August 11, 2008. Abhinav Bindra, India’s first, and to date only, individual Olympic gold medallist takes the winners podium in Beijing wearing a pair of Bermuda shorts under hisu00a0jacket. The faux pas is not an intentional one. For, the lean Bindra was left with no other option after being sent a pair of XXL trackpants by the powers that be.

Somdev Devvarman (above) and u00a0Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna (below), three of the country’s leading tennis stars are part of the newly-formed Indian Tennis Players Association (ITPA) that was created to look after the interest of players. This is not the first time sportspersons have created their own forum to protest the way they are treated by the government-approved associations