Name Leander Paes's partner for the mixed doubles at Wimbledon 2010

The 44-year-old fast bowler-turned-commentator said, “You feel that India want something special to happen and I think you’ve got to go with the India team to emulate the 1983 side led by Kapil Dev.”

The England midfielder said the players and not the coach were to blame. “The players are to blame. Without a doubt it was the right decision for Fabio Capello to keep his job. When the players step on that field it is up to them to perform,” Beckham was quoted as saying.

Leander Paes’s 3rd Wimbledon title made him only the second man after Rod Laver to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. The Wimbledon final was the pair’s third consecutive final. The victory also put Paes ahead of Mahesh Bhupathi as India’s leading Grand Slam title holder with 12.

The Norwegian javelin thrower is ranked number one in the world by the International Association of Athletics Federation. In 2008, Thorkildsen won the gold medal by setting a new Olympic record of 90.57 metres.

The Cavaliers guard was given a home detention sentence that would not interfere with his NBA season. West's attorney said at a court hearing that West was taking the weapons from his mother's home to his house when he was stopped by police. The player was charged with six weapon offences and two traffic violations but pleaded guilty to carrying a dangerous weapon — an eight-inch knife — and illegally transporting a handgun.

The 150th edition of the tournament was held at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Oosthuizen, ranked 54th in the world, won the championship by seven strokes. The South African said his exemplary focus during the tournament, which enabled him to win by a big margin, was due to a red spot marked on his glove, designed to act as his trigger, in the same way that the referee's whistle focuses a player's mind in football.

The first Indian girl to reach the singles quarter-finals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships, Nehwal made history when she clinched the Indonesia Open in 2009. This is the highest ranking she has achieved so far.

Phelps won eight gold medals and eclipsed fellow American Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games. Phelps also set seven world records.

The 32-year-old former Arsenal and Barcelona player, who signed for US Major League Soccer team, the New York Red Bulls, played only a bit part in France's dismal 2010 World Cup campaign in South Africa which ended at the group stage.

Holyfield was a world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, which earned him the nickname ‘The Real Deal’.