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Rahul Dravid
Indian coach and former cricketer
Rahul Sharad Dravid (; born 11 January ) is a former cricket player, ex-captain and ex-coach of the Indian national cricket team.[3][4] Known for his outstanding batting technique,[5] Dravid scored 24, runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[6][7][8] He is colloquially known as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall.[9] He won the ICC Champions Trophy as a member of the Indian team and guided the Indian team to victory in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup as the head coach.
Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), and the head coach of the India Under and India A teams. Under his tutelage, the Under team finished as runners-up at the U Cricket World Cup and won the U Cricket World Cup. Under his
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New York, August 28
Despite some of the heartbreak he's suffered here the last few years, Roger Federer has always loved these trips to New York.
Top-seeded Federer played up to his billing Monday night, dispatching American Donald Young , , to open his quest for a sixth U.S. Open title, which would be an Open-era record. 'The U.S. Open, for me, was always, I don't want to say easy, but very natural and I've always looked forward to it in a big way,'' Federer said.
Possibly because of matches like Monday's, in which 20,plus fans cheered him on during a breezy-but-comfortable night for a win that took only 1 hour, 34 minutes.
''It's a place that brings out the best in me,'' Federer said.
With his Wimbledon title and the silver medal at the Olympics earlier this summer, Federer returned to No. 1 for the first time in 25 months. His first career match against Young was a predictable affair, with Young trying to force the issue by coming to the net and Federer taking advantag
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Arjuna awards: Fifteen Indian athletes you may not know of, and a cricketer you do
Once a year, at least once a year, India wakes up to the truth that there are more sports played in the country than cricket, chess, and Sania and Leander. That's the time the Arjuna award nominations are announced.
Of course, sometimes the award-winners appear to benefit from the system of representation for different sports. Still, the nominees are usually deserving performers. Here are the sportspersons named in for their “outstanding achievement in sports". How many are you familiar with?
Sandeep Kumar: Archery
Sandeep Kumar, an Army-man from Pune, richly deserves his nomination. At the Asian Games in Incheon gods year, Kumar, along with his teammates Abhishek Verma and Rajat Chauhan, pulled off a massive upset when they defeated a formidable Korean team to win the men’s compound archery event. It was the first time India had won gold in a bow and arrow event.
MR Poovamma: Athletics
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