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. According to sources, John became heavily involved in team selections and added six players to the squad for India’s Europe tour last month against Oltmans’ wishes. George also had beaten China’s Li Shifeng 21-17 21-14 to set up a semifinal clash with Bharadwaj at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. rld number one Karolina Pliskova out of US OpenResetting was key after second set loss, says Kevin Anderson after quarterfinal win at US OpenKarolina Pliskova showed the steel of a world number one as she fought off a match point to claim a riveting 3-6 7-5 6-4 comeback win over Zhang Shuai in the U. Alexander Ring gave Finland a good start when he struck home a beautiful free kick in the eighth minute. ear after her bruised knee gave her immense pain, the 27-year-old got going after promising to play ‘smart badminton. India’s BMKJ brigade just don’t strike the right chord in Sindhu’s final, and are not particularly creative with a short-running “Blah blah blah blah, Sindhu is a Superstar”. ’Mijat Gacinovic scored his second international goal in two games to help Serbia edge closer to nex. ”The qualifying was hampered by rains at Monza. He recalls Prakash Padukone winning the All England as a “completely composed sportsman and a joy to watch.