Chris Gayle — Christopher Henry Gayle (born 21 September 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer who was captain of the West Indies cricket team and plays domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a hard-hitting left-handed opening batsman with a wide-range of shots, and bowls useful part-time right-arm off spin. Gayle is a successful One Day International player, …

Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed “The Prince of Port-of-Spain” or simply “The Prince”) is a West Indies cricketer. Lara has several times topped the Test batting rankings and being the current world record holder for the highest individual innings score and the all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket. Biography Brian was born in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad …

Brendan Cole — At the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade in July Brendan placed fifth in the final of the 400m hurdles in a time of 50.18 before joining the men’s gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team. On debut at the world championships in August Brendan placed 15th overall, running a time of 49.92 in the semi-finals to miss out …

Asamoah Gyan has sparked a new sense of life into his game over the last season and will go into the 2010 FIFA World Cup as Ghana’s main attacking hope. Gyan has already proven his big-match pedigree, entering history as the author of Ghana’s first-ever goal at the FIFA World Cup finals – against the Czech Republic in Cologne four …

Ariel Garce — Having turned 30 and made just a solitary friendly appearance since Diego Maradona took over as national coach, Ariel Garce was a surprise selection in the Argentina squad. Known as El Chino since his childhood, Garce had planned to travel to South Africa with his friends to support La Albiceleste, but was more than happy to change …

Andrew John Strauss, (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is captain of England. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. Strauss is also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers. He made his …

Andres Iniesta is one of a long line of gifted creative midfielders to have come off the FC Barcelona production line, following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Josep Guardiola, Ivan de la Pena and Xavi. Iniesta was spotted by Cule club scouts at the age of 12, and within months had made the move to the Catalan giants’ …

Alvaro Pereira — Alvaro Daniel Pereira Barragan is another fine example of how perseverance and sacrifice are crucial ingredients for a successful football career. The Montevideo native started out with lowly Miramar Misiones where he made his debut in 2004. Two years he later he crossed the Rio de la Plata to try his luck with Argentinean outfit Quilmes, with …

Litchi — The Lychee (Litchi chinensis), also spelled Litchi (the U.S. FDA spelling) or Laichi and Lichu, is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is a tropical fruit tree native to southern China. It is also commonly found in India, northern Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree, reaching …

Gladiolus — Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses). The genus Gladiolus contains about 260 species, of which 250 are native to sub-Saharan Africa, mostly South …