Sport Folio

What are you currently reading?
8226; Albert Speer: Hitler8217;s Architect by Fred Ramen

Your most embarrassing moment?
8226; Nothing that I can recollect

A sportsperson you8217;d pay to watch?
8226; Roger Federer

Your pet superstition?
8226; I don8217;t like the number 13

If you weren8217;t a billiards player, then?
8226; I would definitely have been a tennis player his son played Davis Cup for India

The last of the phoney battles before the Ashes begin
Natwest Challenge, Match 3
Australia Vs England
Tuesday, July 12
Live on ESPN from 3 pm onwards

Born in Kolhapur, Shailaja Salokhe grew into India8217;s best table tennis player of her time, and had an intriguing rivalry with Indu Puri in the 70s. Shailaja won the national women8217;s title three times 8212; in 1974, 1976, and 1979, twice beating Puri in the finals. Making her debut at the Afro-Asian meet in China in 1971, the highlight of her international career was probably as a member of the Indian Railways team that won the World Railways Championship in Czechoslovakia in 1978.
Salokhe 8212; who was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1976 8212; worked with Railways for three years, following which she coached the Indian junior team in 1993. She has had stints as a selector at Sports Authority of India SAI, and was chairman of selection committee of Maharashtra Table-Tennis Association MTTA. Now, she works for the government-owned National Chemicals and Fertilisers Company