Sporting Digest: Football

WORLD CUP Asian zone first round Group E (Kuala Lumpur): Malaysia 1 (Mokhtar 34) Saudi Arabia 1 (al-Muwallid pen 87); Kuwait 10 (al- Hadiyah 23, 25, 55, 88, al-Saleh 61, 65, al- Juwaidi 71, 81, Gomez og 72, Abdul Rahim pen 86) Macao 1 (Pinto 75). Group F (Dubai): United Arab Emirates 7 (Talyani 4, 56, al-Balooshi 26, 60, Khamees Saad 28, Nasser Khamees 32, Mohammad Ali 74) Bangladesh 0; Thailand 3 (Piyapong Pue-On 26, 31, 70) Sri Lanka 0.

SUNDAY'S LATE RESULTS: World Cup Concacaf zone third round (Tegucigalpa): Honduras 1 (J A Flores 66) Mexico 4 (A Garcia 2, L Flores 45, L Garcia 49, Smith og 89).