Sports World: Indonesia march on in water polo cup

Indonesia march on in water polo cup

Indonesia clinched their third win in a row at the Fina Water Polo Challengers' Cup Singapore yesterday at the OCBC Aquatic Centre, beating Hong Kong 15-7.

Also in Group B, India trounced Chinese Taipei 33-6 while in Group A, the Philippines edged out Malaysia 11-8 and Ireland beat Zimbabwe 17-6.


Asia's minnows no match for giants

GUANGZHOU • Veteran striker Yang Xu scored four goals in 25 minutes during China's 7-0 blitz of Guam while Australia trounced a struggling Nepal 5-0 in Thursday's World Cup qualifiers.

Striker Kim Shin-wook also scored four in South Korea's 8-0 drubbing of Sri Lanka, while Japan triumphed 6-0 against Mongolia in other second-round group matches.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 11, 2019, with the headline Sports World: Indonesia march on in water polo cup. Subscribe