This is an archive article published on June 26, 2005
Sport Folio
Number Game 36,000Hours of live TV coverage, across 213 countries, of the just-concluded NBA season. The world record for any sing...
June 26, 2005 12:00 AM IST
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Number Game
36,000Hours of live TV coverage, across 213 countries, of the just-concluded NBA season. The world record for any single event is footballrsquo;s World Cup 2002:41,100 hours
50Q JYOTI RANDHAWA Golfer
What are you currently reading? 8226; lsquo;The Monk Who Sold His Ferrarirsquo; by Robin S Sharma Which athlete would you pay to watch? 8226; Michael Schumacher mdash; for the speed and control he has over a superb machine called Ferrari What is your favourite superstition? 8226; I have none because I am very superstitious about superstitons! I play my own way and take the results as they come Whatrsquo;s has been your most embarrassing moment? 8226; When I was playing in the Dunhill Cup at St Andrews. My tee-shot went into a bush and even as my caddie was searching for the ball, I went into the bush to take a leak. Suddenly, I heard everyone, including my father, clapping from a distance If you werenrsquo;t what you are, yoursquo;d be8230;? 8226; In the Army and probably turned a shooter like Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Pick Of the Week wimbledon Ladies Singles final
With all the top seeds doing well in the earlier rounds, this promises to be a humdinger no matter whorsquo;s in it Live on Star Sports, July 2, Saturday, 6-30 p.m.
Memory Jog Raghbir lal/ Hockey
Raghbir Lal was a member of Indiarsquo;s gold winning team in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, playing alongside the likes of Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh. One of Indiarsquo;s best left-outs, though he never scored an international goal, he made his debut at age 18, unusual for his times. Today, he does lsquo;nothingrsquo;, he says, save enjoy his retirement from the Railways. He does catch up with hockey on TV, but has no plans of coaching. Watching Indiarsquo;s hockey standards today makes him really sad. lsquo;lsquo;Todayrsquo;s hockey is no match for the teams of our times. Indiarsquo;s team of today would not be able to stand up to even a second-rung team from our days.rsquo;rsquo;
Sport Speak
You canrsquo;t go back and say shoulda, coulda, woulda Rashid Wallace, whose covering error was crucial in Pistons losing the game and going 2-3 down in the NBA finals against the Spurs on Tuesday