South Asian Games

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.”

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...

Pakistan weightlifter,  KHURRAM Shahjad won his first Gold and countries second gold in 11th SAG. He won in under 85 kg weightlifting. Result: Gold: KHURRAM Shahjad (Pakistan) Silver: ROMESH SAMARASEKARA Ra (Sri Lanka) Bronze:

S.No. Game Year Location Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 I 1984 Kathmandu - Nepal 5 3 2 10 2 II 1985 Dhaka - Bangladesh 21 26 12 59 3 III 1987 Calcutta - Ind...