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MANNY PACQUIAO: Boxing icon poised to be elected to the Philippines Senate.
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ROMARIO: He was elected to the Chambers of Deputies – the lower house of the Brazilian National Congress.
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BEBETO: He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janiero in 2010.
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SACHIN TENDULKAR: He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
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IMRAN KHAN: He was elected parliamentarian of Mianwali in the National Assembly in 2002.
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GEORGE WEAH: The football icon was elected for the Liberian Senate in 2014.
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VITALI KLITSCHKO: Serves as Mayor of Kiev and head of the Kiev City State Administration.
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SEB COE: Was previously a member of the Conservative Party for Falmouth in Cornwall.
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CARLOS REUTEMANN: 12-time Grand Prix winner served as governor in his native Santa Fe in 1991.
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KEN DRYDEN: Served in the Canadian parliament from 2004-2011.
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HAKAN SUKUR: Elected as an Istanbul MP for the Justice and Development Party in 2011.
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MARAT SAFIN: He was elected to the Russian Parliament in 2011, representing Nizhny Novgorod.
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MOHAMMAD AZHARUDDIN: Former Indian captain became a Member of Parliament in 2009.
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ARJUNA RANATUNGA: World Cup winning captain became the minister for tourism and later ports and shipping.
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JESSE VENTURA: Wrestling legend served for four years as the Governor of Minnesota.