NAME AND FAME The Japanese media is as meticulous in its preparation as Nozomi Okuhara was in winning her title. The team finished sixth out of 10 teams in the tournament but the defeats to minnows Malaysia and Canada dented the confidence Hockey India had in him. And a Prince without ostentatious pomp … there was more to last week’s badminton World Championship than the action on court. without him Juergen Klopp’s side have impressed and he is unlikely to go straight into the team, particularly so soon after travelling back from South America. Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . 57-times capped player and called for a measured reaction to the qualifying process. Simona Halep in the first round and recovering from a set down to beat Timea Babos in the second. Mwila hit the upright in the fifth minute before finding the net within 60 seconds, rising between two Algerian defenders to head home a cross from Augustine Mulenga. 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. It undermined the 63-year-old’s position in the dressing room, which a senior player highlighted during the review meeting.