A technical foul was called against the Navy men when they failed to appear on the court in time to start the game due to the late delivery of their uniforms. The match was delayed for eight minutes. When the outfits arrived and the game began, the referee duly awarded two penalty points to the Air Force.

In the women's division Group A, former national player Natthana Hammerlink top scored with 13 points to help a star-studded Hi-Tech team score a 72-45 win over BU Basketball. It was the second straight loss for the vanquished.

A clean sweep

Manila SEA Games gold medallist Suthiphon Wathanakasikam swept three gold medals in the King's Cup weightlifting Championships in Si Sa Ket, bettering the SEA Games records in the men's 105kg. Suthipon set the marks with a lifts of 157kg in the snatch and 191kg in the clean and jerk for a total lift of 348kg. The old records were 156kg, 190kg and 346kg respectively. In the men's over 105kg, Niti Khamiam, Athens Olympic bronze medallist Wandee Khamiam's brother, also earned all three gold medals in the category. He lifted 175kg in the snatch and 195kg in the clean and jerk for a total lift of 370kg.

Yannaphon wins

The Kingdom's ace kegler Yannaphon Larpaparat dominated an all-Thai men's Masters Open final to lift his first Thailand International Open Bowling Championship trophy at BSC Bowl, RCA Plaza yesterday.

The 22-year-old political science student at Chulalongkorn University picked up five strikes on his way to a 202-194 win over 1998 Bangkok Asian Games gold medallist Kritchawat Jampakao.

In the women's category, Malaysian veteran Shalin Zulkifli dethroned defending champion and compatriot Esther Cheah 241 -208 in the women's Masters Open final.

Malaysian Siti Safiyah was third (191) and Taiwanese Tsai Hsin-yi produced 180 to finish  fourth.