Dhaka, Feb. 7: The athletes and swimmers led the Indian rout besides creating two new meet records on the 10th day of the 11th South Asian Games here on Sunday. With 10 gold, 12 silver and eight bronze won on the penultimate day of competition, India now have 129 medals (67 gold, 40 silver and 22 bronze).
Pakistan are a distant second with 17 gold, 23 silver and 27 bronze.

Dhaka, Feb. 7: The experienced duo of Dharamvir Singh and Varinderjeet Singh misfired in the tie-breaker as India went down 4-5 to archrivals Pakistan and had to be content with a silver medal after a keenly contested hockey summit clash in 11th South Asian Games here on Sunday.

New Delhi,Feb. 7: “I have no words to describe it, I’m speechless. When I woke up this morning, I just wanted to shoot a good number. I never ever thought I was going to shoot a 64 and win by one. It’s like a dream come true,” Gaganjeet Bhullar said after winning the Asian Tour International at the Suwan Golf and Country Club in Bangkok on Sunday to begin the year on a high.

New Delhi, Feb. 7:  Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra missed on his third gold by a whisker but Suma Shirur bagged her second gold in the final of the triple match competition in the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle at the 33rd InterShoot tournament at the Hague, Holland.

London, Feb. 7: American goalkeeper Brad Friedel inspired Aston Villa’s determined defensive performance as the visitors secured a gritty 0-0 draw against Tottenham on Saturday. Friedel pulled off a series of impressive saves to keep Harry Redknapp’s side at bay at White Hart Lane, with his first half effort to deny Ledley King the pick of the bunch.
Spurs were left frustrated after dominating possession and will consider this to be two points dropped as they missed out on the chance to return to fourth spot in the Premier League.

Dubai: First round joint leader Jeev Milkha Singh had to be content with a tied 15th finish after signing off with his worst card of the week in the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament here on Sunday.

New Delhi ,Feb. 7: Reigning Indian Open champion Chinnaswamy Muniyappa will hope to make the most of the opportunity of playing a European and Asian Tour co-sanctioned event on the DLF Golf & Country Club course — a venue that shot him to fame — when he tees off for the $2.1 million Avantha Masters next week.
Muniyappa will be joined in his endeavour by former Asian Tour number one and USPGA regular Arjun Atwal, who will make a return after a spate of injuries in the past two seasons.

WARSAW ,Feb. 7: Fabio Capello’s England will face old rivals Wales in their Euro 2012 qualification campaign after the draw was made here on Sunday for the tournament to be held in the Ukraine and Poland.
England have drawn John Toshack’s Wales side in Group G as well as Montenegro, Bulgaria and Switzerland for a place at Euro 2012 with the qualifiers set to begin this September and finish in November 2011.

Mumbai, Feb. 7: As the McDowell Signature Indian Derby got over, there was only one name doing the rounds at the Mahalaxmi Race Course here on Sunday. Jacqueline.
For the filly did what no other Indian horse ever has managed to, in a nail-biting race in the evening. Not only did she set a new record of sprinting through the 2400 metres in 2:28.54 seconds to break the previous record of  2:28.58 secs set by Antonios at last year’s Indian derby at the same venue,

Mumbai,Feb. 7: As the nerve wrecking Indian Derby got over, the overjoyed owners of Jacqueline and the team which prepared the filly for the event, were the most sought-after at the Mahalaxmi Race Course here on Sunday.
England-based Irish jockey Richard Hughes was a relieved man after breaking the jinx with a record run. “There was immense pressure before the race as a lot was being talked about the filly,” he said.