217;s 4-0 thrashing in France if they want to keep alive their World Cup hopes against Bulgaria on Sunday. In women’s doubles, Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenhalli and Trisha Hegde and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker crashed out of the tournament. 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. Euro 2016 quarter-finalists Iceland bullied their way back into the game in the second half but lacked composure in the Finnish penalty area, wasting chance after chance. she said she hopes will not bother her when she faces either American Jennifer Brady or Monica Niculescu of Romania in the fourth round. The first session had to be stopped and restarted only after the next two hours. The team has made significant progress and I just hope the process which I had set continues in the future,” Oltmans is quoted as saying by PTI. The sweetest song though gets played in silence when Nozomi Okuhara and PV Sindhu play the greatest tune in badminton. “Which Scotland manager said, ‘If I walked on water, my critics would say it was because I couldn’t swim. At the badminton, Lin Dan ain’t that eloquent, but he wonders why they keep telling him he’s 34 years old even if he’s making the finals.