France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. 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. NewsDesigner tips for the ideal kitchenGoPro Fusion review: 360-degree video becomes easy to handleApple App accelerator turns a year old, teaches success to developers young and oldFreestyle wrestler Narsingh Yadav, serving a four-year ban for a dope offence committed prior to the Rio Olympics last year, is fervently hoping the CBI’s probe into his charge of sample tampering by his rivals at Sonepat in Haryana leading to the ban comes out in his favour. The fans are certainly ready to cheer a red car to victory. Meanwhile, USA’s Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens also made it into the next round. It was a crucial tournament, which also offered Indians the chance to spar with wrestlers from other countries, including Russia, Iran and USA. They have been in touch with Japanese and Iranian federations but even after a year, the WFI is yet to identify his successor. Their forwards started the match on an attacking note and made some threatening sallies into the opposition half. Sharapova, who made her comeback in April after a 15-month ban following a positive test for meldoni. Kenin’s tank was empty in the second set and Sharapova, who next faces Latvian 16th seed Anast.