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Manchester City is the best paid team in global sport, according to Sporting Intelligence's Global Sports Salaries Survey for 2014. AFP PHOTO / LINDSEY PARNABY
City's funds have been aided by the arrival of billionaire Sheikh Mansour in 2008, while bumper television deals have also played their part. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES
Although Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints made the top five of Forbes' "World's Highest Paid Athletes" list last year, the majority of NFL players are not paid quite so handsomely. Jeff Gross/Getty Images
The New York Yankees was ranked second in the survey. The MLB team held the coveted top spot in 2010, but lost it to Barcelona in 2011, before City took over in 2013. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images
