France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. “He has been here since 2003 and only after that the medals have started coming. “It would be something very special to win here _ also given the anniversary _ but it would be a bad sign if we were only to try hard here and not anywhere else. GROUP FEngland did not impress before finally seeing off 190th-ranked Malta on a warm evening on the Mediterranean island. It’s been seven long, mostly disappointing years since Ferrari celebrated a home win. The panel is confident that he will do a better job this season,” Madan Lal added. 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. They have been in touch with Japanese and Iranian federations but even after a year, the WFI is yet to identify his successor. Instead, they were scheduled to take part in the Spanish Grand Prix, which was held in July. Play teams informed of the impact of all the player transfers carried out this summer despite not being obliged to do so,” PSG said in a statement.