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China lost its opener in the water polo competition on Saturday but the referees were to be blamed most at the 13th Asian Games. "How can we compete in such a condition when three of our attacks were ruled against and three of our players were ruled out of the water with a penalty awarded to our rival, all in the first period," said Chinese coach Peng Zhaorong. "It's sheer rididule that our players were always to be blamed wherever a foul was committed in front of either goalmouthes, and we usually had to sacrifice one player whenever we scored," Peng said. Out of the favor of both Kazakhstan and Kuwaiti referees, China lost to Uzbekistan 7-10 in Pool B despite its protests on the spot two times. Kazakhstan established its lead 3-0 in the first period, a winning cushion against China eventually, with its center Sergei Voronin scoring six goals alone in four periods. Back to the Top |
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India's sprint queen P. T. Usha, 39, said she still has the chance to win a gold medal in her fifth Asian Games. Usha, who dominated the sprint races in the early 1980s, will take part in four events including 100 and 200 meters. "I will try to win a gold," said the mother of a six-year-old boy. The Indian, who returned to the track in 1993 after a lay-off of three years, showed her best performace during the 1990s in the Asian Athletics Championships last August, winning a bronze in the 200m and sealed a gold for India in the 4x100m relay. Usha who will also competed in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, said she will leave the track for ever should she fails to achieve satisfying results. Back to the Top |
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Japan won the men's 1,500m freestyle, the last swimming event at the 13th Asian Games. Masato Hirano pocketed the gold medal at 15:22.20, followed by Torlarp Sethsothorn of Thailand in the second place at 15:40.17. Hisham Masri of Japan settled for the bronze medal at 15:51.60. Back to the Top |
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The Japanese quartet clocked the fastest time of 3:41.98 to take the men's 4x100m medley title at the 13th Asian Games. Back to the Top |
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Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan clocked 2:012.25 to take the women's 200m backstroke title at the 13th Asian Games. Back to the Top |
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Cho Hee-Yeon of South Korea clocked 2:11.34 to take the women's 200m butterfly title at the 13th Asian Games. Back to the Top |
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Iran scored a come-from-behind win of 2-1 over China in a crucial match at the Asiad football tournament. The Chinese team, which had two wins in the second round and virtually ensured a berth in the quarter-finals, started strongly and got awarded at the 9th minute when Li Jinyu beat the charging out Iranian goal-keeper with a left-footer. But the Iranian team would not give up as only a win could keep them in contention for the other qualifying ticket from the group. Enjoying a domination of the midfield, the Iranian team kept a constant pressure on the Chinese defence line. They outshot their Chinese counterparts and levelled the score at the 16th minute when Karim Bagheri powered home a long-distance shot. Only three minutes later, the Iranian team surged 2-1 ahead, this time with a header from their star forward Ali Daei. The second half saw a even fierce battle. The Chinese team made several substitutions but failed to get an equaliser. The 2-1 victory was not enough to put the Iranian on top of the group as the Chinese team had a better goal difference. Iran now rank second in the group. Their fate will be decided by the group's another match between Oman and Tajikstan. Back to the Top |