Women's kabaddi team bid adieu

The Bangladesh women's kabaddi team bade farewell to their hopes of defending the bronze medal after losing to Iran by 47-21 points.

Having suffered a shock 42-27 point defeat against Chinese Taipei in the opening game, the Bangladeshi women failed to dust themselves off against a superior Iran and all they can hope for now is just to salvage some pride in today's final group game against South Korea, a team Bangladesh had beaten in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

The women's team had first gotten a bronze medal in the 2010 Asian Games in Ghuangzhou, and followed it up with their success in the next edition in Incheon. This time however, they will return with no more than a wooden spoon.

However, the men's team bounced back from their heavy defeat against India with a 34-22 point win against Thailand. The men's team, who last won a medal in the Asian Games back in 2006, will have to beat Sri Lanka today and South Korea, the bronze medallists from last edition, tomorrow to keep their chances of a medal alive.