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Afghanistan won their maiden-SAFF Football Championship after defeating India 2-0 in the finals at Kathmandu and spoilt India's bid to win a hat-trick of SAFF-trophies. Mustafa Azadzoy(8th-minute) and Sanjar Ahmadi(63rd-minute) scored goals for Afghans, who lost championship to India 0-4 in New Delhi two-years back. From Indian-side, Robin Singh and Jeje Lalpeklhua were praiseworthy but couldn't save India from defeat.

India may move up after Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha’s A dope sample returned positive. Santoshi Matsa’s bronze and Swati Singh's 4th position may be upgraded in women’s 53kg. “We shouldn’t presume anything just yet, once she has provided a B sample that is when we can decide on the re—awarding of medals and appropriate actions" said CWG-Federation chief-executive Mike Hooper.

The Indian men's hockey team faced a 4-0 defeat in the finals of the CWG, against Australia. The intimidating Australian team scored two goals each in the first and the second half, giving no chance to India. This is the fifth consecutive gold-win for the team in CWG. Interestingly, India had lost 8-0 to Australia in the finals of CWG-2010

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has confirmed that India would play 2 international football friendly matches against Palestine on October 6 and 9 this year. Palestine was recently conferred AFC Challenge Cup champions, and stands on the 85th position according to the FIFA rankings of July 2014. India, that lies at 151st position, lost 4-2 to Palestine last time.