National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday remained tightlipped about his split with Saina Nehwal, saying he doesn’t want to talk about the issue as the Asian Games is just round the corner.

Struggling with her form, India’s top shuttler Saina has sought the help of former chief coach Vimal Kumar to prepare for the prestigious Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea but said she will return to Hyderabad after the tournament.

However, Gopichand didn’t seemed too amused by the development.

“Well, it has been ten years we worked together. Whatever has happened, I am not very …. I saw that report in the paper in the morning. Leave it at that,” Gopichand told reporters in a press conference on Tuesday.

“I don’t want to comment on that issue because it is two weeks to go for the Asian Games. I think where ever you are training the last thing you want is your focus to be out. So leave it that, (lets) address it later,” he said.

Replying to repeated queries on the issue, Gopichand said he doesn’t want to discuss the matter at the moment.

Saina has been struggling with her fitness and form for almost two years. She had broken her 20-month long Super Series title drought, winning the Australian Open in June and also performed well at the Uber Cup in May.

However, the Indian withdraw from her title defence of Commonwealth Games in Glasgow just days ahead of the tournament citing fitness issues.

Saina returned to action at the World championship last week but could not win a medal as she crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game loss to World No.1 Chinese Li Xuerui in the quarterfinals.

With the Asian Games just a fortnight away, Saina decided to hone her skills with Vimal, whose tips had helped her immensely during her unbeaten run at the Uber Cup.

The 23-year-old flew to Bangalore on Tuesday to train at the Prakash Padukone academy for the next two weeks.

“I wanted to train under Vimal sir ahead of the Asian Games as his advice helped me during the Uber Cup. Asian Games is a big tournament and I feel he can help me,” the Olympic bronze medallist said.

“I reached Bangalore today(Tuesday) and I will train under him for the next 15 days. I want to win a medal at the Asian Games and hope it helps me to do well there.”

Laughing off questions on potential challengers, Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt turned on the charm offensive on his maiden trip to India, throwing humility out of the window to declare that his records are pretty much out of reach.

Bolt will play a seven-a-side exhibition match against a team which will have some of India’s top cricketers. The four-over match will be played with Team Bolt comprising his best friend Nugent Walker Junior and Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh among others.

The rival team would be led by all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who will have his long-time friend and renowned pacer Zaheer Khan among others in the team. The face-off is titled ‘Bolt and Yuvi – Battle of the Legends.’

The imposing sprinter, the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records, was at his wittiest best while facing the media at a promotional event in Bangalore.

Asked if his 100m record of 9.58sec would ever be broken, Bolt said with a straight face, “That’s pretty much out of reach.”

Amid a round of applause and some laughter, the ‘fastest man on earth’ added that his rivals would have to work really hard to match his greatness.

“As an athlete I have seen records come and go. They have always been broken but if you want to be as great as me, you have to work very hard. That’s why my records will stand the time,” he said.

There was more to come when questions turned on whether he thought anybody among his contemporaries were good enough to beat him.

“Nobody,” said Bolt after chuckling at the question itself.

On a more serious note, he said “Track and field is a weird sport. It’s all about focus and mental capacity. It’s hard to pick any one person but my coach thinks Justin Gatlin is good. Tyson Gay, Yohan Blake, so many guys are coming up. But I am not going to let anybody beat me!”

Cricket is his other passion but asked why he took up sprinting instead of the gentleman’s game, Bolt said “blame it on my dad”.

“My father is a huge cricket fan…but when I got higher secondary, I had two options — cricket or athletics. My dad said because of the system in Jamaica, it would be better to take up athletics. He said, you just have to run fast in athletics while it’s tougher to get into the national (cricket) team.”

Among other things cricket, Bolt was also quizzed as to who, in his opinion, could be as fast as him, Bolt, after some deliberation said, “AB de Villiers.”

On to Indian cricketers and Bolt was asked what target he would set for Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh on track.

“… would give them 14.5 seconds to get past the 100-meter finishing line …that should be funny,” he said with a grin.

Asked bout his sporting idol growing up, Bolt said he looked up to basketball player Kevin Garnett.

“Kevin Garnett was my idol who I was looking up to when I was growing up. I wanted to achieve what he had in his game,” he said.

The legend was also asked for his suggestions on how to make India a more athletic nation.

“We have to make the sports attractive to younger generation. When I was growing up, everybody wanted to play cricket all the time. Now they want to run as well. The sport should be encouraged at school levels,” he said.

Asked whether he was looking for a career in acting, Bolt said, “I don’t think I am a very good actor. I don’t know may be or may be not because all my life I just lived for sports. But you never know what future holds.”

The 26-year-old sprinter had reportedly been approached by Hollywood producers for embarking on a new career as a big-screen action hero.

The much-awaited autobiography of batting icon Sachin Tendulkar will hit the stands on November 6 with a high-profile release of the book in his home city Mumbai.

The book, titled ‘Playing It My Way’, will be published worldwide by Hodder and Stoughton and by Hachette India in the Indian sub-continent.

The book has been co-authored by renowned cricket historian and media personality Boria Majumdar.

“I knew that agreeing to write my story would need me to be completely honest, as that’s the way I have always played the game. It would require talking about a number of aspects I have not shared in public before,” said Tendulkar in a press release issued by the publishers.

“So here I am, at the end of my final innings, having taken that last walk back to the pavilion, ready to recount as many incidents as I can remember since first picking up a cricket bat as a child in Mumbai thirty-five years ago,” Tendulkar added.

“My autobiography will be available on Nov 6th Excited,” Tendulkar tweeted.

The front cover of the book shows Tendulkar raising his bat while walking away from the field one last time after his knock of 74 against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium on November 15.