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Number Game 175,000Greg Chappell8217;s yearly remuneration as Indian coach in US dollars. Don8217;t mean to rub it in but that8217;s ab...

Number Game 175,000
Greg Chappell8217;s yearly remuneration as Indian coach in US dollars. Don8217;t mean to rub it in but that8217;s about half what Jose Mourinho earns in a week

5Qs
Mahesh Bhupathi
What book are you reading?
Just finished reading Deception Point, by Dan Brown
A sportsperson you8217;d pay to watch?
Michael Jordan. That8217;s because I like the way he is
Your most embarrassing moment?
Playing a mixed doubles match at Wimbledon in 1997 with torn shorts, which was pointed out by a woman umpire. Laughs Quite bad I must say
Your pet superstition?
I don8217;t have any
If you weren8217;t a tennis player you8217;d be a8230;
I have been playing the game since three. Nothing else occurred to me, I8217;ve always liked what I do

Memory Jog
KAUR SINGH
He was like any youth one meets in a Punjab village. Tall, rough-hewn, well-built, his traits best suited a job with the army. And Kaur Singh, with just primary education, did just that in 1971. Taking to boxing soon after, he became an instant hit with his sparring partners in the army and outside. He then established himself as India8217;s first 8212; and till date only 8212; heavyweight boxing star. Between 1979 and 1982 Kaur reigned supreme, the king of rings. However, his best moments came in 1982. He8217;d already won a gold at the King8217;s Cup in Bangkok but no one gave him a ghost of a chance in the Asian Games that followed in New Delhi. But Kaur Singh proved all his critics wrong. Reeling off combination punches, he won a unanimous verdict from the judges for an Asiad gold 8212; the best ever until Dingko Singh did it in Bangkok in 1998.

Sports speak
Boonie8217;s record is pretty safe- Michael Clarke, speaking of David
Boon8217;s beer-drinking record for an Australian player on a flight to England. The record would be safe, Clarke feels, because Australia needs athletes on the Ashes tour this summer