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IMPROVED SHOW: With 54 medals including 10 gold, the haul was fairly rich.

Mixed result for India in Asiad

Rana may have missed out on most valuable player award but his success story is a lesson for sports administrators.

Asian Games end with Arabian tales

The President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah formally declared the Games closed.

China won 165 gold, 88 silver and 63 bronze while India managed only 10 gold, 18 silver and 26 bronze.

Park got 231 votes in a poll in which all scribes covering the Games were eligible to vote.

India won two golds in the game and that meant India have continued their dominance in a game they invented.

Poverty could not deter 25-year-old S Santhi from winning the silver medal at the Doha Asian Games.

Sittichai said he had prayed that he would run around the track naked if he won the gold medal.

Pakistan ensured a direct berth for the Beijing Olympics by clinching the bronze medal at the Asian Games.

India's best tennis players let their mutual distrust spill into the public domain.

The Koreans could have won by a bigger margin against China had their forwards not wasted some scoring chances.

India were assured of the gold after the eighth round as they had taken an unassailable lead over the others.

Paes and Bhupathi were the No 1 pair in the world at one time and reaching all four Grand Slam final in 1999.