The Ezra Cup is a popular polo tournament conducted annually in India. The first ever polo trophy in the world, it is named after Sir David Ezra, a leading Jewish business tycoon in Calcutta who patronized the sport in the city. The first Ezra Cup was held in 1880.

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The Ezra Cup is a popular polo tournament conducted annually in India. The first ever polo trophy in the world, it is named after Sir David Ezra, a leading Jewish business tycoon in Calcutta who patronized the sport in the city. The first Ezra Cup was held in 1880.

The cricket bat is exclusively made from a variety of White Willow called Cricket Bat Willow (Salix alba var. caerulea), treated with raw (unboiled) linseed oil, which has a protective function. Salix alba var. caerulea is tough, durable, light, springy, straight grained and white. Stumps and bales are made of Morus (Mulberry). Salix purpurea (given as an option in the question) is the purple osier willow, the twigs of which are used to make baskets, lobsterand crab-pots and furniture.

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The cricket bat is exclusively made from a variety of White Willow called Cricket Bat Willow (Salix alba var. caerulea), treated with raw (unboiled) linseed oil, which has a protective function. Salix alba var. caerulea is tough, durable, light, springy, straight grained and white. Stumps and bales are made of Morus (Mulberry). Salix purpurea (given as an option in the question) is the purple osier willow, the twigs of which are used to make baskets, lobsterand crab-pots and furniture.

Six Indian women athletes, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were given one-year suspensions after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids in December 2011. India’s 400 metre runners Akkunji, Jauna Murmu, Mandeep Kaur, Priyanka Panwar, Sini Jose and Tiana Mary Thomas had tested positive for methandienone.

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Six Indian women athletes, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were given one-year suspensions after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids in December 2011. India’s 400 metre runners Akkunji, Jauna Murmu, Mandeep Kaur, Priyanka Panwar, Sini Jose and Tiana Mary Thomas had tested positive for methandienone.

Rodney George "Rod" Laver is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for most singles titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career
titles. He was ranked World No. 1 for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970 and is the only tennis player, male or female to have twice won the Grand Slam (all four major singles titles in the same year) – first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969.

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Rodney George "Rod" Laver is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for most singles titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career
titles. He was ranked World No. 1 for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970 and is the only tennis player, male or female to have twice won the Grand Slam (all four major singles titles in the same year) – first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969.

Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in firstclass cricket history. He also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Lara also holds the test record of scoring most number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.

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Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in firstclass cricket history. He also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Lara also holds the test record of scoring most number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.