In women’s singles, top seed Pattarasuda Chaiwan of Thailand ended eighth seed Purva BarveR. Saturday, dealing a severe blow to the visitors’ hopes of direct qualification for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. Tell him to gain strength but not at the cost of his footwork,” says Chris Pang of Malaysia. He had defeated Japan’s Hikaru Minegishi 21-15 19-21 21-11 early in the day. fallout from Barcelona’s failed bid to sign the midfielder threatens to further destabilise his position at Anfield. She thanked JSW sports for backing her before stating that not all wrestlers are so lucky and that the system should take care of players with lesser access to resources. And a Prince without ostentatious pomp … there was more to last week’s badminton World Championship than the action on court. s, with large numbers taking to social media to express their unhappiness about a player who earlier this year signed a new five-year deal with the words: “I signed this new contract to stay here for a few more years because it’s a great honour for me. John’s appointment as the high performance director earlier this year created two power centres. They have just a single point with three games to play.