IMRAN KHAN Imran Khan the former captain of Pakistan Cricket team and the leader of the Tehrik-e-Insaaf was born on November 25‚ 1952 at Lahore. He received his initial education at Aitchison College‚ Lahore and then took admission in the Royal Grammar School‚ Worcester in England. Thereafter‚ he went to study Economics and Politics at Keble College‚ Oxford from 1973 to 1976. Cricket was very much a part of Imran Khan’s family. Inspired by his cousins‚ Javed Burki and Majid Khan who were first
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fanciful stretch‚the cricket lover might say that about Sachin Tendulkar. The milestone of 100 international centuries does not add substantially to the game or indeed Tendulkars greatness as a batsman.But it does reiterate the talent‚longevity and appeal of a player who has transcended nationality and his sport in terms of reach and adulation. It is almost impossible to explain the lure of cricket to the non-believer;so it is with the hold which Tendulkar has had on cricket fans since he burst
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to the region‚ which would not only generate income for the sporting bodies but also for a number of other industries such as the hotel‚ airline and food sectors. This can be witnessed from the amount of tourism that was generated during the 2007 Cricket World Cup‚ which brought thousands of people to the region and generated a significant amount of business for locals. Sporting activity can also be used as an avenue to a higher education‚ as a number of well-known Caribbean sportspersons have obtained
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Bryan Parmer Sports Economics and Marketing MKTG330 F1WW 7/30/2012 Sports Economics There is a clear need for understanding the nature of the sports economy and its value to the economy as a whole. Sport has been a major source of revenue for the economy of several countries‚ and the sports economy that supports sustainable development. A unique aspect is that the contribution of the sports to the economy does not depend on the geographical characters. Almost all the other sources of an economy
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Cricket has enjoyed a formal‚ popular presence on the Australian sporting landscape for far longer than any other sport. However why are so few Indigenous Australian players represented among the historic and contemporary figures that drive the key plotlines in the nation’s cricket story? These members changed how the world see cricket which was seen originally as a “white men’s sport” not so long ago . When colonising Australia‚ Britain used cricket as a colonising glue. Not only did they expect
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OLDMAN AND THE SEA Self-check Questions and Answers 1. How many days had Santiago gone without catching fish? He has gone eighty-four days. 2. What do Manolin’s parents call Santiago? Why? They call him ‘Salao’ which means ‘the worst form of unlucky’ as Santiago was like this. 3. How do the other fishermen greet him? Why? They mock him for his fruitless voyages to sea. 4. Which description of Santiago makes the readers question his physical capabilities? The descriptions of his crude
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a member of the Indian cricket team in ODIs since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice-captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20‚ he famously hit six sixes in an over against England’s Stuart Broad — a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket‚ and previously never in an international match between two Test cricket nations. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup and was one of
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has abandoned him and his mother runs a small business. He makes extra income by giving mathematics tuitions. Ishaan (Ish) He is a big cricket freak and also a patriot at heart. Ishaan has been the best cricketer in his locality and school. He suggests the name of their business as "Team India Cricket Shop". He helps Govind’s business by organising daily cricket coaching camps. Omi He is the son of the Hindu priest of the local temple. His family enjoys great respect among the people. Through
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conviction of her moral in her youth is evident in all her antislavery novels. Stowe described her novels as “works of religion”(535). She married a preacher and to make ends meet‚ Harriet began to write her short stories. Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket was one of these short stories.
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mathematics tuitions. He continues these tuitions even after starting the cricket shop business. He is the narrator of this story and the one who makes the "Three Mistakes". During the course of the story he falls in love with Vidya‚ Ishan’s younger sister for whom he is a private tutor. Govind is the one who looks after the financial part of the business as he has good business sense and mathematical skills. Ishaan: He is a big cricket freak and also a patriot at heart. Ishan has been the best cricketer
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