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SPORTS

PERSONALITIESOF INDIA


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The young Indianwomen tennis sensationSania Mirza, was born in

Mumbai on November15, 1986. Presently thehighest ranked Indian,Sania started playingTennis at the tender age

of six at the Nizam clubin Hyderabad.


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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

( born 24 April 1973) is anIndian cricketer widelyregarded as one of the

greatest batsmen in thehistory of cricket. He is the

leading run-scorer andcentury maker in Test and

one-day international

cricket.[He is the only maleplayer to score a doublecentury in the history of ODI

cricket

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar


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Milkha Singh (born 8 October1935) is an Indian athlete, whorepresented India in the 1960

Summer Olympics in Rome andthe 1964 Summer Olympics inTokyo. He is nicknamed TheFlying Sikh.He is considered as one of thegreatest athletes ever produced byand is also the father of theprofessional golferJeev MilkhaSingh.

Milkha Singh


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Leander Paes

y Leander Adrian Paes (born17 June 1973) is an Indianprofessional tennis player

who currently features in thedoubles events in theATPtour and the Davis Cuptournament. Having won 6Doubles and 6 MixedDoubles Tennis Grand Slamtitles and finishing runnersup in numerous other Grand

Slam finals, he is consideredto be one of the greatest andmost respected contemporarydoubles and mixed doublesplayers in the world.


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Zaheer KhanZaheer Khan born October 1978,Shrirampur town in Ahmednagardistrict, Maharashtra), is an Indian

cricketer who has been a member ofthe Indian cricket team since 2000.

A left arm Fast bowler considered asthe spearhead of the Indian bowling

attack,Zaheer is known for his ability to

swing theball both ways, and as a batsman

also holds the record for the highestTest score by a No. 11.


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Viswanathan Anand is an Indian

chess Grandmaster and the current

World Chess Champion. He is one ofthe greatest sports personalities of

India. In fact Vishwanathan Anand

has received the highest sports

award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Award, as well as the

second highest civilian award, the

Padma Bibhushan, from the

Government of India as recognition

of his immense contribution in sports

and making India taking pride in his

success.

Viswanathan Anand


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Top league Doubles Tennis star

Mahesh Srinivas Bhupathi, is one of

India's outstanding sporting heroes.He is known for his booming serves

and hard-hitting volleys. He was

born

on 7th June, 1974 in Madras,

Tamilnadu. Bhupathi waseducated in

Dubai, Muscat and in USA. His fatherMr. C.G. Krishna Bhupathi coached

him right from his formative

years,exclusively on hard courts in

the Middle East and his son has

proved that hard work pays.

Mahesh Srinivas Bhupathi


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First All Rounder in Cricket.WhenKapil was just 20, he set a new

record of scoring 1000 runs and

taking 100 wickets. He made this

record within a period of one year

and 109 days only. Kapil Dev

started playing in the first class

cricket in 1975, and the

opportunity for him to play in a

test match for the first time came

in 1978 during Indian team's tour

to Pakistan.

Kapil Dev-Cricketer


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Anju Bobby George,

made history when she

won the bronze medal inLong Jump at the World

Athletics Championships

2003 in Paris. With

this achievement, she

became the first Indian

athlete ever to win a medalin a World Athletics

Championship clearing

6.70 m.

Anju Bobby George- Athlete


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Dhyan Chand made great

contribution in enhancing

prestige of Indian Hockey inthe eyes of the world. He was

born on 29th August 1906, in

Allahabad(UP). He

joined army at the age of

sixteen. He started playing

hockey in army and was

included in the Indian Hockey

team for the 1928 Amesterdam

Olympics.

Dhyan Chand-Hockey Player


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Praveen kumar Sakat Singhy Praveen kumar Sakat Singh was

born on 2nd October, 1986 inMeerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.He is a fast-medium pacer, a

hard-hitting batsman and anexcellent ground fielder. Earlier,he played in the domestic cricketfor Uttar Pradesh. With thisperformance, he was selectedinto India A team. He was againshined with India A team bytaking 67 wickets in 39 matches.

With his impressive figures indomestic cricket and India Ateam, he was selected in the

Indias national team.


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Virat Kohliy Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was

born on 5th November, 1988 inBangalore, India as the son of P.

N. Kohli. He learned cricketlessons from West Delhi CricketAcademy. He is come to know inthe cricket world, when hegained 90 runs within hours ofhis fathers death to save Delhifrom certain follow-on in a Ranji

Trophy game against Karnataka.In addition, he was the captainof the victorious Indian team atthe 2008 Under-19 Cricket

World Cup held in Malaysia.


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The first Indian woman (and the fifth

Indian) to reach the final of an

Olympic event by winning her 400

m hurdles Semi-final. She was born

in Kerala in 1964. When she was

just 12, she joined a Sports school

at Cannanore where she received

guidance and training from O.P.Nambiar, the noted athlete

coach.Her full name is Pilavulakandi

Thekkeparambil Usha.

P.T. Usha


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Karthikeyan is a famous

Indian Sports Personality.

He is the first Formula

One driver from India. He

was born on Jan 14th

1977 in Coimbatore, Tamil

Nadu. Narain Karthikeyan

got his motivation in

motor sports from his

father because his father

was former IndianNational Rally Champion

Narain Karthikeyan


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Saina Nehwal (born March 17, 1990)is an Indian Khel Ratna badmintonplayer currently ranked number 6 inthe world byBadminton World

Federation. Saina is the first Indianwoman to reach the singlesquarterfinals at the Olympics and thefirst Indian to win theWorld JuniorBadminton Championships. SainaNehwal made history on June 21,

2009, becoming the first Indian to wina Super Series tournament, byclinching the Indonesia Openwith astunning victory over higher-rankedChineseWang Lin inJakarta.

Saina Nehwal


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Yuvraj Singh is one of thegreatest batsman in Indianteam. He was born on 12December 1981. His fathersname isYograj Singh who wasformer cricket player and actorin punjabi films. He is also

known asYuvi in Indian team.His favourite ground is DurbonKingsmead. In T20 matches hemade 70 runs against Australia.His favourite commentatior isRavi Shastri. NowYuvraj Singh

considered as best Cricketer inbatting and bowlin. In worldcup 2007 T20 he hit six sixesagainst England. He is toomuch inspired by SachinTendulkar.

Yuvraj Singh


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A Bollywood actress whosa pro at basketball? Whenthe director of NationalBasketball Association(US) operations in India,

Troy Justice, saw Neetuplay, he was apparentlyimpressed. Troy, whilewatching my game in acelebrity match, whichfeatured coaches and

some well known Indianbasketball players, said,You should be playing inNBA.

Neetu Chandra


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Virender Sehwag (born 20 October1978), affectionately known as Viru,the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zenmaster of modern cricket, is one of

the leading batsmen in the Indiancricket team. Sehwag is an

aggressive right-handed opening

batsman and a part-time right-armoff-spin bowler. He played his firstOne Day International in 1999 and

joined the Indian Test cricket team in2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became

the only Indian to be honored as the

Wisden Leading Cricketer in theWorld for his performance in 2008,subsequently becoming the first

player of any nationality to retain theaward for 2009.[

Virender Sehwag


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Aparna PopatAparna Popat was born in Mumbai,Maharashtra into a Gujarati familyof Lalji Popat and Heena Popat. Shestudied at the J.B.Petit School inMumbai, and her Pre universityfrom Mount Carmel College,Bangalore. Aparna also holds aBachelors degree in Commercefrom the Mumbai University.Aparna started playing badmintonat the age of 8 and by the time shewas 13, winning National level andState level tournaments became ahabit. While in Mumbai, she wastrained by Anil Pradhan for 10 years.


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Mahendra Singh Dhoni(born July 7, 1981 inRanchi, Bihar) (now inJharkhand) is an Indian

cricketer and the currentcaptain of the Indian

national cricket team.Initially recognized as an

extravagantly flamboyantand destructive batsman,

Dhoni has come to be

regarded as one of thecoolest heads to captainthe Indian ODI side.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni


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Baichung BhutiaBaichung Bhutia(born 15

December 1976) is an Indianfootballer. He is currentlycontracted by the club he owns,United Sikkim, although on shortterm from East Bengal. He isconsidered to be the torchbearer of

Indian football in the internationalarena. Currently the captain ofthe Indian team, he plays for UnitedSikkim FC.He is often nicknamedthe Sikkimese Sniperbecause of hisshooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of theYearI. M. Vijayan describedBhutia as "God's gift to Indianfootball".


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