* John ( 1331 – 1358 ), Lord of Elche, Biel and Bolsa, married in 1355 to Isabel Núñez de Lara and was killed by order of his cousin Pedro of Castile.

On 14 September 2012 Brian Lara was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Lara was the 10th of 11 children.

When he was 15 years old, he played in his first West Indian under-19 youth tournament and that same year, Lara represented West Indies in Under-19 cricket.

Lara played in Trinidad and Tobago junior soccer and table tennis sides but Lara believed that cricket was his path to success, saying that he wanted to emulate his idols Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks.

1987 was a breakthrough year for Lara, when in the West Indies Youth Championships he scored 498 runs breaking the record of 480 by Carl Hooper set the previous year.

This, his maiden Test century in his fifth Test, was the turning point of the series as West Indies won the final two Tests to win the series 2 – 1. Lara went on to name his daughter Sydney after scoring 277 at SCG.

Following this they played Australia in a four-Test series which was drawn 2 – 2, with Lara scoring 546 runs including three centuries and one double hundred.

In 2001 Lara was named the Man of the Carlton Series in Australia with an average of 46. 50, the highest average by a West Indian in that series, scoring two half centuries and one century, 116 against Australia.

These extraordinary performances led Muttiah Muralitharan to state that Lara was the most dangerous batsman he had ever faced.

Lara was reappointed as captain against the touring Australians in 2003, and struck 110 in his first Test match back in charge, showing a return to stellar performance.

On 26 April 2006 Lara was reappointed the captain of the West Indies cricket team for the third time.

Lara was called by the match referee for explanation of his actions but was not fined.

Lara was also a talented football player in his youth and often played with his close friends Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop and Russell Latapy while growing up together in Trinidad.

In September 2009, Lara was inducted as an honorary lifetime member of the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club.

During the West Indies tour to Australia in late 2000, Lara was accompanied by Ward.

Sydney was named as a tribute to one of Lara's favourite grounds, the Sydney Cricket Ground, where Lara scored his first Test century-the highly acclaimed 277 in the 1992 – 93 season.

In 2009, Lara was made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia ( AM ) for services to West Indian and Australian cricket.

Pressure from the U. S. government and critical sectors of Colombian society was met with further violence, as the Medellín Cartel and its hitmen, bribed or murdered numerous public officials, politicians and others who stood in its way by supporting the implementation of extradition of Colombian nationals to the U. S. Victims of cartel violence included Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara, assassinated in 1984, an event which made the Betancur administration begin to directly oppose the drug lords.

Jolie was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in 2001 for Worst Actress for her work in Original Sin and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

The current Premier is Lara Giddings of the Australian Labor Party, who was sworn in on 24 January 2011.

In 2006, Lara Croft was inducted into the Walk of Game and the Guinness Book of World Records has recognised her as the " Most Successful Human Virtual Game Heroine.

" That same year, Electronic Gaming Monthly awarded her the " Hottest Game Babe " of 1997, calling her " as well-proportioned as they come ," and praising her as a viable alternative to Lara Croft.

Lara Croft was awarded a Guinness World Record recognizing her as the " most successful human video game heroine.

" While, GamePro awarded the game a score of 3. 5 / 5, echoing the view that Tomb Raider was somewhat in need of an update, remarking " Despite the improved graphics and imaginative story, Tomb Raider Chronicles has the same controls as previous Tomb Raider games, and they feel as antiquated as any relic Lara ever unearthed.

Muttiah Muralitharan, rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack, and the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals ( ODIs ), has hailed Lara as his toughest opponent among all batsmen in the world.

Wisden ranked him the sixth greatest one day international batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.

Leading composers of the bolero were Sindo Garay, Rosendo Ruiz, Carlos Puebla, and Agustín Lara ( Mexico ).

Yousuf was named CNN-IBN's Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa's bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.

On 10 April 2007 Lara confirmed his retirement from one day cricket post the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Lara played his final international game on 21 April 2007 in a dead rubber World Cup game against England.

Before the end of this World Cup Glenn McGrath stated that Lara is the greatest batsman that he has ever bowled to.

Lara during his lap of honour, 2007 Cricket World Cup | CWC.

In the 1996 World Cup, he scored 78 and 45 * against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively as South Africa won their group but in the Quarter final with West Indies a Brian Lara century ended their ten game winning streak.

With the outbreak of World War I, de Lara returned to London.

In 2000, three of the Miss India winners won their respective international pageants – Lara Dutta ( Miss Universe ), Priyanka Chopra ( Miss World ) and Diya Mirza ( Miss Asia-Pacific ).

She came in second place at the Femina Miss India 2000 competition, behind Lara Dutta and ahead of Dia Mirza, winning the Femina Miss India World title.

She completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000 ; Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in the same year.

On April 29, 2007 it was announced that Sarwan was to succeed the retiring Brian Lara as captain of the West Indies following the West Indies ' exit from the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

The World XI was coached / managed by Steve Waugh ( Aus ) and comprised: Dwayne Bravo ( WI ); Chris Cairns ( NZ ); Stephen Fleming ( NZ ); Chris Gayle ( WI ); Adam Gilchrist † ( Aus ); Darren Gough ( Eng ); Matthew Hayden ( Aus ); Brian Lara ( WI ); Glenn McGrath ( Aus ); Ricky Ponting * ( Aus ); Daniel Vettori ( NZ ) and Shane Warne ( Aus ).

* The World Chart Show with Lara Scott

In England's final match of the World Cup against the West Indies, Pietersen made 100 from 91 balls, and effected the run-out of retiring captain Brian Lara.

Lara Jo Regan, American photographer, is known as the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year ( 2000 ) and the creator of the Mr. Winkle photo collection that achieved international cult popularity.

World Jazz is the sixth and final album released by the jazz-influenced Latin guitar instrumental duo Lara & Reyes.