To him that phrase, Charity begins at home, meant that my payday or someone else's would just happen to coincide with his lucky day.

Derartu Tulu was ready to hang it up and retire from the sport, but she decided she'd go for broke and try for one last big payday in the marquee event, the New York City Marathon.

New Dehli On June 1, the Indian Premier League came to a thundering climax with a cliffhanger final match, watched by 60,000 cheering fans in a new stadium and an estimated 300 million television viewers around the world. As cheerleaders danced and waved brightly colored pom poms, and star sportsmen from across the globe, clad in their teams multi hued regalia, looked forward to a 2.5 million payday, black market tickets changed hands for as much as 2,500.