South Asian Games

Medal Table of  Volleyball Country Gold Silver Bronze Total India 1 0 0 1 Pakistan 0 1 0 1 Sri Lanka 0 0 1 1 Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 Nepal 0 0 0 0 Bhutan 0 0 0 0 Maldives 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 1 1 1 3 Semi-Final: Pakistan bt Sri Lanka: 26-24, 25-21, 25-19 India bt Maldives: 25-21, 25-12, 25-14 Finals : India bt Pakistan: 23-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-16

After India, Sri Lanka completed its 100 medals mark in 11th SAG in Dhaka today. Sri Lanka won 16 Gold, 33 Silver and 51 Bronze medals to complete this feet. India is the Only other country to complete Total 100 Medals. Currently India is heading towards 100 Gold medal mark

Bangladesh reclaimed the coveted football gold medal of the SA Games after a span of 11 years with a facile 4-0 victory over Afghanistan in the final held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Atikur Rahman Mishu, Enamul Huq, Abdul Baten Komol and Towhidul Alam Sobuj struck for the champions who dominated all the way through and presented the host country the 18th gold medal of the meet. Bangladesh wrapped their campaign with the gold medal believed to be the most precious of the sports extravaganza. Bangladesh booters produced excellent commitment, maintained the same rhythm and were focused to their duties that categorically made the difference. Afghanistan had very little space to show their abilities and their in form forward Belal Arezou who scored nine goals in their way to the final failed to put any impact in his teams attacking aspirations. Bangladesh reaped the fruit of their incessant onslaught in the 18th minute through midfielder Mishu. Defender Nasir produ...

 Nepal increased its gold medal haul to seven on Monday in the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka. Deepak Bista, Ayusha Shakya, Binod Shakya and Ganga Adhikari added to the two gold medals that Nepal won on Sunday. Deepak and Ayusha won a fourth and fifth gold medals for Nepal both in taekwondo this afternoon whereas Binod and Ganga claimed the 6th and 7th gold medals in karate. Earlier on Monday morning wushu player Angbabu Lama bagged Nepal’s third gold medal. Meanwhile, Deepak Bista created history after defeating a Bhutanese player in the final in the under 87kg category of taekwondo to win a fourth consecutive gold medal at the South Asian Games. Binita Maharjan on Sunday won the first gold medal for Nepal in the Women’s Thaulo (Taichi Quan) in Sylhet. Likewise, Sunil Lama, in the men’s U-55 kg Kumite won the second gold medal for Nepal. However, the taekwondo gold medal winner in the last SA Games Manita Shahi could not repeat her feat in last SA Games after she lost ...

Indian swimmers concluded their campaign at the 11th South Asian Games in style, winning four more gold medals with a new meet record and took their overall tally to 25 here today. India also bagged a silver to sign off from the event with a haul of 16 gold, seven silver and two bronze medals. Thus Indian swimmers reigned in the pool in 16 of the 19 competitions held. In the 50m breaststroke, Arjun Jaya Prakash shattered the 30.43 record held by Mohammad Shahajahan Ali Rony of Bangladesh as he clocked 30.04 en route to the gold medal. Local lads Mohammad Shahajahan Ali Rony (31.04) and Mohammad Kamal Hossain (31.05) took the silver and bronze respectively. Having made a national meet record in the 50m butterfly, Shubha Chittaranjan picked her second gold medal when she finished first in the 50m freestyle with a timing of 27.98s.

India defended their volleyball gold medal by defeating Pakistan in the final by 3-1(23-25, 25-23, 25-14, 25-16) in the South Asian Games at the Mirpur Shaheed Sohrawardy Indoor Stadium here. Subba Rao, Ukkara Pandian Sanjay Kumar, Naveen Raja Jacob and Srikanth were the stars of the show, as well as the Indian Senior Men's Team. Subba Rao played extraordinary in blocking while Ukkara Pandian created some excellent set-ups and adding to the game plan were some extraordinary counter attacks by Naveen Raja Jacob and Srikanth which enabled the team to win with formidable margin. Indian coach G.E.Sridharan said, “Our hard work has paid off. The key to our success was our attack. Our blockers also stepped up in the finals blocking Pakistan attackers on a regular basis.”

India Senior Women won the 11th South Asian Games women’s football tournament registering a comfortable 3-1 victory against Nepal in the finals played at Bangabandhu Stadium here on Monday. It was Nepal who took the lead but India Senior Women came back strongly to level the terms when Bembem Devi converted from the spot as first half ended 1-1. India Senior Women stepped up the pressure on their opponent and scored two more goals in the second half through Naobi Chanu to register a historic win.  India Senior Women emerged invincible winning all their matches and altogether scored 29 goals in five matches. Besides Gold, India were also awarded the Fair Play trophy.

Shehan Saearuwan Abeypitiyage of Sri Lanka and Naseem Hamid of Pakistan emerged as the fastest man and woman of the 11 SA Games winning the 100 meter sprint with a timing of 10:46 and11: 81 seconds respectively on Monday 07 February 2010. Both the results were regarded as upsets as Shehan toppled India’s Abdul Najeeb Qureshi who won the 200 meter defeating Shehan and was regarded as the hot favourite. On the other hand a woman from Pakistan winning the 100 M sprint was unimaginable as it did not happen before and the Pakistani women sprinter were never in the fray of the winners in the 26 year history of the SA Games. Naseem blazed the track to create a piece of history on the track of the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

Pakistan retained its gold in the hockey event of the South Asian Games defeating arch rival India 4-3 in tie-breakers in the final at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday 07 February 2010. The match rolled into the tie-breakers after the regulation and extra time ended in a one-all draw. India tried to subdue the Pakistanis from the beginning with a flurry of moves and took an early lead when skipper Ajitesh Roy scored from a penalty corner just six minutes after the push-off. Pakistan players toiled hard for an equaliser in the remainder of the first session but their efforts went futile as their goal-shy forwards frittered away some easy chances. Pakistan, which lost to India 5-1 in the preliminary-round match, started to gain rhythm as the second half wore on and the defending champions returned to the contention when Wasif Siddque converted a penalty corner on 45 minutes to put the match on an even keel. With the regulation time ended in a 1-1 draw...

Bangladesh staged a brilliant comeback to score a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Sri Lanka to reclaim the bronze medal in the hockey event of the 11th South Asian Games on Sunday 07 February 2010. Bangladesh successfully negated its first half deficit and emerged winner when Ashiquzzaman and Mamunur Rahman Chayan scored goals in the second half of the third-place play-off match at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka. It was a sweet revenge for the hosts who lost their bronze to the same opponents in 2006 Colombo South Asian Games. Bangladesh coach Gerhard Peter Rach said it was the outcome their hard work. “We worked hard to regain bronze. It was our commitment. Boys put a lot of efforts and got the reward. It would have been more happier for me if we would have won the silver,” the German said.

Event: Kata (Individual) Mens Gold: EDWARD (SRI) Silver: MIR MD. IBN IFTAKHAR (BAN) Bronze: VIKASH (IND) - GHULAM (PAK) Event: Kata (Individual) Womens Gold: JAW-U-PRUE (BAN) Silver: SANDHYA (IND) Bronze: W M ARIYARATHNA (SRI) - ZOHRAH (PAK) Event: Under 55 Womens Gold: SARAH (PAK) Silver: ANU (NAP) Bronze: CHANDRIKA (SRI) - JAW-U-PRUE (BAN) Event: Under 45 Womens Gold: MOREOM KHATUN (BAN) Silver: VALENA (IND) Bronze: ZOHRAH (PAK) Event: Kata (Individual) Mens Gold: BANGLADESH Silver: PAKISTAN Bronze: SRI LANKA - NEPAL Event: Kata (Individual) Womens Gold: BANGLADESH Silver: SRI LANKA Bronze: PAKISTAN Event: Under 67 Mens Gold: SAYED MOHAMMAD (AFG) Silver: SAADI ABBAS (PAK) Bronze: PAROTOSH (NEP) - KUSHAL (IND)

Medal Table of Wrestling Country Gold Silver Bronze Total India 3 2 0 5 Pakistan 2 1 2 5 Afghanistan 1 2 1 4 Nepal 0 1 0 1 Bangladesh 0 0 5 5 Sri Lanka 0 0 2 2 Bhutan 0 0 0 0 Maldives 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 6 6 10 22 Sports Event Athlete Country Medal Date Wrestling Upto 60kg ABDUL KARIM WAKEDI Afghanistan GOLD 07-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 66kg PRADEEP KUMAR India GOLD 06-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 74kg MUHAMMEAD ALI Pakistan GOLD 07-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 84kg RAJIV SHARMA India GOLD 06-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 96kg MUHAMMAD UMAR Pakistan GOLD 07-02-2010 Wrestling Over 96kg upto 120kg HITESH India GOLD 06-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 60kg KRIPA SHANKARA PATEL India SILVER 07-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 66kg MUHAMMED SALMAN Pakistan SILVER 06-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 74kg NOOR AHMAD AHMADI Afghanistan SILVER 07-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 84kg TORYALAI Afghanistan SILVER 06-02-2010 Wrestling Upto 96kg PRAVEEN THILAN India SILVER 07-02-2010 Wrestling Over 96kg upto 120kg SATENDRA PRASAD YADAV...