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Number Game 4Number of times Yelena Isinbayeva has broken the pole vault world record this year — and all in July! She’s br...

August 7, 2005 12:00 AM IST

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Number Game

4Number of times Yelena Isinbayeva has broken the pole vault world record this year — and all in July! She’s broken it 17 times in her career; Sergey Bubka had done it 35 times

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Kumar Sangakkara
Cricketer

• What are you currently reading?
I am reading the Indian Penal Code (IPC) these days. Since I am a policeman, I figured that knowing the law would help

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•Your most embarrassing moment?
I don’t remember any embarrassing moment on or off the field. It’s good to forget them, isn’t it?

•A sportsperson you would pay to watch?
I would love to watch the English football captain and Real Madrid star David Beckham. He is just amazing

•Your pet superstition?
I am not superstitious at all. I like to tackle odd situations with my stickwork.

•If you weren’t a hockey player, you’d be…
My father is a hockey Olympian so I can’t imagine myself without being a hockey stick. Besides, I can’t think of being more than a player and a cop at the same time.

Pick Of the Week

Everton Vs Manchester United
Saturday, August 13
Live on ESPN, 5:10 p.m.
The world’s most popular sport is back for another season, in the land of its birth. And a good way to start is at Goodison, where the hosts boast ex-United player Phil Neville. And the Red Devils a certain Mr Wayne Rooney

The Write Stuff
This week’s suggested reading:
Jack Nicklaus My Story,

The Perfect Mile :
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It

By Neal Bascomb
As the World Athletics Championships gets into full stride, a look at the greatest track achievement ever: Breaking the four-minute mile. Sir Roger Bannister, Wes Sandee and John Landy all pursued the sub-4 minute mark in completing a mile, both sides of the World War II. The book takes the readers on a ride from the time the dream was conceived through to Bannister’s famous run on May 6, 1954.

Sport Speak

Lee tried to kill me and that wasn’t nice
Kevin Pietersen
reacts to the Brett Lee full toss that hung precariously between being a beamer and a gimme

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