Oltmans has been in India for a fairly long time, and the team’s performance in his last assignment – the European tour – was decent. But Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup _ for the first time since 2002 _ were damaged a half-hour later when Valeri Qazaishvili equalized from close range. ”Rahane’s slip down the pecking order started in Bangladesh two years ago, when then India captain, . At the end of the match I was creating more space but at the beginning I failed to convert several chances with my forehand. Next up for Thiem will be the 11th-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut or 2009 U. A roundup of World Cup qualifying games in Africa on Saturday:GROUP BMahrez was given permission by . First, Alexander Ring netted a free kick nine minutes into the game, and then the Finnish defense held firm to frustrate Iceland. Many of the questions the 28-year-old from Ukraine is being asked by reporters have to do with a dif. 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. Wilmots was brought in as coach after Ivory Coast, the defending champion, crashed out of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon in the first round at the beginning of the year.