SLAMS FOR SMASHES Badminton is keen on getting its circuit jazzed up, and though everything’s going quite smooth if you ask us, the sport wants to create tennis like Grand Slams. “The Renault engine is getting better and by the end of this season it will be very competitive and next year it will be really competitive,” he continued. obust bidding process for each and every stakeholder,” Johri is quoted as saying by PTI ahead of the auction. The coach was not able to motivate the team so we felt a change we needed,” Olympian BP Govinda, a member of the committee, said. Stewart also said that despite the sport’s push into Asia, it would take at least a generation before drivers from the continent would be challenging for the championship. Dhruv Kapila and Mithula U K and Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj and Srishti Jupudi also bowed out of the event. res of themselves and don’t look at “the prettier cities and scenery and badminton around. Johri agreed that digital rights could throw up interesting numbers. 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. Trailing 11-14 at the break, Bengal Warriors did well to bounce back for a slender 25-24 lead in front of their star co-owner Akshay Kumar.