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| Akramul Huq won the first silver for Bangladesh in South Asian Games. |
India and Sri Lanka move to women’s badminton final TBT report
India moved into the final of the women's badminton team event in the 11th South Asian Games at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city on Sunday.
The Indian women shuttlers proved too much for their Nepalese opponents, who provided little resistance in the 5-0 defeat.
In the first singles, Sayali Gokhale defeated Sara Devi Tamang 21-6, 21-12, Thulasi Chandrika routed Sujana Shreshta 21-4, 21-6 in the second singles and Aswini Ponappa overpowered Nangsal Tamang 21-13, 21-19 to seal the fate of the match.
In the doubles, Shruti Kurien and Aparna Balan defeated Pooja Shreshtha and Sara Devi Tamang 21-9 , 21-6 and the Ashwini Ponappa and Thulasi Chandrika continued the trend in the second match of the doubles winning 21-4 and 21-8 against Sujana Shreshta and Nangsal Tamang.
Sri Lankan women team also made it to the final defeating Bangladesh 5-0 in the semifinal. In the third-place deciding match, Bangladesh will play against Nepal.
Pakistan wallops Nepal 19-0TBT report
Pakistan brushed aside Nepal with an overwhelming 19-0 victory in the 11th South Asian Games (SAG) hockey at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.
The mighty Pakistanis led the first half 8-0 in the lopsided affair of the day. .
Pakistan swooped on the Nepalese from the word go and took the lead just four minutes after the push-off. The Pakistan team, consisting of under-21 players, easily took control of the game against its lowly opponents with free-flowing moves. Nepal earlier lost to India 21-0 in its first match in the competitions.
Pakistan plays its next match against the host Bangladesh and Nepal takes on Sri Lanka tomorrow.
Wasif Siddique (2, 33, 51, 52, 61, 67 minutes), Abdul Qayyum (4, 12, 40, 58, 62 minutes), Mohsin Bilal (7 minute), Zubair Ahmed (20 minutes), Zeeshan Ali (22, 31 minutes), Sabtain Raza (39, 48 minutes), Abdul Khaliq (47 minute) and Naghman Ahmed (64 minute) scored goals for Pakistan.
Pakistan: Mohammad Khurram, Wasif Siddique, Zeeshan Ali, Mohsin Bilal, Aamir Shahzad, Waqas Akbar, Abdul Qayyum, Abdul Khaliq, Sabtain Raza (Captain), Kashif Javid, Abdul Ghaffar, Imran Butt, Mohammad Khalid, Zubair Ahmed, Zeeshan Ali.
Nepal: Chander, Prince, Hit Kumar, A Ramjan, Amit, Samuyal, Ram, Dipendra, Ranjit, Rajandra (Captain), GH Kumar, Satya Nar, BA Padam, Amit Kumar, Bikash, Krishna, Devendra and Retesh.
India earns second win
India registered its second victory in the SAG hockey defeating Sri Lanka 7-2 in the second match of the day. India, which started out the Games campaign with an overwhelming 21-0 win over Nepal on Saturday, shared the majority of the ball possessions and carved out more opportunities against the islanders, who lost to the host Bangladesh 3-1 in their first math of the meet.
Dharamv scored a field goal after a pass from Raghunath after four minutes to put the Indians 1-0 ahead. Raghunath converted a penalty corner three minutes later to double the lead for India. Sri Lankan skipper Abeyarathne pulled off one goal for Sri Lanka on 15 minutes, while Moha-mmad scored the third goal for India on 21 minutes to stretch the lead 3-1 before the break. Raghunath scored from a penalty stroke on 40 minutes, Ajitesh scored on 46 minutes, Promod on 52 minutes and Mohammad on 65 minutes for India. Abeyarathne scored the second goal for Sri Lanka from a penalty corner on 60 minutes
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