Arsenal's Goalkeeper Petr Cech Has Been inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records 🔥🔥

Premier League stars Petr Cech and Gareth Barry honoured in 2017 Guinness Book of World Records... but why do Leicester City make the cut?

• The Guinness Book of World Records have released their 2017 edition 
• Petr Cech makes the cut with the most Premier League clean sheets - 181 
• Gareth Barry has started the most Premier League matches - a huge 580
• Cristiano Ronaldo, Novak Djokovic and Jordan Spieth are also included

Premier League stalwarts Petr Cech and Gareth Barry are among the stars of the sporting world honoured in the new edition of the Guinness World Records book.

Arsenal goalkeeper Cech takes his place among the weird and wonderful records in the newest edition of the legendary publication thanks to his 181 Premier League clean sheets - the most of any goalkeeper. 

Barry, meanwhile, has started the most Premier League games of any player - an incredible 580 to date - during his time at Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton.

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Petr Cech poses with a copy of the 2017 book and his certificate for the most clean sheets

Gareth Barry has earned a world record for the most starts in Premier League history

Both players were presented with plaques by the Guinness team, posing for photos with their awards. 

There are plenty of other sports stars honoured in the new 2017 edition, which is available to buy now, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Novak Djokovic.

There is also a place for reigning Premier League champions Leicester City, who make the cut for having the largest rise in position in the Premier League, in consecutive seasons.  

They rose 13 places from 14th to 1st to win the title last season, against 5,000-1 odds with many of the British bookmakers. 

Ronaldo is the most followed athlete on Twitter, with an amazing 47.4million as of midnight on October 12.

Djokovic cleaned up on the tennis circuit last year, picking up a world record for the most prize money won in a season - a humongous £14,600,200 in 2015.   

                         USA soccer legend Carli Lloyd has picked up a massive three Guinness World Records

  

 

  UFC star Holly Holm is the first athlete to win both boxing and MMA world titles

OTHER SPORTING WINNERS IN THE 2017 EDITION

• Max Verstappen - Youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship race – 18 years and 228 days at the Spanish Grand Prix, in May 2016

• Jordan Spieth: Highest earnings in a PGA season - $12,030,465 (£7,851,960) in 2015

• Gareth Barry: Most Premier League starts in history - 580

• Petr Cech: Most Premier League clean sheets in history - 181 

• Novak Djokovic: Most prize money won in a tennis season - $21,646,145 (£14,600,200) in 2015

• Leicester City: Largest rise in position in the Premier League, in consecutive seasons – 13 places, 14th to 1st

• Adam Peaty: Fastest long course 100 m breaststroke – now 57.13 seconds set in Rio (was 57.92 sec when book was printed)

• Cristiano Ronaldo: Most followed athlete on Twitter – 47.4m (as of 12 October '16)

• Serena Williams: Longest span of grand slam titles (open era): 1999 to 2016

• Stuart Broad: Fastest five-wicket haul in a Test Match (balls bowled) – 19 balls v Australia, August 2015

• US women's soccer legend Carli Lloyd: Most goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final – 3 v Japan in July 2015. Fastest goal in a FIFA Women's World Cup final – 3 minutes. Oldest goal-scorer in a FIFA Women's World Cup final – 32 years and 354 days old

• Holly Holm: First athlete to win boxing and MMA world titles – WBA welterweight title in 2006, UFC bantamweight title in 2015