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. Both went close again, Bale from an overhead bicycle kick and Robson-Kanu with a shot that hit the post. I told them look at Holland, Germany, Argentina…teams who play consistently well. The success of the Zverev brothers is very much a family affair, with their parents taking on coaching duties. He played only eight minutes in Spain’s shambolic 2014 World Cup campaign and did not make the starting line-up in their run to the last 16 at Euro 2016. n from Isco when he made his first appearance for his country after a three-year absence. remained more or less similar, but Hockey India believes getting rid of the foreigner will somehow improve performance. “I think my baseline game was not good enough, so I had to choose Plan B, which was serve and volleying to try to be successful on the court,” Zverev said. The core group of players that underachieved for most of the foreign coaches in the recent past has . ys’ grand slam title at US OpenUS Open 2017: This has been one of the best seasons of my career, says Rafael NadalAustrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem continued to work his way quietly through the U.