He believes the 35-year-old deserves to be considered as possibly the greatest sportsman ever. His haul of back-to-back-to-back golds in the Olympic 100m and 200m and two 4x100m titles will surely never be equalled. The boy from Bowral is widely recognised as cricket's greatest, having scored runs with remarkable consistency and elegance in a 52-test career. Jahangir Khan: If not the greatest, the Pakistani squash legend was unquestionably the most dominant in one of sport's most demanding individual pursuits. Named World Player of the Century and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 30, 2017 03:45 UTC