Guangzhou - Following are news briefs from the 16th Asian Games taking place here.
FOOTBALL
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K.Rajagobal's boys bid goodbye to the Guongzhou Games when they went down 1-2 to defending champions Iran in the knockout stage at the Yue Xiu Stadium here.
Karim Ansari Fard opened scoring for the Iranians in the 53rd minute followed by goals form Syed Hosseini (59th) and Amir Sharafi (67th).
Malaysia received a penalty in the 86th minute which was converted by Norshahrul Idlan Talaha.
HOKI (MEN)
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The men's hockey team opened their Group A campaign by defeating Singapore 3-0 the Aoti Sports Centre here.
Hafifihafiz Hanafi opened accounts in the seventh minute while Azlan Misron put in Malaysia's second in the 14th minute.
Muhamad Razie Abd Rahim put the match beyond all doubt when he slammed home a penalty corner in the 35th minute.
Besides Malaysia, the other teams in the group are China, Oman, South Korea and Singapore.
BOWLING
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The men's bowling team got off to a dismal start when the bowling competition opened at the Tianhe Bowling Hall here today.
Senior bowler Alex Liew was the best performer among the Malaysian bowlers when he scored 1,354 pinfalls but it was a good 60 pins off the 1,414 pins scored by the eventual gold medallist, Engelberto Rivera of the Philippines.
Alex finished in 10th place while of his compatriots, Aaron Kong was 12th (1,339 pinfalls), Khairuddin (22nd), Adrian Ang and Muhamad Syafiq Ridhwan Abdul Malek (joint 23) and Zulmazran Zulkifli (46th).
The national women bowlers open their campaign tomorrow.
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
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Tracie Ang has advanced to the final of the balance beam event, which will be held on Wednesday.
In the women's individual all around event held at the Asian Games Town Gymnasium here today, Tracie managed to finish in 10th place after collecting 51.150 points.
The event was won by Sui Lu of China who garnered 58.400 points.
Source: http://www.bernama.com