Sunday, October 10, 2010

10 All-time Greatest Sportspersons of India

My pick for 10 all-time greatest sportspersons of India:
1. Major Dhyan Chand
2. Viswanathan Anand
3. Leander Paes
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Mahesh Bhupathi
6. Abhinav Singh Bindra
7. Milkha Singh
8. P. T. Usha
9. Saina Nehwal
10. MC Mary Kom

Friday, October 8, 2010

My All-time Best Indian Football XI

Indians are crazy about Cricket. World's most popular sports Soccer is not much preferred in most parts of the country except West Bengal, Kerala, Goa, Punjab, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya & other few states. Quite expectedly, when FIFA.com wants its followers to name their countries all-time best football XI, not a single entry is found from our country. If we are asked to slecet nation's all time Cricket XI, it is eventual that not less than hundreds of thousands of entries from India would jam the website. Our country has defenitely produced quality footballers of highest international standard. We have won Gold in football in Asian Games in 1951 (New Delhi) & 1962 (Jakarta) and stood fourth in 1956 (Melbourne) Olympics.
Being a club member in FIFA.com, I have picked my all-time Indian Football XI and my team: Goalkeeper:Peter Thangaraj,
Defenders: Jarnail Singh, S. A. Latif, Sailen Manna (Captain), Mahesh Gawli,
Mid-fielders: I. M. Vijayan, Mohammed Abdul Salim,
Forwards: Chuni Goswami, P. K. Banerjee, Baichung Bhutia, Neville Stephen D'Souza,
Coach: Syed Abdul Rahim.