Meet sport’s billionaires, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Floyd Mayweather, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan

THERE’S a very exclusive sporting club into which even someone as famous as Lionel Messi has only recently gained entry – alongside rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
You need the profile of a global superstar, a mountain of trophies and enough appeal to have sponsors trampling over themselves to get to you.
Lionel Messi joined the billionaire boy’s club in 2020
Oh, and a billion in the bank.
Portuguese icon Ronaldo became football’s first billionaire after making £85million