China beat Korea 2-0 at Qatar Sports Club on Wednesday to take bronze medal in the women's football tournament. A double by Wang Kun did the trick, the defender scoring in the 40th and 60th minutes.

Sepaktakraw's final match in the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 ended tonight at 17:52, but the games played, the success and failures of Asia's greatest sepaktakraw countries and regions will burn brightly, or sometimes simmer darkly, for the next four years.

After a days fighting, the men's sanshou, or sparring, wushu finalists were decided in the 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 65kg, and 70kg categories.

Indians Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi survived seven match points in a gripping men's tennis doubles final against Thai twins Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana, to win the gold medal 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 at Khalifa Courts on Wednesday.

Vietnam walked away with the first Asian Games double gold medal in sepaktakraw after taming Myanmar 2-0 in the women's double final at Al-Sadd Sports Club.

Japan took advantage of a lack-lustre Chinese Taipei to win their 5th-8th place classification match 78-67 in the men's basketball tournament at Sport City on Wednesday. Chinese Taipei lost a thrilling quarterfinal with Qatar the previous evening and were a shadow of the team that had pushed the hosts into overtime.

Boxing's super heavyweight contest failed to live up to its pre-fight billing and a needle match, it was a stroll in the park as Uzbekistan's Rustam Saidov retained his title in impressive fashion against Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan.

In a scintillating encounter between Japan and China in the bronze medal match of the women's handball competition, it was Japan who edged through to take 3rd place after a 25-22 victory at Al-Gharrafa Indoor Hall.

Tajikistan have won only their second gold of Doha 2006 and it came in the boxing ring.

Defending champions and top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi saved seven match points in the second set to complete an amazing comeback and win the men's doubles title 5-7, 7-6, 6-3.

It will be another battle between Korea and China in fencing, this time in the women's team epée. The Koreans saw off the threat of Japan in their semifinal 45-33, while China powered through in the last three matches to beat Hong Kong, China 45-36.

India's women gained the consolation of a bronze medal in the hockey competition after a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Korea.