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1. A X is a type of Y race, named after X Stakes. Most sports fans agree that th e four greatest X are the Irish, French, English and Kentucky (US). ID X and Y. 2. When asked about Y, Sunil Gavaskar said - " With this kind of form and even h is form drops a little, 15000 Test Runs and 50 Test Centuries are not beyond him . ID Y 3. X made over 540 league appearances as a centre-half in a playing career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal. He then played for Cambrid ge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town and Dunfermline Athletic before ending his playing career with Preston North End. He became a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 199 8, his first managerial position. Simple ID 4. X is a cross and circle board game that originated in ancient India which has been described as the "national game of India".It is played on a board shaped l ike a symmetrical cross. A player's pieces move around the board based upon a th row of six or seven cowrie shells, with the number of shells resting with apertu re upwards indicating the number of spaces to move. There are other well known v ersions of the game, chausar, chaupar, chaupur or caupur. A very popular game Y has been derieved from the Indian game X, but simpler. 5. X was born in Urbino, and he was still a child when the family moved to Tavul lia. Son of Graziano, a former motorcycle racer, he first began riding at a very young age. X's first racing love was karting. Fuelled by his mother, Stefania's , concern for her son's safety, Graziano purchased a kart as substitute for the bike. However, the X family trait of perpetually wanting to go faster prompted a redesign; Graziano replaced the 60cc motor with a 100cc national kart motor for his then 5-year-old son. X won the regional kart championship in 1990.After this he took up minimoto and before the end of 1991 had won numerous regional races. ID! 6.Andre Aggasi on X : In the semis I meet X, from Y. He's a flying jumping bean, a bundle of hyperkine tic energy, with the tour's quickest hands. Still, he's never learned to hit a t ennis ball. He hits off-speed, hacks, chips, lobs. Then, behind all his junk, he flies to the net, covers so well that it seems to work. After an hour, you feel as if he hasn't hit one ball cleanly - and yet he's beating you soundly. Becaus e I'm prepared, I stay patient, stay calm, and beat X, 7-6 6-3. 7.Team: X Owners: Sunil Gavaskar, Nagarjuna, V Chamundeswarnath Host Stadium: Sardar Vallabh Patel Stadium Costliest player: Y ID 8. <Photo of Prakash Padukone> < Photo of Pulella Gopichand> Connect 9. <photo of Sharath Kamal> 10. These are the first 10 people on a certain list, X : 1. Michael Schumacher

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1. A X is a type of Y race, named after X Stakes. Most sports fans agree that the four greatest X are the Irish, French, English and Kentucky (US). ID X and Y.

2. When asked about Y, Sunil Gavaskar said - " With this kind of form and even his form drops a little, 15000 Test Runs and 50 Test Centuries are not beyond him. ID Y

3. X made over 540 league appearances as a centre-half in a playing career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal. He then played for Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town and Dunfermline Athletic before ending his playing career with Preston North End. He became a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998, his first managerial position.Simple ID

4. X is a cross and circle board game that originated in ancient India which has been described as the "national game of India".It is played on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross. A player's pieces move around the board based upon a throw of six or seven cowrie shells, with the number of shells resting with aperture upwards indicating the number of spaces to move. There are other well known versions of the game, chausar, chaupar, chaupur or caupur.A very popular game Y has been derieved from the Indian game X, but simpler.

5. X was born in Urbino, and he was still a child when the family moved to Tavullia. Son of Graziano, a former motorcycle racer, he first began riding at a very young age. X's first racing love was karting. Fuelled by his mother, Stefania's, concern for her son's safety, Graziano purchased a kart as substitute for the bike. However, the X family trait of perpetually wanting to go faster prompted a redesign; Graziano replaced the 60cc motor with a 100cc national kart motor for his then 5-year-old son.X won the regional kart championship in 1990.After this he took up minimoto and before the end of 1991 had won numerous regional races.ID!

6.Andre Aggasi on X :

In the semis I meet X, from Y. He's a flying jumping bean, a bundle of hyperkinetic energy, with the tour's quickest hands. Still, he's never learned to hit a tennis ball. He hits off-speed, hacks, chips, lobs. Then, behind all his junk, he flies to the net, covers so well that it seems to work. After an hour, you feel as if he hasn't hit one ball cleanly - and yet he's beating you soundly. Because I'm prepared, I stay patient, stay calm, and beat X, 7-6 6-3.

7.Team: X Owners: Sunil Gavaskar, Nagarjuna, V Chamundeswarnath Host Stadium: Sardar Vallabh Patel Stadium Costliest player: YID

8. <Photo of Prakash Padukone> < Photo of Pulella Gopichand> Connect

9. <photo of Sharath Kamal>

10. These are the first 10 people on a certain list, X : 1. Michael Schumacher

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2. Aryton Senna 3. ____________ 4. Jim Clark 5. Alan Prost 6. Nigel Mansell 7. Lewis Hamilton 8. Juan Manuel Fangio 9. Mika Hakinen 10. Niki Lauda

Give me X, Bonus points for _______

11. < Photo of Underwater Hockey >

12. < FORD > < Real Madrid> < Barcelona> < Pig Head>

13. < City moving their hoardings ahead >

14. ____________ is a British comic strip featuring a series of awkward football refereeing challenges, which has run in various publications since 1957. Created by sports artist Paul Trevillion, also famous for Roy of the Rovers, the strip features contributions from several top referees, and was collected into an official book in 2006.< Photo >

15. X was a Y (nationality) sprinter who won 36 International Gold Medals, 15 International Silver Medals & 12 International Bronze Medals for Y, He competed in 100m, 200m and 4 x 100 metres relay. During 1954 Asian Games X set a new record of 10.6 seconds in a 100 meters race by beating the previous record of 10.8 seconds held by Lavy Pinto of India.X was dubbed as Fastest Man of Asia.The then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who was the chief guest dubbed him as "The Flying Bird of Asia"ID X

16. Identify the gentleman"If Tendulkar had found an honest mirror three years ago and asked the question: 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the best batsman of all?'

"It would've answered: 'Brian Charles Lara.'

"If he asked that same mirror right now: 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, should I retire?'

"The answer would be: 'Yes.'

17. Breakfast: Three fried egg sandwiches; cheese; tomatoes; lettuce; fried onions; mayonnaise; three chocolate-chip pancakes; five-egg omelette; three sugar-coated slices of French toast; bowl of grits; two cups of coffee Lunch: Half-kilogram (one pound) of enriched pasta; two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayonnaise on white bread; energy drinks Dinner: Half-kilogram of pasta, with carbonara sauce; large pizza; energy drinks

18. Who holds the record for the maximum number of runs at one edition of U-19 World Cup- 505 runs from 7 matches in 2004?

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