eliver better results than Roelant Oltmans as interim coach after the Dutchman was sacked as chief coach of the men’s national team following a string of unimpressive showings. “I hope itwill remain the same because we are expecting another win,” he said. Dick Advocaat has told his players and Dutch supporters to forget Thursday’s 4-0 thrashing in France. In women’s doubles, Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenhalli and Trisha Hegde and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker crashed out of the tournament. SLAMS FOR SMASHES Badminton is keen on getting its circuit jazzed up, and though everything’s going quite smooth if you ask us, the sport wants to create tennis like Grand Slams. FANS UP TO SPEED Chinese fans are milling away boasting about how they’ve figured where Chen Long pl. Serbia will head confidently to Dublin for Tuesday’s clash with the Irish after a fine display. “We allknow India is not the easiest of countries to work – especially in the sporting sector because of a host of issues. We desperately need foreign exposure trips but I guess for the next one year, we will have to train in India,” she wrote on the micro-blogging site, venting her ire. It was the second time India had lost to Malaysia this year while the team was unable to beat Canada at last year’s Olympics as well.