GROUP FEngland did not impress before finally seeing off 190th-ranked Malta on a warm evening on the Mediterranean island. His involvement was crucial in the Basque club’s run to the Copa del Rey final, in which he powered home a free-kick against Barcelona. We have given everything to the players now and there shouldn’t be an excuse that ‘we didn’t get this, we didn’t get that’. The selectors will have to decide whether to have Gautam Gambhir as a captain or as an opening batsman. He won the first of his 46 F1 races here in 2008 driving for Toro Rosso. Players need to do well for the state and need to perform consistently. “Every country reaches thecity 2-3 days before the event. But, Shapovalov showed initiative in a scrappy second set, breaking to go 3-1 and then levelling the contest. Even Enzo Ferrari was always talking about the Italian Grand Prix as THE grand prix,” said team principal Maurizio Arrivabene after Friday practice. A player aims for a shot during the match in the Inter-School Table Tennis Championship organised by Chandigarh Table Tennis Association.