before the tournament,” WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar had said before the team’s departure. Northern Ireland looks bound for the playoffs among the eight best group runners-up after winning 3-0 in San Marino. Jacomelli used his local contacts and ultimately, the team made a 350km journey to Lorraine, a tiny town bordering Germany where they trained at the Stiring-Wendel wrestling club. Muguruza, one of the pre-tournament favourites, dropped serve once. Williams has dominated the sport for the past decade and is one grand slam short of Australian Margaret Court’s record of 24 major titles. Top seed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the pre-tournament favourites, are in the top half of the draw. A player aims for a shot during the match in the Inter-School Table Tennis Championship organised by Chandigarh Table Tennis Association. They have been in touch with Japanese and Iranian federations but even after a year, the WFI is yet to identify his successor. At 25, Neymar became the world’s most expensive footballer when he was snapped up by PSG in a 222-million-euromove. His most successful spell was as a part of the FC Barcelona’s B Team, where he notched up seven goals in a single season while at the Catalan club.