SPORTS SACHIN TENDULKAR ne of the greatest D.O.B. : April 24th, 1973 Indian cricketer of this Oera Sachin Tendulkar Place of Birth : Mumbai, Maharashtra is a performer. Spouse : Anjali Tendulkar He was captain of Indian cricket team. As a teenager he was not a thin boy. His elder brother encouraged him to play cricket and made him join cricket academy of Coach Ramakant Achrakar. He had to stop his studies in the middle of 10th standard, due to his cricket engagement in 1989, during Indian Pakistan series. Sachin is called ‘God of Cricket’ and his followers gave him the name of ‘Little Master’ and ‘Master Blaster’ He broke many records of cricket such as highest run scorer (34347), most number of centuries (100), most number of matches played (661), highest ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid (331), most number of man of the match and series (62 and 16), highest run scorer in World Cup (2278) and many more. The fans of Sachin proclaim that the record book of cricket starts with Sachin and ends with Sachin. Sachin was awarded with Arjuna Award (1994), Wisdom Cricketer of the year 1997, Padma Shri (1999) Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Bharat Ratna (2014) Sachin is popular not only because he is a principled man but also because of his simplicity. He is the role model of Indian Cricket lovers. SPORTS M.S. DHONI ahendra Singh Dhoni is D.O.B. : 7th July, 1981 the current captain of MIndian Cricket team. Place of Birth : Ranchi, India Dhoni did his schooling from DAV Spouse : Sakshi Dhoni Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand. During his school days, he was part of his school's badminton and football team. But his idols were Adam Glichrist, Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan and Lata Mangeshkar. After has 10th standard, he started focusing on cricket. He became T.T.E. at Kharagpur railway Station from 2001 to 2003. Now a days Dhoni holds the post of Vice President of India Cements Ltd. This company is the owner of Chennai Super Kings and Dhoni is the captain of this team since the first IPL season. MS Dhoni has received many awards such as ICC, ODI player of the year (2008 and 2009), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007, Padma Shri (2009). Indian Cricket team has won World Cup also under the captainship of Dhoni. He is one of the most successful and motivating captain of Indian Cricket team. SPORTS KAPIL DEV apil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, D.O.B. : 6th January, 1959 commonly known to his Kfans as Kapil Dev, is Place of Birth : Chandigarh, India former Indian Cricket Captain. Spouse : Romi Bhatia India Won World cup in 1983 for the first time under the captainship of Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev's father Ram Lal Nikhanj was a building and timber contractor. This parents were from Rawalpindi who migrated to India during 1947. Kapil did his schooling from DAV School and St. Edward School in Shimla. He used to play cricket during his school days and was selected for Haryana domestic cricket team in 1975. Kapil was an all rounder and his first cricket match as a part of Indian cricket team was against Pakistan in October, 1978. During that time he made the world record of the highest wicket taker in test cricket (434) history. Kapil was awarded with Padma Shri in 1982, Padma Bhushan in 1991, Arjuna Award in 1980, Wisden Cricketer of the year (1983) and several others. SPORTS LEANDER PAES grand slam title winner, D.O.B. : 17th June, 1973 Leander Paes is an AIndian professional Place of Birth : Kolkata, India tennis player. Leander is one of the best doubles player of tennis His parents are from Goa and based in Kolkata. His father Vece Paes, was a hockey player and mother Jennifer Paes was captain of Indian basketball team Leander did his schooling from La Martiniere and college from St. Xaviers Kolkata. Leander Paes won Wimbledon Junior title in 1990 and was ranked No. 1 in World Junior Championship. In 1992, Barcelona Olympic, Leander reached quarter finals in the doubles event. He won Bronze medal in Atlanta Olympics (1996), French open in 1990 with Mahesh Bhupathi Both Leander and Mahesh became no. 1 Indian Pau in tennis and won the grand slam. They also won gold medal in Asian Game in Russian (2002) Paes also won Australian open Mixed Doubles with Martina Hinges, in 2015. The sports achievements of Leander are very innuerable. He was awarded with Arjuna Award in 1990. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (1996-97), Padma Shri (2001). SPORTS YUVRAJ SINGH ne of the most stylish D.O.B. : 12th Dec., 1981 Indian cricketer, Yuvraj OSingh has a huge fan Place of Birth : Chandigarh, India following. Born to a Sikh family in Chandigarh, he did his schooling from DAV Public School. As a child Yuvraj had two favorite sports tennis and roller skating. He focused on cricket as he wanted to be a cricketer and play many tournaments. He was captain of the under 19 Punjab cricket team. His first match as part of Indian cricket team was against Kenya in October, 2000 (in I.C.C.) Yuvraj is known for his six sixes in Twenty - Twenty match against England (2007). He was diagnosed with cancer in his left lung in 2011 and was treated in Cancer Research Institute in Boston, USA. However, Yuvra Singh fought against the disease and came one victorious. Soon he joined Indian team and played Twenty Twenty match in September 2012 against New Zealand. Yuvraj wrote a book 'The Test of my life' from Cricket to Cancer and back. He is among the player who have won most number of Man of the Match award in ODI's. Yuvraj is awarded with Padma Shri Award (2014), Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Awards (2014) and several others. SPORTS SAINA NEHWAL n India's number one D.O.B. : 17th March, 1990 Woman badminton player ASaina Nehwal was born to Place of Birth : Hisar District, India Jat family in Hisar. Currently her parents are based in Hyderabad. Saina was ranked no. 1 in the world by the Badminton World Federation, in April 2015. Her current ranking is us. 2. She is the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championship and Bronze medal in Olympics (2012). Her initial coach was Mr. S.M. Arif a Dronacharya Award winner and later she was trained by Pullela Gopichand (till 2014). Currently Saina is being trained by National Coach, Vimal Kumar. She did her schooling from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Hyderabad. Her initial interest was in kfor arate which she has a brown belt. Saina won medals in Asian Championship (2010), Uber Cup (2014), Asian Games (2014) Commonwealth Games (2014) and several others. She has been awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2010), Padma Shri (2010). Arjuna Award for Badminton (2009) and CNN-IBN Indian of the year in sports (2009). SPORTS MILKHA SINGH he Flying Sikh of our D.O.B. : 20th Nov., 1935 country the great Milkha TSingh is a former track Place of Birth : Muzaffargarh, and field spunkier. District Pakistan Milkha was the first Indian Spouse : Nirmal Kaur who got gold medal at a c o m m o n w e a l t h g a m e s i n athletics. He also won several Gold medals in International sporting events. Milkha was born in a Sikh Rathore family during the pre-Independence day. He saw a lot of violence during the time of partition where he witnessed the massacre of his whole family. He joined army and was placed at the Electrical Mechanical Engineering Centre in Secunderabad. Milkha started running and started special training in athletics. He was chosen to represent. India in 1956 melbourne olympics for races. After that he worn many major events. He was awarded with Padma Shri in 1956. He became the Director of Sports in the Punjab Ministry of education. Milkas life is full of inspiration for the aspiring athletics of our country. SPORTS SAINA MIRZA n e o f t h e b e s t D.O.B. : 15th Nov., 1986 professional tennis Oplayer of the World Place of Birth : Mumbai, India Saina Mirza was ranked World Spouse : Shoaib Malik No. 1 in women’s doubles. She was born in Mumbai to Nasima and Imran Mirza. Sania started tennis at the age of six and CK Bhupati. She undertook professional game at Sinnet Tennis Academy in Secundrabad and the ACC Tennis Academy (USA). She played 1st International Tournament at World Junior Champion ship at Jakarta (1999). She won Hydrabad open WTA (2005), afro-asian games (2003), The Junior Championship Wimble son, London (2003), Asian closed Junior Tennis Championships (2002) and several others. Saina plans to become a Interior Decoration or start an tennis academy after retirement. She was awarded Padma Shri (2006) and Arjuna Award (2004) SPORTS MARY COM ndia is proud of her sportsman D.O.B. : 1st March, 1983 for her achievement in the Ifield of boxing. She is no other Place of Birth : Churachandpur, than Mary Kom. District India She won World amateur Spouse : K. Onler Kom boxing championship of five time. Her original name was Mangte Chjungneijang but she was named “Mary” in professional sports world. Mary was born to Mangle Tonpa Kom and Mangle Akham Kon who were very poor. She has three other subjects. She did her schooling from from Loktak Christian Model High School and St. Xavier Catholic School, but she had to quit studies iin between. Mary was a sports lover during her childhood only.