In 2015, he was made the chief coach after Van Ass was sacked following a tiff with then Hockey India president Narinder Batra. Players remain the focus through the week, even as Okuhara is declared the queen of shuttle. He had defeated Japan’s Hikaru Minegishi 21-15 19-21 21-11 early in the day. 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. 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. “It’s great to break this record at such a historic circuit and in such a beautiful coun. I’m expected to pass on a message to her that she’s missed on the tour. The Netherlands were runners-up at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and finished third in Brazil four years later but have struggled since. d Gacinovic drilled a 12th-minute shot into the top corner after a sharp low cross by Aleksandar Kolarov. India’s BMKJ brigade just don’t strike the right chord in Sindhu’s final, and are not particularly creative with a short-running “Blah blah blah blah, Sindhu is a Superstar”.