Indian Sports and Sportspersons

Pullela Gopi Chand is a famous Indian badminton player and coach. The other options are associated with cricket, tennis, and football respectively.

Marat Safin is a former professional tennis player from Russia. The other names are associated with cricket, badminton, and football.

Pankaj Advani is a renowned Indian professional player of snooker and billiards, having won multiple world championships.

Ignace Tirkey is a well-known Indian field hockey player. The other options are associated with tennis, swimming, and billiards respectively.

Rohan Bopanna is a professional Indian tennis player known for his doubles career. The others are associated with hockey, swimming, and billiards.

Jeev Milkha Singh won the Nippon Series JT Cup in December 2008. This victory was a significant achievement in his professional golf career.

Kapil Dev, the former captain of the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 World Cup, hails from Chandigarh, which is the capital of Haryana.

Dilip Vengsarkar served as the Chairman of the BCCI selection committee and stepped down from the role in 2008. The other listed players were not the outgoing selectors at that specific time.

Pankaj Advani won the World Billiards Championship in 2008, achieving a grand double by winning both the time and points formats.

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was appointed as the brand ambassador for the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation in 2008 to help promote the sport in India.

Force India drivers are Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Indian Karun Chandhok driver for US team Hispania

Somdev Devvarman is ranked 109 while Vishnu Vardhan and Yuki Bhambri are ranked 362 and 404 respectively in the latest ATP singles ranking list issued on May 17, 2010. There was no change in the doubles rankings of Leander Paes (6) and Mahesh Bhupathi (7). Devvarman on May 21, 2010 became the first Indian in 13 years to qualify for the men's singles event of the French Open after scoring a win in the qualifying rounds.

G. Madhavan Nair, the former chairman of ISRO, was selected as the Newsmaker of 2008 by Manorama News for his contributions to the Chandrayaan-1 mission.

Sunil Gavaskar is widely known by the nickname Little Master for his exceptional batting technique and performance in cricket.