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Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, known as Viv Richards, is regarded as one of the greatest batsman of all time.  But he also has a distinction of the only man reportedly to have played both World Cup Football and World Cup Cricket....  - Antigua and Barbuda at football (in the qualifiers only). - And West Indies at cricket.  He actually he played for   Antigua and Barbuda   in a qualifying round of the CONCACAF championship, which is in turn the qualifier to get into the World Cup of 1974.  Someone who did actually achieve this unique double is Australian Ellyse Perry, who appeared in the final rounds of both cricket (2009) and football World Cups (2011).

FIFA ⚽ World Cup 2018 Underdog Iceland drew  the South Americans 1-1 in its debut game to open up Group D.  Argentine star player, Messi, on whom they were relying much missed  a penalty kick in the second half.   With this draw while Iceland showed that  Euro 2016 was no fluke. But Messi's miss costed Argentina a lot. Incidentally this wasn't first time Messi missed a penalty. Messi missed a crucial penalty during the Copa America 2016 between Argentina & Chile. After Argentina & Chile drew 0-0 in extra time at the Copa America 2016 final, Lionel Messi was the first in line for his team during penalty shootouts, but missed as he curved the ball a little too far from the post despite the goalie diving in the opposite direction. Argentina went on to lose the match 2-4 and in the process the Copa America final to Chile for the second successive year. But which is the biggest penalty to be missed in the history of FIFA World Cup thus far !?  Unarguably, the bi

Born into an affluent industrial family & grown up in an environment promoting Indian Classical Music, Mrs Amita Dalal is Arts Graduate from St. Xavier's Ahmedabad.  Deeply immersed in the music of sitar, the talented Amita Dalal (born 18 October 1958) is a name to reckon with. She has received her training from Vidushi Manju Mehta, a sitarist par excellence and founder member of Saptak School of music. Also simultaneously Amita has received dynamic guidance from the Grammy Award winner Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt. Amita has performed and enthralled audiences world over through her mesmerizing performances on several noteworthy occasions like Moscow Olympics , Prince Carl theatre in Germany and England, Japan etc., In India at Haridas Sammelan, Sankat Mochan Festival atBanaras, NCPA theatre in Mumbai, and at all annual Festivals of Saptak and at the prestigiousVile Parle Music Circle in Mumbai, recently she was invited by Auroville to perform for threedays festival. She has