Sport Folio

What are you reading currently?
8226; 8216;Women of the Raj8217; by Margaret Macmillan. It describes the lives of British ladies during the Raj, but the most striking aspect is that the Indian ladies come across as very tough individuals
The one athlete you8217;d pay to watch?
8226; Michael Jordan, because he epitomises an athlete and legend who could come back from all setbacks in his life and still stay the best.
Your favourite superstition?
8226; At all big games, I sip Powerade or something during timeouts, as though I am playing myself. If I can imagine I8217;m there, I can make the tough calls well.
Your most embarrassing moment?
8226; As a young cop in New Zealand, I had to inform a lady that her daughter was killed in an accident and take her to identify the body. But we8217;d reached the wrong address, so when the lady realised it wasn8217;t her daughter and yelped in joy, I wish I had shrunk and disappeared at that moment8230;
If you weren8217;t a rugby coach you8217;d have been8230;
8226; A cricketer and tormented the Indians! Or, a tourist guide taking people around to the best ice-cream places in Auckland.

England vs Australia,
Fifth Ashes Test,
The Oval
Thursday, September 8
Live on Star Sports, 3 p.m.
It8217;s a close one between this and Sania8217;s fourth-round match. But we know who8217;s playing whom in the Ashes, and we know the time, and we all know what could happen if Australia lose8230;
The odds favour England but you write off
Oz at your peril

by Brad Gilbert, the poker-faced coach of America8217;s two showmen and once-No 18217;s Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, gives an insider8217;s account of the tour and the drama at the US Open