Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 poll, get more votes than Messi, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle
Mumbai: King Khan has won the 2023 TIME100 reader poll in which readers voted for the individuals they felt deserved a spot on Time's annual list of the most influential people. He received 4 percent of the 1.2 million votes cast by readers in the 2023 TIME100 poll. Iranian women who are protesting for their rights won second place.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan also scored more votes than Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who took the fourth spot, with each of them getting 1.9% of the votes. He also got more votes than Lionel Messi who took the fifth spot on the list getting 1.8% of the votes.
TIME’s annual list of the most influential people for 2023 will be released later this month. In 2022, Gautam Adani, Karuna Nundy, and Khurram Parvez were the only Indians who featured on the list.
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Former India hockey coach Michael Nobbs dies
Melbourne (PTI): Former Australian hockey player Michael Nobbs, who coached the Indian men's team at the 2012 London Olympics, has died after a prolonged illness.
He was 72 years old and is survived by his wife Lee Capes, a former Australian women's international and daughter Kaitlin, who is a current Hockeyroos star.
"Hockey Australia extends its deepest condolences to Michael’s family, friends, former teammates, players and all those whose lives and careers were shaped by his contribution to hockey. He will be remembered as a proud Kookaburra, a respected professional, and a servant of the sport," Hockey Australia said in a statement.
Nobbs represented Australia as a defender, playing across the half-back line and at fullback, and was renowned for his reliability, fitness and professionalism. He earned 76 international caps for Australia between 1979 and 1985, scoring one goal, and was a member of one of the strongest eras in Australian men’s hockey, said Hockey Australia on its website in its tribute.
Nobbs was an integral part of the Australian teams that competed at the 1981 Hockey World Cup in Bombay and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
While part of a generation widely regarded as one of Australia’s finest, he consistently held his place through hard work, discipline and trust earned from teammates and coaches, Hockey Australia wrote.
Nobbs took over the coaching of the Indian men's team in 2011 after it had failed to qualify for the Beijing Games in 2008. While India were brilliant in the qualifiers, the team finished last at the London extravaganza which also expedited the Australian coach's sacking.
Apart from India, Nobbs also coached Japan.
