MiD DAY gives you a low down on disclosures which surprised the sporting world, just like tennis great Agassi's latest admission of using a banned substance in his playing days
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In 1995, American diver
admitted in a television interview that he was suffering from AIDS. He had the virus before competing in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games where he suffered an injury after his head hit a diving board. In his book Breaking the Surface, Louganis admitted being scared that people who gathered around his bloodied head would be in danger of contracting an infection. Louganis also displeased his legion of female admirers by admitting that he was a homosexual.
After the stabbing, Seles tried her best to get back into the game but after her usual six-hour workout, she would indulge in late-night binges. Seles won the 1996 Australian Open after her stabbing.
John Wright, who coached the Indian cricket team said in his book John Wright's Indian Summers that he once grabbed Virender Sehwag's collar after the dashing batsman played a reckless shot in the 2002 NatWest Series in England. "When Sehwag wandered in, I decided it was time for a sort-out. Not realising that my exasperation levels had soared into the red zone, I went upto him, grabbed him by the collar and barked. 'What the hell's going on? How can you come back in here after playing a shot like that and unbuckle your pads as if nothing's happened', " Wright wrote.