r being stabbed in the hand, made it into the fourth round with 6-0, 6-4 win over French 18th seed Caroline Garcia. Both clubs were fined 60 million euros by UEFA in 2014 and subjected to reduced squad sizes in European competition. Norway won 2-0 at home to Azerbaijan in a game that did not affect the qualification picture. Delhi didn’t play any cricket since the last season. Stranded, the federation put out a SOS signal to Damien Jacomelli, a French wrestling coach who is now privately involved with a few Indian grapplers. The youngster won the second game with the same margin before Gandhi made a comeback in the match. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. Sloane is making a comeback after recovering from left foot surgery and is back in the fourth round for the first time since 2013. Nimble-footed Asturian should suit Lobera’s style of play and will be relied upon to share the bulk of the goal scoring burden along with Coro. The team had to face similar problems even before the Rio Olympics, where they trained with Bulgarian juniors.