“We have lots of friends who are supporting us including?our tourism. This is in addition to our three Community Shield wins. I’m with the German National team right now, and yesterday we took a big step towards the World Cup in Russia after beating Czech Republic 2-1. Australia not reaching for the panic button, says Mark Milligan. It made him the first to win an individual silver medal for the country in the Summer Games. played much better today than the two previous days later in the match,” he said. Australia’s 2-0 loss away to Japan last week put their qualifying hopes on a knife edge. ill face Latvian 16th seed Anastasija Sevastova for a spot in the quarter-finalsPlaying her first grand slam since returning from a 15-month doping ban, Sharapova has enjoyed wild fan support every time she steps on to the court but not everyone is happy to see the five-time winner back. Having sewn up top spot in Group B of Asian qualifying, Japan can afford to ease off against the second-placed Saudis. r but the team still regard it as a ‘crucial’ clash, according to striker Shinji Okazaki.