India had won a silver medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and a bronze at Guangzhou Asian Games under Brasa. Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. “I don’t think it was the right moment to take this decision. It is very difficult to find his replacement,” Brasa, who was India coach in 2009-10, told PTI Bhasha from Spain. He recalls Prakash Padukone winning the All England as a “completely composed sportsman and a joy to watch. 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. On that occasion the deal fell through at the last minute with United, who had agreed to his departure, claiming Real failed to get their paperwork in order on deadline day. were given a further window of opportunity when debutant Sakala, 20, was dismissed for a second cautionable foul a minute later. 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. Neutrals are won over by her cerebral game and whizzing easy darts on court, and she attempts to rec.