“I was close to a medal in Rio and I had beaten the medal winners earlier. f Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton after a knife-edge battle to the chequered flag in Belgium last weekend. It summed up India’s woeful preparation, resulting in none of the 24 wrestlers crossing the quarterfinal stage of the world championships, which concluded in Paris last week. In the boys’ senior singles final, Sachit ended the challenge of Ryan Gandhi of KB DAV School, Sector 7 with a narrow 3-2win to win the title. It’s up to the various selectors, coaches and especially the players. Williams, the world’s highest-paid female athlete, was about two months pregnant when she captured her 23rd grand slam singles title at the Australian Open. Neymar had been camping in a luxury Paris hotel since his transfer to PSG last month. The selectors, however, will have to decide whether to have him as a captain or purely as an opening batsman. He was rebuked by team management for posting a video of himself on social media jumping off a balcony into a swimming pool. The panel is confident that he will do a better job this season,” Madan Lal added.