Former all-rounder Madan Lal has his fingers crossed before the start of the season. Despite being under contract, Barcelona were powerless to stop the transfer as the French side met the buyout clause in Neymar’s contract. “Sometimes if you have luck with the draw and you can take your chances, it’s always goo. But, Shapovalov showed initiative in a scrappy second set, breaking to go 3-1 and then levelling the contest. But it was all sweat in a rough start for the former world number one as she made nine unforced errors in the first three games. Cricketers and other sports personalities took to social media and wished their fans on the festival. Instead, they grappled with 14, 15 year-old French wrestlers who were the trainees of a local wrestling club in the border town of Lorraine. Pardeep Narwal was back at his best after an uncharacteristically low-key performance against the Warriors in Mumbai. He was rebuked by team management for posting a video of himself on social media jumping off a balcony into a swimming pool. Memories of seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, a five-times winner with the Italian team at the circuit outside Milan, still have a powerful resonance.