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. NAME AND FAME The Japanese media is as meticulous in its preparation as Nozomi Okuhara was in winning her title. 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. ne who comes back from a drugs sentence — performance enhancing drugs — and all of a sudden gets to play every single match on Center Court, I think that’s a questionable thing to do,” fumed the Danish former world number one. hase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers and effectively ended Algeria’s hopes with a 3-1 triumph on Saturday. World number one Karolina Pliskova survives scare to advance at US Open. Algeria are virtually out of the race after having qualified for the 2010 and 2014 finals, where they reached the round of 16. No one quite knows for sure it’s him, but his fans presume it is and wave to the departing vehicle. Open on Saturday and faces a possible permanent ban from Grand Slam tournaments while it is determin. Simona Halep in the first round and recovering from a set down to beat Timea Babos in the second.