Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . She continued her fiery play into the second set but on match point tightened up and hit an errant backhand, disappointing a New York crowd that had been rooting for the underdog. Retirement talk follows Dan and Lee Chong Wei routinely and it even struck Lilyana Natsir — the Indonesian doubles great. Coach Slavoljub Muslin’s preferred 3-4-3 formation pinned the Moldovans back from the start an. onsultant by Madhya Pradesh governmentHockey India sack Roelant Oltmans in search of ‘result-oriented’ coach“If you come to India as a foreign coach, there is one thing for sure – before you finish your contract, you will be fired. I am 100 per cent confident we will win the Asia Cup and I absolutely feel we can finish on the podi. There’s much mangling of pronunciations and names, before the Japanese hack spells out J W A L A and enquires about where she’s disappeared. ’“Historic” revenue is expected to be generated from the upcoming IPL media rights auction, according to BCCI Chief Executive Officer Rahul Johri. Monday at Wembley would almost certainly secure at least a play-off spot for next year’s finals in Russia. It is notgood enough when you lose a Test match to anyone, but Bangladesh are tough at home.