Hosts beat Maldives 3-2 in men’s football to qualify for semis
GUWAHATI: India’s remarkable domination went uncontested for the fifth successive day as shooters, wushu players and trackand-field athletes annihilated competition to sweep most of the gold up for grabs on the fifth day of the 12th South Asian Games here on Wednesday. With a whopping 194 medals, including 117 gold, 61 silver and 16 bronze medals, in the kitty, India sat pretty at the top of the table. Following the hosts in the second place were Sri Lanka with an overall count of 133 (24 gold, 46 silver and 63 bronze medals). The story was no different on the tennis courts in Guwahati with the Indians picking up all the gold medals on offer on the fourth and penultimate day of the event . The local favourites won gold in women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles to completely dominate the event at the All Assam Tennis Association Grounds here. In the men’s doubles, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Vijay Prasanth defeated Divij Sharan and Sanam Singh 6-3 6-4 to give the country the first gold and silver of the day. Ankita Rana then won the second gold for Indian in women’s singles in another all-Indian final. Raina easily beat Prerna Bhambri 6-1 6-0 in the final. Meanwhile, India managed to scrap through Maldives 3-2 in a round match of football at the ongoing 12th South Asian Games. India had lost to Sri Lanka 0-1 in their opening match on February 6. (PTI)
