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Pic Of The Week Brazil vs GreeceFIFA Confederations Cup The world champions against the European champions. Two very different sty...

Pic Of The Week

Brazil vs GreeceFIFA Confederations Cup
The world champions against the European champions. Two very different styles.
Live on ESPN Thursday, June 16 02:30 am

50Q
PANKAJ ADVANI
Snooker Playerd

What book are you reading?
8226; Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins. He8217;s also worked with Serena and Venus Williams8230; the book is quite a motivator.
A sportsperson you8217;d pay to watch?
8226; Roger Federer. Any day. For his smoothness, flair, and finesse. I8217;d kill for it.
Your most embarrassing moment?
8226; If a person misses an easy shot, the usual reactions of the crowd are oohs and aahs. But, in the World Cup snooker finals in China, they started laughing when I missed an easy one. I didn8217;t know what to do, just smiled and sat back. Was very embarrassing
Your pet superstition?
8226; I used to wear the same night suit during entire tournaments. I8217;ve got out of the habit now!
If you weren8217;t a snooker player you8217;d like to be 8230;
8226; I wanted to be a pilot when I was a kid. But the number of logarithms I would have had to know for that is scar

Number Game
2.3 Billion

dollars, what English Premiership clubs earned in 2003-04. Far and away the world8217;s richest football league, 800m more than the Italian Serie A

Memory Jog
Ajit Pal Singh
Hockey

Ajit Pal Singh has had the honour and ignominy of being responsible for Indian hockey8217;s greatest achievement, and the biggest debacle of those times. He was the captain of the 1975 World Cup-winning team, and also led at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, when India failed to finish on the podium for the first time ever, crashing to seventh spot.
Hailing from Sansarpur, the cradle of Indian hockey, Ajit Pal started playing hockey as a matter of routine. Playing his first international in 1960, Ajit Pal made his Olympic debut at the Mexico Olympic Games in 1968. As one of the best centre-halves who ever played for India, Ajit Pal figured in the world hockey teams consecutively for three years 8212; 1971, 72, and 73. Playing alongside such greats as BP Govinda, Ashok Kumar and Aslam Sher Khan, he had a keen sense of distribution and a clear idea about the role of a midfielder.
Playing his last international tournament at the 1980 Champions Trophy, Ajit Pal has since then withdrawn completely from hockey, though he does make it a point to watch most of the matches that are played in the capital. He owns the Centre-Half filling station in Delhi. He is currently represented in the sports field by his son Gurmehal, a rising tennis player

Sport Speak

The fact that we have been participating in the Champions Trophy means we are among the best
KPS Gill after India came fifth in the Azlan Shah tournament. Either it8217;s the quote of the week or he8217;s got a sense of humour