Bannu take Inter-District Women Games trophy SPORTS REPORTER P E S H AWA R —Bannu clinched the overall trophy of the Bannu Division Inter-District Female Games concluded at Govt High School No. 1 Bannu amidst great fun and enthusiasms witnessed among players. Director General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Miss Rashida Ghaznavi was the chief guest on this occasion.
Principal of the various educational institutions of both Bannu and Lakki Marwat, teaching staff, officials and large number female students’ spectators were also present during the prize distribution ceremony. Bannu recorded victories in seven different events out of total 13 while Lakki Marwat players gave a tough fight to Bannu girls by securing first position in six differ-
ent events and remained at runners-up. On the last day, the athletic event was held wherein Lakki Marwat grabbed five gold medals, five silver medals and scored 42 points by winning the overall trophy. Naila of District Lakki Marwat got the honor as fastest athlete. Naila was also declared as best athlete as she won gold medal in 100m, 200m and 400m while gold medal in Javelin throw.
BANNU: An athlete taking part in long jump event during Inter-District Women competition under KP Games.
Spring sports festival begins today
It was in the doubles when Nagina and Tanzeela of Bannu defeated Palwasha and Malaika and won the trophy. Earlier, the concluding ceremony was started with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Sidra, followed by National Anthem, Teams March Past, PT and Gymnastic show. Rashida Gaznavi gave away trophies, certificates and cash prizes. It is worth mentioning here that the winners of all 13 Games given Rs. 15000 and runners-up got Rs. 10000.
Kohat lift Boys KP Under-23 Games trophy
M U LTA N — N C B A & E Multan spring sports festival 2016 under the supervision of city district sports department will begin from Friday. According to district sports officer Jameel Kamran, the archery boys and badminton competitions would be started from March 11 on 3pm and 5pm respectively. Handball boys competitions would be started from March 12 table tennis, badminton, arm wrestling and girls archery competitions would also be held on same day. The final competitions would be played on March 13th. DCO Zahid Saleem Gondal would distribute the prizes and trophies among the players as chief guest at concluding ceremony. —APP
Alina and Kiran of Bannu and Lakki Marwat took silver and bronze medal in 100m and 200m while Nargis and Bisma of Lakki Marwat took silver and bronze medal in 400m. Yasmeen and Javeria won silver and bronze medals in shot put as both hailing from Lakki Marwat. In the Javelin throw Naeema of Bannu won gold medal in 800m while Lubna took silver medal and Irum got bronze medal. In the High Jump Hifsa of Lakki Marwat took gold medal, Basreen of Bannu and Kiran of Laki Warwat took silver and bronze medals respectively. In the Javelin throw Nargis of Lakki Marwat took gold medal, followed Naila and Sidra of Bannu. In the Badminton event Bannu defeated Lakki Mawat by 2-0. In the first singles Khatija of Bannu defeated Palwasha of lakki Marwat. The score was 21-15, 21-18, 20-23 and 21-17.
SPORTS REPORTER KOHAT—Kohat lifted the overall trophy by securing victories in 11 different disciplines out of 15 part of the KP Kohat Division Inter-District Under-23 Boys Games concluded under the aegis of Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Kohat Sports Complex on Thursday. Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information and Higher Education, was the chief guest on this occasion. Director Sports Training and Operation Tariq Mehmood, District Sports Officer Sikander Shah, Organizing Secretary Syed Saqlain Shah, Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Secretary General Murtaza Hassan Bangash, President KP Basketball Association Faqir Awan, officials, players and large number of spectators were also present. District Karak and Hangu took second and third position respectively in 15 various events. District Kohat took first position Taekwondo, Gymnastic, Tennis, Hockey, Basketball, Table
Tennis, Squash, Badminton, Boxing, and Athletics while got second positions in Judo, Karate, Football and Volleyball. District Karak won Judo, Karate and Football while Hangu won Volleyball, Hockey and athletics. On the last day Karak defeated Kohat by a solitary goal in a thrill-packed match witnessed by capacity crowd. Kohat defeated Hangu in the final of Hockey event. In the Volleyball event Hangu defeated Kohat by 3-0, the score was 25-23, 25-21 and 25-22. In the Judo District Karak won eight gold medals and two silver medal by securing 55 points while Kohat with two gold and eight silver medal took second position. In the Karate Karak won 10 gold medal by taking first position, followed by Kohat with 10 silver medal and Hangu got third position with as many bronze medals. In Athletic Kohat secured 78 points by winning the overall trophy. In the 100m Anis Khan of Kohat was declared the fastest athlete who won gold medal, followed by Rahim Ullah of Karak and Zohaib of Hangu.
PCB to bring in changes on recommendation of Special Committee ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Cricket Board the committee will be giving recommenda- as PCB selection committee chairman,” he (PCB) will bring in some new faces in Pakistan cricket on the recommendation of its recently-constituted “Special Committee”. Talking to APP, a top PCB official, on condition of anonymity, said the PCB Special Committee will hold its opening meeting in Lahore on Friday. The meeting is most likely to give the recommendations of sacking the coaches, Twenty20 captain and the selection committee. The PCB’s Special Committee is headed by Shakil Sheikh while the members include Subhan Ahmad (Chief Operating Officer PCB), Iqbal Qasim, Younus Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq. The official said
tions to the PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan for the removal of coaches, T20 captain and the selection committee which is headed by Haroon Rasheed. He said the special committee will be calling in everyone who they think are responsible for the team’s debacle. “They will be questioned on what improvement they have affected since they took over their respective jobs,” he said. He said the PCB Chairman is unhappy with Haroon and he wants to sack the selection committee. “Haroon had not done any homework on the players while naming them in the squads since he took over
said. He said it was the decision of Haroon to include Khurram Manzoor in the Asia Cup T20 and World T20 squad. “The PCB Chairman was not in favour of Khurram’s inclusion but Haroon put him in the squad,” he said. It may be mentioned that Pakistan performed poorly in the Asia Cup. Pakistan lost to India and Bangladesh and was unable to qualify for the final of the mega event. The official said Haroon was so non-serious about his role as chief selector as he didn’t conduct meetings of the selection committee and used to finalise teams for series or tournaments on ‘WhatsApp’”.—APP
RAWALPINDI: Players of Viqar-un-Nisa Post Graduate Women College and Government Post Graduate College for Women Satellite Town in action during a cricket match played at Viqar-un-Nisa College ground.
Amar Cables beat Ashraf Memorial in veteran cricket match
Sethi, Dar discuss tax related issues of PCB MIAN ARSHAD ISLAMABAD—Chairman, Executive Committee of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam
LAHORE—Amar Cables beat Sethi, Thursday, took up PCB’ financial matAshraf Memorial by 6 wickets in a match of the Turk Plast Veteran Gold Cup played on Thursday at Shah Faisal ground. Scores: Ashraf Memorial batted first 156 all out after 24.1 over. Shabbir Ahmad 40, Imran Abbas 30, Ghulam Mustafa 21, Abdul Hafeez 19 and Hakim Khan 17 run. Amar Cables bowling, captain Shakeel Malik 4/6, Rehan Rauf 2/22, Ahsan Ullah 2/34 and Ahmad Shahab 1/39. Amar Cables answered with 157/4 after 15.1 overs. Jamshaid Salman 58, Jamshaid Ali 45, Amar Ilyas Butt 23, and Shahid Akram 14. Ashraf Memorial bowling, Ghulam Mustafa 4/49. Rana Sohail Manzoor, Qaiser Waheed were the umpires while Waris Bashir was the scorer. International Cricketer Kamran Hussain as chief guest gave away man of the match award to Shakeel Malik.—APP
Huzaifa, Hamza in tennis final I SLAMABAD —Huzaifa and Hamza moved into the final of Boys Singles of the ATF Pakistan 14 & Under Super Series Tennis Championships played here at the PTF Tennis Complex. In Boys Singles Semifinals, Huzaifa Abdul Rehman beat Muhammad Said 6-3, 6-1 and Hamza Bin Rehan beat Amin Shafi 6-1, 6-4. In the Girls Semifinals, Zoha Asim beat Sara Noor Ahmad 6-0, 6-0 and Rida Khan beat Yasha Attique Khan 6-0, 6-0. The Finals will be played on Friday.—APP
National weightlifting scheduled for March 28-29
ISLAMABAD—The 61st Senior Men’s National Weightlifting Championships will be held at the Punjab University Grounds Weightlifting Centre, Lahore, on March 28-29. According to Muhammad Rashed Malik Vice President, Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWLF), the championship will be held according to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) rules. “All affiliated units of PWLF have been invited to participate in this mega event,” he said. He said National Inter-club Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2016 are being organized at the same venue from March 25 to 26. A huge amount of youth, junior weightlifters from all the leading clubs of Pakistan will be participating in the mega event. The age-limit of weightlifters for youth champiISLAMABAD: Prize winners of the Islamabad Medical and Dental College during the final of Sports Gala organized by onship is up to 17 years and for Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad at Jinnah Stadium, Sports Complex. Juniors 20 years.—APP
ters regarding the PCB and apprised him about some tax related issues which needed urgent redressal. Finance Minister referred the submission of the PCB on tax related issues to Chairman FBR for detailed review and asked for a report in the matter on priority basis. According to Finance Ministry, Najam Sethi along with PCB officials held a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar here and discussed tax related issues of PCB.
Najam Sethi on this occasion highlighted efforts of the PCB for refurbishing the cricket infrastructure and re-organizing the game on strong footing in the country. He also gave an overview of the just concluded PSL which he said contributed to promotion of cricket and strengthened efforts to revive international cricket in Pakistan. Najam Sethi also discussed with the Minister financial matters regarding the PCB and apprised him about some tax related issues which needed urgent redressal. The Minister referred the submission of the PCB on tax related issues to Chairman FBR for detailed review and asked for a report in the matter on priority basis.
Jansher urges PSF to invest in talent hunt programmes ISLAMABAD—Squash Legend Jansher Khan on World No. 1 for over 10 years, said these types of Thursday urged the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) to invest in the talent hunt programmes of players instead of holding big prize money tournaments. According to a report published in a national daily, PSF senior vice president Air Vice Marshal (R) Syed Razi Nawab had said that the Egyptians players will face Pakistanis in the $40,000 prize money event in April in Karachi. He said PSF had hired the services of Salman Butt, who was also behind Pakistan Super League (PSL), to help it generate Rs 20 million funds to conduct the high-prize PSA events. Talking to APP, Jansher, who had won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open six times, said the PSF should organize talent hunt programmes instead of generating money for tournaments. “Currently there is no player that can match the likes of Jahangir Khan, Qamar Zaman or me,” he said. Jansher, who had won a total of 99 professional titles, said Peshawar is the hub of squash talent and PSF should hold under 12 and 16 talent hunt programs there to dig out the talented youth. “Besides Peshawar, talent hunt programs should also be held in other major cities of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad,” he said adding then PSF should hold under 12 and 16 tournaments to polish the players and groom them for international level. The lanky Jansher, who had been ranked
talent-hunt programs will benefit more than the
big prize money tournaments. Speaking about Nasir Iqbal and Farhan Zaman’s participation in British Open, He said they both are good players “but we should not pin any high expectations from them in the event.—APP
National Open Polo Championship 2016
Last league matches to be played today SPORTS REPORTER LAHORE—The last three league matches of the National Open Polo Championship 2016 for Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup will be held today (Friday) here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground. These crucial matches will also decide the finalists of the event. Diamond Paints will compete against Learning Alliance in the first match of the day at 1:30pm, Army Remounts will play against Master Paints/Habib Metro in the second match at 2:45 pm while Dollar East/Master Paints will vie against Sabiha Anees in the third match of the day. Diamond Paints and Dollar East/Master Paints leading the points table by winning three matches each out of four while Army Remounts and Master Paints/Habib Metro have registered wins in two matches each. Diamond Paints have the services of Mir Shoaib Ahmed, Saqib Khan Khakwani, Raja Taimur Nadeem and Santiago Cernadas, Dollar East/Master Paints team has Sufi Farooq, Bilal Haye, Hamza Mawaz Khan and Juan Cruz Losada, Army Remounts team consists of Major General Isfandiyar Khan Pataudi, Major Haseeb Minhas, Major Omer Minhas and George Meyrick, Master Paints/Habib Metro team includes Mumtaz Abbas Niazi, Sufi Amir, Hissam Ali Hyder and Pedro Guiterrez, Learning Alliance comprises Adnan Jalil Azam, Usman Haye, Ahmed Ali Tiwana and Max Charlton, while Sabiha Anees team consists of Nafees Barry, Atif Tiwana, Shah Qubilai Alam
and Pedro Zacharias. Meanwhile, talking to the media at Lahore Polo Club, Argentinean Ambassador Rodolfo J. Martin-Saravia, who is leaving the country after completing 12 years of his service in Pakistan, said: “A lot of memories of my life are attached with Lahore Polo Club and whenever I paid visit to the club, it remained remarkable for me. “I was always given great honour and respect by all the presidents of the club including Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Abdul Qadir Mamdot and current LPC president Irfan Ali Hyder. I am really grateful to the entire LPC heads, members and polo enthusiasts for their love and respect for me and wish them all good luck for future of Pakistan polo.” About standard of Pakistan polo, the Argentinean ambassador said he was very delighted to see the improving standard of Pakistan polo. “The Lahore Polo Club has great contribution in raising the standard of the country’s polo as they not only made their grounds international standard but also imported more than 300 high-quality horses from Argentina during his service in Pakistan. I am looking for a bright future of polo in Pakistan.” It is pertinent to mention here that Rodolfo helped Pakistan in improving its polo standard and not only helped in importing quality horses from his country but also convinced Argentinean players to play in the country, who are now very much part of the high-goal events of Pakistan polo season.