriguez/MLB baseball ($33,000,000; $4,000,000; $37,000,000)
6. Shaquille O'Neal/NBA basketball ($21,000,000; $15,000,000; $36,000,000)
7. Kobe Bryant/NBA basketball ($23,034,375; $10,000,000; $33,034,375)
8. Derek Jeter/MLB baseball ($21,000,000; $10,000,000; $31,000,000)
9. Peyton Menning/NFL football ($15,800,000; $15,000,000; $30,800,000)
10. Dwayne Wade/NBA basketball ($15,779,912; $12,000,000; $27,779,912)

For the complete list of the fortunate 50, visit Sports Illustrated website.

Besides American richest athletes, SI also compiled the list of 20 world's richest athletes, as follow:


1. Roger Federer (Switzerland/tennis) $61,768,110


2. Lionel Messi (Argentina/soccer) $44,000,000
3. David Beckham (England/soccer) $40,500,000
4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/soccer) $40,000,000
5. Manny Pacquiao (Philipphines/boxing) $38,000,000
6. Ichiro Suzuki (Japan/baseball) $37,000,000
7. Valentino Rossi (Italy/MotoGP racing) $35,000,000
8. Yao Ming (China/basketball) $34,378,325
9. Rafael Nadal (Spain/tennis) $27,466,515
10. Lewis Hamilton (England/F1 racing) $26,700,000

For the complete list of 20 world's reichest athletes, visit Sports Illustrated website.

From the list we can take a conclusion, although two golfers were at the top of the list, actually only those two that were in the list. In America, 15 fortunate athletes came from NFL, while 16 from NBA. From the world's list, football/soccer still dominated as world's no. 1 sport with 7 players on the top rank, although a tennis player, Roger Federer, was on the top place.

Apparently, the highest salary/winning prizes in sport still held by boxing, followed by soccer and racing. But famous figures from other sports can be on top list because their endorsements/marketing were high, because they are having a high-selling personality, both in good or bad terms.

One more thing, the only woman athlete in those list is Maria Sharapova (Russia/tennis) with annual income of $19,923,619, put her in 20th rank of world's richest.

Inside and Outside The Match: Tennis Players

When in the match, athletes can be look so strong, determined, focused, sometime even scary. But they seem to have a completely different personality outside the field. That's why I add a new category, athlete's galleries, in which we can see their appearance in daily life.

For the first post, I post galleries of tennis players, both men and women. As we know, tennis is a sport which produces tons of beautiful athletes, some of them even categorized as a model. Just check their pics below:

1. Maria Sharapova (Russia)



Former number one player for several times, and already won three grand slam titles. Currently 23-year-old this month, she still has a lot of chances of adding her titles.


2. Sania Mirza (India)



Mirza is one of the most famous Indian athletes in the world. She’s only won one event, but has played well in her career, achieving a ranking high of 27th (2007). Distracted by her personal life, her current rank is 90 (April 2010), but in her 24th age she still has a long way to go.


3. Rafael Nadal (Spain)



Series of injuries made Nadal's rank dropped from top to 3rd place. With 6 grand slam titles and Olympic gold medal, he now seeks an opportunity to rise again to face his rivals.


4. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)



Ana Ivanovic is the 2008 French Open winner, and one of the top players in the world. She’s also considered as the hottest current female player in tennis, after Anna Kournikova retired.


5. Andy Murray (Great Britain)



Britain's biggest hope to win a grand slam title after more than three decades, Murray still struggling to defeat his trauma after defeated in two grand slam's finals. With 22 year of age and current rank at no.4, it's just a matter of time.


6. Tatiana Golovin (France)



Born in Russia but have French citizenship, Golovin reached her personal career best ranking of 12th in 2008. She has two career titles and has made fairly deep runs into all four of the Grand Slam events at various times. She is dating Arsenal midfielder, Samir Nasri, at this moment.


7. Roger Federer (Switzerland)



Nuff said' about this one. Born to be legend, might be the best tennis player ever. Federer has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player. Considering his age (28-year-old) Fed Ex won't retired soon, pity for his rivals...


8. Elena Dementieva (Russia)



Another Russian babes of tennis (why're they so hot and talented in this sport??), Dementieva is 2008 gold medal winner in Beijing. She is currently the fourth ranked player in the world. She’s yet to win a Grand Slam, but has reached the finals of the US Open and French.