India thrash Bangladesh 5-1 in women's football, in final

Kamala Devi Yumnam and Ngangom Bala Devi struck two goals each to power defending champions India to a 5-1 thrashing of Bangladesh and set up a summit clash with Nepal in women's football at the 12th South Asian Games here today.
India will face Nepal in a repeat of the 2010 Dhaka Games, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday.
"Fortunately, we could convert our chances today and the day belonged to us. We will go all out against Nepal," coach Sajid Dar said after the win.
In the must-win match, India produced a wave of attacks in the early minutes with the strikers combining well up front along with Sasmita Malik.

Kamala Devi cleverly tapped home an early opportunity in the sixth minute to give the lead while Bala Devi opened her account after she converted one following a corner kick in the 13th minute.
Kamala Devi slotted the ball past the Bangladeshi custodian, following a clever flick by Bala Devi in the 37th minute to make it 3-0 at the break.

India struck twice in two minutes after the break with substitute and U-19 player Sanju, who came in place of Prameshwori Devi, scoring a scintillating goal in the 71st minute, while Bala Devi completed the rout a minute later.

Bangladesh scored against the run of play when captain Sabina Khatun (65th) found the back of the net to reduce the margin.
Earlier, Nepal blanked Sri Lanka 4-0 to top the group and finish with 10 points, while India ended second with eight.
An early 4th minute error by Sri Lanka's A Perera saw the defender head into her own goal to hand their favoured opposition the lead.
Nepal dominated throughout the match, plundering past the Sri Lankan midfield and defence to fire away shots on goal.
In the 27th minute, Niru Thapa failed to convert a cross delivered by Anita Basnet from the right while another opportunity was denied in added time when Sabitra Bhandari sent a low left footer only for it to be saved by a diving A Wijerathna.

Sri Lankan goalkeeper Wijerathna was kept busy in the first half but she did considerably well to prevent Nepal from scoring any further.
However, Sabitra Bhandari beat the Sri Lankan defence in the 52nd minute before finding the top of goal to make it 2-0 for Nepal.
Bhandari's second goal came in the 63rd minute with a chipped ball over Wijerathna to put Nepal in total control.
Three minutes later, Wijerathna made a brilliant save to stop Dipa Rai. But she was beaten in the 80th minute when Sapna Lama scored following a rebound off the woodwork as Nepal sealed the issue in style.