Tennis star Naomi Osaka among athletes on 'Time 100' list

US Open champion Naomi Osaka, American soccer player Megan Rapinoe and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes were among the athletes named on the 2020 "Time 100" list of the most influential people in the world.

The annual list, which is not ranked, honours individuals who have had the most significant impact on the global landscape that year and includes heads of state, business leaders, activists and entertainers, among others. There is no winner named.

The athletes on the US magazine's list have enjoyed sporting success as well as promoting other causes.

Rapinoe has fought for gender pay equity in soccer while Osaka has supported the Black Lives Matter movement.

Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of a different Black American before each match at the U.S. Open, where she clinched the title, in support of the fight against racial injustice in the United States.

Four-times Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) champion and twice Olympic gold medalist Maya Moore, who skipped two seasons of her sport to fight for criminal justice reform in the United States, was also named on the list and penned Osaka's tribute.

Rapinoe has fought for gender pay equity in soccer while Osaka has supported the Black Lives Matter movement.

Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of a different Black American before each match at the U.S. Open, where she clinched the title, in support of the fight against racial injustice in the United States.

Four-times Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) champion and twice Olympic gold medalist Maya Moore, who skipped two seasons of her sport to fight for criminal justice reform in the United States, was also named on the list and penned Osaka's tribute.