Both India sub-continental and world media rights are in offer and it is the former that is the most coveted due to the massive interest that the tournament generates. d Gacinovic drilled a 12th-minute shot into the top corner after a sharp low cross by Aleksandar Kolarov. Bharadwaj had to work hard to outmanoeuvre George 21-16, 20-22, 24-22 in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes here. THE FANTOM CHAMPS Tai Tzu Ying is missed at the World Championships — when she chose to play the World Universiade. On Friday, many booed off their own team at half time and others left before the late glut of goals. Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. The transfer-that-never-was has evoked echoes of two years ago when Manchester United and Real Madrid fell out over the sale of David De Gea to the Spanish club. There could be a possibility that some of the major players may get into a consortiumto place bid for the global rights. Sindhu adds another painful memory to the stadium where she couldn’t win the Commonwealth Games gold. Shivani Naik answers these questions as she captures the sights and sounds from the badminton fandom at Glasgow.