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The UAE football team will meet Thailand today in a do-or-die battle at the main stadium at the Masan Sports Complex in Busan to decide the winner of Group B and their fate in the championships.

The UAE lost their last hope of reaching the quarterfinals of the soccer event in the 14th Asian Games yesterday when they were defeated 3-1 by Thailand at the Masan Sports Complex's main stadium.

Mahmoud Ali Murad was the only UAE bodybuilder to stay in contention for a medal in bodybuilding competition at the 14th Asian Games in Busan yesterday when he reached the finals of the 80 kg category.

Ahmed Al Fardan, the deputy president of the UAE National Olympic Committee and the head of the UAE delegation in Busan, stated that the team's performance in Busan was not up to the mark.

Handball team lose temper and match

The UAE bowlers continued their tremendous run at the 14th Asian Games in Busan by adding an unprecedented third medal to their tally.

The UAE bowlers brought more honour to the country by adding a second silver medal in the trio competition at the Asian Games in Busan yesterday.

The UAE's Shaker Ali finished sixth in the Bowling Masters event which concluded yesterday at the Homeplus Asiad Bowling Alley.

Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum finished fifth in the Skeet Shooting competition at the 14th Asian Games yesterday as Qatar's Masood Hamad clinched the gold.

In another major boost for sports in the region the UAE Boxing Federation (UAE BF) has become a full member of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) following the ABF general assembly held in Busan on Thursday.

Majied to begin medal hunt

In a fervent plea to sports authorities back home Ibrahim Abdul Malik, general secretary of the UAE Olympic Committee requested that talented athletes be granted UAE nationality.