We have risen from 13th to 6th in the rankings, women have qualified for the Olympics for the first . own merits but also significant when viewed through the prism provided by his matches earlier in the week. #8217;s top-ranked team a few years ago _ with little hope of making it to Russia next year. never begun a game for his country in a major tournament, but he set his home stadium alight with a formidable display as Spain grabbed Group G by the scruff of the neck. Gareth Bale also went close with a left-foot shot to ignite a crowd desperate to see a rerun of Wales’ Euro 2016 heroics. han normal in the early rounds _ I think it was good preparation for him coming into this third round,” Lopez said. in injury time, but it was substitute Benjamin Woodburn who rescued his country just five minutes after coming off the bench. Finland earned just a single point from the previous six qualifiers _ a draw against Kosovo _ while . ”The ace helped Murray to a three-under 68 that left him three strokes behind halfway leader Jon Rahm. Getting a big-name foreign coach and sacking him after a few poor results would prompt others to think twice about coming to India and would be akin to papering over the cracks.