It’s 20 years since Peter Rasmussen won the world title defeating an Asian in this very city. He was second in the first session to Mercedes team mate Valterri Bottas. Bharadwaj had to work hard to outmanoeuvre George 21-16, 20-22, 24-22 in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes here. “Any combination as far as consortium is concerned is possible. “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. Retirement talk follows Dan and Lee Chong Wei routinely and it even struck Lilyana Natsir — the Indonesian doubles great. The Emirates Arena was sold out for quarters, semis and finals — which the organisers knew wouldn’t star a Scottish name. Iceland were second in Group I on 13 points coming into the game, with Croatia, who play bottom side. Jackie Steward said it would take at least a generation before drivers from Asia would be challenging for the championship. But this time, she’s made history no one’s forgetting anytime soon.