Men’s relay team sprint to the gold. An awesome foursome of Thai men’s sprinters brought the home crowd to their feet in the Pattaya Indoor Athletics Stadium yesterday after a superb run in the 4x400m relay to win the gold, but Kazakhstan lead the medal standings. A total of 10 gold medals were on offer on the final day of the indoor athletics. India took the lion’s share of four medals, including three gold. Kazakhstan and Thailand both won two gold, but the visitors added three silver medals to Thailand’s one.

SEA GAMES COUNTDOWN: THAI WOMEN ON CUE

Girls aim to make a big splash in pool. There are certain sports that are not popular with women. You don’t often hear of female race car drivers or see women playing cue sports like snooker or pool. Visit any snooker hall in Thailand and the only women you find there would be markers (scorers), cashiers and waitresses. But with the growing popularity of pool, especially on cable television channels such as ESPN and Star Sports, more women are taking up the sport.

Local pair trip the light fantastic

The superb duo of Watcharakorn Suasuebpun and ML Warapa Jumbala made a splash on the dance floor at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium yesterday, winning one silver and one bronze medal as the dance sports competition wound up yesterday.

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME: ‘Leesaw’ strikes at the shops

After a week of hard training and going nowhere but the soccer pitch in Kunming, China, SEA Games star Teeratep “Leesaw” Winothai finally managed to get a day off in the southern Chinese city. Along with his team-mates, Leesaw spent a day looking around the town and then did some shopping. He returned to his hotel with two imitation Louis Vuitton items for his mother and a couple of jackets for himself.

AFC cheers for the Aussies

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is hoping Australia succeed against Uruguay in the second leg of their World Cup play-off in order to strengthen claims for more World Cup places in future.