Ayaz Memon was born on 3 August 1955 and is an Indian sports writer, journalist, columnist, author and former lawyer.
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Ayaz Memon went on to graduate in economics and law from Bombay University.
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Ayaz Memon started his career as sports writer and went on to edit newspapers like Mid-Day, Bombay Times and DNA apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the Times of India and the Independent at various stages.
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Ayaz Memon went on to edit newspapers like Mid-Day, Bombay Times and DNA apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the Times of India and the Independent at various stages.
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Ayaz Memon is consulting editor with NewsX and a columnist with Hindustan Times, Mint, Mail Today, Deccan Chronicle and occasionally Times of India.
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Ayaz Memon has covered 9 Cricket World Cups, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 1988 Olympics, Wimbledon in 1991 and 1993, the 1998 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 1990 Asian Games.
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Ayaz Memon covered the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final on Huffingston Post.
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Recently, Ayaz Memon has teamed up with a media agency named DigiOsmosis and is starting a sports website named 'Sportswallah.
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Ayaz Memon is working on an illustrated history of Indian cricket and a script for a film project based on sports and politics in India.
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Ayaz Memon is one of the few people to have watched Kapil Dev's 175* in India vs Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup live.
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Ayaz Memon is currently working on an illustrated history of Indian cricket.
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Ayaz Memon has recently written books such as Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster, Virat Kohli: Reliable Rebel, MS Dhoni: Captain Cool and Yuvraj Singh: Powerful Elegance.
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Ayaz Memon is married to Amberin Memon, who retired as the Chief People Officer from Hexaware Technologies.