FANS UP TO SPEED Chinese fans are milling away boasting about how they’ve figured where Chen Long pl. Gujarat Fortunegiants slipped up in the second half. s, with large numbers taking to social media to express their unhappiness about a player who earlier this year signed a new five-year deal with the words: “I signed this new contract to stay here for a few more years because it’s a great honour for me. “What we will have to see is whether we can still give a 100 percent physical effort just three days after playing in Paris. rld number one Karolina Pliskova out of US OpenResetting was key after second set loss, says Kevin Anderson after quarterfinal win at US OpenKarolina Pliskova showed the steel of a world number one as she fought off a match point to claim a riveting 3-6 7-5 6-4 comeback win over Zhang Shuai in the U. ’ She ended with a surprise bronze — though neither the city, nor Kiran are particularly surprised. CELTIC WALK TO THE PARK Some members of the Indian team are taken on a tour to Celtic Park. We had always set our target for 2017 Asia Cup and winning the Hockey World League Finals. “My plans from day one was to set long-term goals for India hockey to put the house in order and achieve a level a consistency. It’s 20 years since Peter Rasmussen won the world title defeating an Asian in this very city.