Uzbekistan thoroughly dominated Hong Kong, China in the second day of the men's Water Polo at Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre. The Uzbeks, coming off a 12-6 loss to China yesterday, 6 December, needed to make up ground if they want to play in the semi-finals.

Malaysia and Japan both recorded wins in pool A of the men's hockey tournament at Al-Rayyan Sports Club on Wednesday to stay in contention for semifinals places. Malaysia survived an early scare and came from behind to beat Hong Kong, China 2-1 at Al-Rayyan Sports Club. In the following match, Japan enjoyed a much more comfortable victory, 4-0 over Chinese Taipei.

Chinese Taipei and Bahrain both recorded their third successive victories in pool B of the preliminary round of the men's volleyball tournament at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall on Thursday. Chinese Taipei upset Thailand, 25-15, 25-13, 25-21 in men's volleyball preliminaries, at Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall.

The main rounds of the men' handball tournament got underway on Thursday with victories for Kuwait, Korea, Qatar and Syria at the Al-Gharrafa Indoor Hall. Qatar edged out IR Iran 27-24 in a tremendous match to keep up their 100 per cent record. There was little between the teams in the first half, with both sides refusing to let the other build a commanding lead.

There were some memorable battles on ASPIRE's badminton courts on Thursday evening as the quarterfinals in both the men's and women's singles took place. In the women's tournament, China's top seeded Zhang Ning was eliminated as second seed Xie Xingfang was taken to three sets before prevailing.

Thailand's billiards duo Praput Chaithanasakun and Udon Khaimuk have pocketed gold in the men's billiards doubles at the Al-Sadd Sports Club, beating Myanmar pair Kyaw Ooand Aung Oo San 3-1 (101-26, 102-95, 35-100, 101-63) on 7 December.

On a day when beach volleyball players had to compete against heavy rain and strong winds as well as opponents desperate to remain in the competition, four more teams were eliminated from the men's beach volleyball tournament at Sport City on Thursday 7 December.

Korea, Asian Games champions at basketball, came off second best at the hands of Jordan in a tightly fought 68-62 game. Physically dominated by the Jordanians, Korea's speed and attacking energy nonetheless meant their point deficit never risked becoming a rout and they threatened to make a comeback at any moment - they just didn't.

Qatar and India, seeded No 3 and No 1 respectively, were the points leaders after the second round of mixed team's classical Swiss chess competition, both ending the day with 5.5 points. They both lost just a half-point in six games.

India and Chinese Taipei will contest the women's team tennis final after winning their respective semifinals at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash complex on Wednesday.

Having won golds in 1998 and 2002, Thailand became the first country to win three successive gold medals in the Asian Games sepaktakraw team events after beating Malaysia 2-0 in the men's sepaktakraw team final at Al-Sadd Sports Club.

A second day of light winds on Doha Bay left sailors racing in four to six knots of breeze on Wednesday as day two of the sailing competition struggled to unfold.