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50Q Shikha Uberoi Tennis Player ...

50Q
Shikha Uberoi
Tennis Player

What are you currently reading?
8226; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The sportspersons you8217;d pay to watch?
8226; Roger Federer, Michael Jordan and Diego Maradona.

If not a tennis player you8217;d have been8230;
8226; I8217;d have been Secretary-General of the United Nations

Your pet superstition?
8226; I like to keep the bottles of water and other drinks in a line alongside the chair during matches. They are in a set order and after taking a sip, I ensure they are in the same order.

Your most embarrassing moment?
8226; The off-court incident is too embarrassing to tell, but on court, it has to be the one during a doubles match with sister Neha, where we served out an entire game without realising that we were on the wrong side of the court

Number Game

O The NUMBER of one-to-one meetings UK8217;s sports minister Richard Caborn has had with Tony Blair. Sports buffs in England complain about the raw deal sport gets in budget allocation the arts have three times as much,
museums and galleries four times8217;8217;

Pick Of the Week

Chelsea vs Liverpool Champions League
Live on Star Sports,
Wednesday 11-30 p.m.
Chelsea travel to Anfield for the first leg, second round of this Champions League fixture, hoping to get even for their semifinal-exit last season, and look in good form to do so. Liverpool are always a different side at Anfield; form et al notwithstanding

The Write Stuff
Cinderella Man: James Braddock
AND THE
Greatest Upset in Boxing History: Jeremy Schaap

The only available biography of a boxing legend. James J. Braddock8217;s nickname, the Cinderella Man, was an understatement. His rise from hard-luck, bottom-rung local slugger to heavyweight champion of the world is still regarded as one of the greatest true-life triumphs in the history of sport. Published to coincide with the release of Ron Howard8217;s film of the same name

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Sport Speak

I have spoken to him many times 8212; he should work for the Newcastle tourist board when he retires! Michael Owen on
Alan Shearer8217;s Persuasive powers to entice him to Newcastle. Shearer8217;s reply: I did try and reverse the charges a couple of times but he refused!