Briefly joining Chelsea (he won the FA Cup in 2000 for the team), Manchester City and Marseille in the twilight of his career, Weah retired from football while playing for Al Jazira in 2003. The three-time winner of CAF African Footballer of the Year was also named FIFA World Player of the Year and France Football’s European Footballer of the Year (both 1995). Weah began his political career in 2003, running unsuccessfully for the presidency two years later. However, he persisted in his years-long efforts to bring peace and stability to his war-torn homeland.
Imran Khan is best known in the world of sports for captaining Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Born on 5 October 1952 in an affluent family in Lahore, Khan made his international cricket debut in 1971 with a Test match against England. Khan was an all-rounder and lorded over the game during his spectacular sporting career, which ended with the World Cup victory in 1992. In just 88 Tests, he took 362 wickets at an average of 22.81 and scored 3807 runs, including six centuries, at an average of 37.69. In the limited-overs version of the game, Khan took 182 wickets in 175 matches at an average of 26.61 and scored 3709 runs.
