A technique, requiring considerable cunning and timing, used in football, basketball and hockey to evade pressure. Used famously byLuis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Ronaldo, who are the masters of the manoeuvre in modern football. Suarez has done it so often and so successfully that it spawned the saying, “Suarez could nutmeg a merman”. Writer Peter Seddon suggests it came from the adulteration in the nutmeg trade between America and England in the 1800s. Not to be confused withThe spice itself, although a really good nutmeg could be just what a game needs to be elevated from interesting to delicious.

Source: The Hindu May 12, 2017 17:26 UTC