Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. “We must stop going on about France,” he told a press conference on Saturday, a day ahea. Yet Southgate played the 24-year-old wide on the right where he impressed with his speed but constantly strayed infield as England failed to stretch the home side. Players remain the focus through the week, even as Okuhara is declared the queen of shuttle. They have just a single point with three games to play. Dick Advocaat has told his players and Dutch supporters to forget Thursday’s 4-0 thrashing in France. 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. If you put me out in the parking lot of Queens in New York City, I’m happy to play there. The German never publicly criticised Coutinho — or questioned the legitimacy of his injury . ’Mijat Gacinovic scored his second international goal in two games to help Serbia edge closer to nex.