World squash champion Nicol David kept alive her unbeaten streak and regained her Asian Games title by downing defending champ Rebecca Chiu 9-0, 9-3, 9-3 on Thursday.
Iran defeated South Korea 1-0 with the lone goal in the dying minutes of extra time to win the bronze medal in the men's soccer tournament of the Doha Asian Games here on Thursday.
North Korea were crowned women's soccer champions for the second consecutive Asian Games when they beat Japan 4-2 in a penalty shootout after 120 minutes of deadlock at the Qatar Sports Club on Wednesday.
The Asian Games are winding down, and Mohammad Al Khatib is starting to worry about going home. It won't be easy. The karate athlete got here two weeks late because of the closure of a checkpoint on the road out of Gaza, and he's not sure he'll have any better luck on the return trip.
Malaysia has won six gold medals in Doha Asian Games up to Wednesday. Local media is optimistic that the nine gold target could be achieved with squash and cycling likely to bring three more.
The South Korean archery "Dream" teams displayed their prowess by making a clean sweep of all four gold medals at stake as the archery tournament concluded here at the 15th Asian Games on Wednesday.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi launched an attack on team mate Leander Paes on Wednesday, just hours after the feuding duo won Asian Games gold in the tennis doubles.
The Indian fans should be content to their hero Leander Paes as he led a strong charge to take home two titles from the men's and mixed doubles in Doha but their sweetheart Sania Mirza lost to Chinese Zheng Jie.
Although he failed to advance to the gold medal match, Filipino Cecil Mamiit succeeded in snapping the Philippines' four-decade long medal drought in tennis in the Asian Games, local media reported on Wednesday.
Host nation Qatar scored a famous 2-0 victory over defending champions Iran on Tuesday to reach the Asian Games soccer final, while Iraq pulled off a shock 1-0 win over South Korea in the other semi-final.
The billions of dollars invested in holding the Asian Games were never meant to be offset by ticket sales, TV rights or tourism. The Doha backers believe it has put this city on the map.
Iraq and host Qatar will compete in the men's soccer final after defeating South Korea and Iran respectively at the Doha Asian Games on Tuesday.
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