25 September 1999 | The Day's News
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The eighth South Asian Games took off to a colourful start today at Kathmandu, Nepal.
King Birendra (who, sadly, was assassinated two years later, in 2001) declared the games open!
From my personal diary entry, 25 September 1999
There were 12 sports in all, played amongst seven nations (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan & Maldives).
India won 102 gold as against 31 gold won by Nepal.
Pakistan came fourth on the gold medal tally with ten gold, and Bhutan with one!
On the cricket front, the LG Cup Tournament (with four teams in the fray) got underway today, and in the first Match of the tournament [between Zimbabwe and Kenya] today, Zimbabwe won the match against Kenya, and Murray Goodwin was declared Man of the Match!
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