He said that India has no dearth of talent and can be a force in world hockey. And a Prince without ostentatious pomp … there was more to last week’s badminton World Championship than the action on court. John will take charge of the men’s team as interim coach after Hockey India today sacked Oltmans despite a largely successful four-and-half-years stint in India. The radios are buzzing with the Glasgow club’s demolition of Kazakh side Astana and the World Championships week straddles the away leg which doesn’t end too bad at all. According to John, the process may take up to three months but it is believed current women’s team chief coach Sjoerd Marijne is being considered as a replacement. Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . Bangladesh came agonisingly close to beating England in Chittagong last year when they needed 33 runs on the fifth day with two wickets in hand. “Which Scotland manager said, ‘If I walked on water, my critics would say it was because I couldn’t swim. Was it really Lin Dan who whisked away in a car after his loss. “I can only say that at least the area where I come from, not too many people are keen.