One of the earliest photographers to start clicking badminton in England, the Southampton grand-dadd. are coaxed into answering in English with the Koreans making a real effort to start communicating with the rest of the world. Asked if any major Indian company with interest in broadcast gets into a tie-up with an internationa. “We believe no players should be made to pose for pictures or their wrists bothered by asking for their autographs,” Japanese Huaroclaims. It’s the first final he’s lost since 2005 — to Taufik Hidayat, something that most have forgotten about. 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. We had always set our target for 2017 Asia Cup and winning the Hockey World League Finals. The decision was taken after a three-day meeting of the Hockey India High Performance and Development Committee, which concluded today. The coach was not able to motivate the team so we felt a change we needed,” Olympian BP Govinda, a member of the committee, said. Algeria are virtually out of the race after having qualified for the 2010 and 2014 finals, where they reached the round of 16.