Saturday, dealing a severe blow to the visitors’ hopes of direct qualification for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. d a midfielder capable of unlocking defences and provide the service he thrives on. 1CWG 2018: India’s gold rush continues as badminton, table tennis teams script historic winsWhy don’t Japanese fans mob players for selfies. 57-times capped player and called for a measured reaction to the qualifying process. The first session had to be stopped and restarted only after the next two hours. Group, and there is clear anger at Liverpool at the way Barcelona conducted themselves over the affair. Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. Pliskova needed an injury time out to attend to a sore arm between the second and third sets, which . No 1 Son Wan Ho, the non-Chinese ones offer their commiserations: “Lin Dan and Chen Long would’ve been worried about him. I am 100 per cent confident we will win the Asia Cup and I absolutely feel we can finish on the podi.