What a tragic irony it is that the most part of the “rest of the life’’ was spent battling Parkinson’s. “There is Michael Jordan and there is the rest of us,” said Magic Johnson, himself an all-time great. Garry Sobers: Arguably the most versatile and the best all-round cricketer of all time, Sobers was a pure one-off. “Sir Garfield Sobers is the best cricketer I have ever seen,” wrote Ian Chappell on ESPNCricinfo. Through three Olympics, Bolt, in his customary fashion, brought us closer to the soul of the Olympics better than most others.

Source: The Hindu August 24, 2016 17:37 UTC