NAME AND FAME The Japanese media is as meticulous in its preparation as Nozomi Okuhara was in winning her title. In 2015, he was made the chief coach after Van Ass was sacked following a tiff with then Hockey India president Narinder Batra. Zhang did not roll over, however, and broke Pliskova to take an early 2-0 lead in the third but Zhang’s mistakes soon started piling up. Semifinals coincide with their league game against St Johnstone, and there’s much talk about an annual race for every club’s mascots. It’s not a particularly adored venue by badminton fans owing to its inaccessibility, and inability of the capital to fill up the stadium. Hockey India selection committee chairman Harbinder Singh too vouched for John and said the Australian has everything in him to produce results. If the players are still in a funk, they might not even bother playing Bulgaria. ’“Historic” revenue is expected to be generated from the upcoming IPL media rights auction, according to BCCI Chief Executive Officer Rahul Johri. I had always said that India need 6 years to to be in the top 3,” he said, “But it seems it’s different in India. hase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers and effectively ended Algeria’s hopes with a 3-1 triumph on Saturday.