15 April 2005	Friday	05 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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ISLAMABAD, April 14: Talha Iftikhar of Government College University Lahore roared to sprint glory on Thursday streaking to gold in the 100m final of the second University Games at the Jinnah Stadium. Quick off the blocks, Talha was home in 10.7 sec finishing ahead of Punjab University’s Saqib Nawaz and University of Peshawar’s Muhammad Ali.

University of Peshawar athletes finished on top in the track and field events with a total of 127 points as they bagged a total of 17 medals.

In the team event of the men’s tennis competition, Punjab and Bahauddin Zakariya Universities qualified for the finals after picking up easy semifinal victories.

Punjab duo of Afnan Nasir and Masood Ahmed outplayed their rivals Sarmad Hussain and Sarfraz Ahmed of Islamia University Bahawalpur in their respective singles matches.

Imran Rasool and Fawad Pirzada of Multan knocked out Athar Altfat and Mudassir Anis of Karachi University respectively in their singles clashes.

Athletics (men)

100m final: Talha Iftikhar (Government College Uni, Lahore) 10.7 sec; Saqib Nawaz (Punjab University) 10.9 sec; Muhammad Ali (University of Peshawar) 10.9 sec.

Women 400m hurdles final: Naila Raza (Punjab University) 1:15.9; Sadia Aslam (Punjab University) 1:24.3; Nausheen Anwar (Karachi University) 1:31.0

Long jum final: Beenish Ameen (Punjab Univeristy) 4.76; Amina Khalid (Punjab University) 4.39; Saba Gulnaz (University of Education Lahore) 4.35

Javelin throw final: Sadia Khalid (University of Peshawar) 32.04; Aulfat Khanum (Punjab University) 30.85; Yasmin (Punjab University) 27.18

5000m final: Sarish Nawaz (Punjab University) 25:37.8; Humaira (University of Sindh Jamshoro) 28:01.9; Rizwana (University of Sindh Jamshoro) 28:15.30

800m final: Amna Khalid (Punjab University) 2:40.8; Sumaira Tayyaba (Pun University) 2:57.9; Kasheela Komar (Karachi University) 2:59.1

4x400m relay: Punjab University 4:34.3; University of Sindh Jamshoro 5:03.2; Lahore College for Women University 5:19.8

Tennis (Men’s individual singles quarterfinals): Noman Yahya (Bahria) bt Janesar Pirzada (GCU Lahore) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Saad Baluch (Mehran University) bt Fawad Pirzada (Bahauddin Zakariya University 6-1, 0 - ? 6-0; Sarmad Hussain (Islamia) bt Asim Shamshad (GC Faisalabad 6- 2, 6-0.

Women’s singles team semifinals: Punjab University bt Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan 2-0; Karachi bt LCWU 2-1

Men’s team semifinals: Punjab University bt Islamia University Bahawalpur 2-0 (Afnan Nasir bt Sarmad Hussain 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, Masood Ahmed bt Sarfraz Ahmed 6-2, 6-3) Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan bt Karachi University 2-0 (Imran Rasool bt Athar Altfat 6-2, 6-2, Fawad Pirzada bt Mudassir Anis 6-1, 6-1

Quarterfinal: Karachi University bt GCU Faisalabad 2-1 (Athar Altfat bt Sarfraz Khan 6-2, 6-1, Amir Munir bt Mudassir Anis 6-1, 6-1, Athar Altafat-Mudassir ANis bt Sarfraz Khan-Amir Munir 6-4, 7-5.

Third place playoff: Islamia University bt Karachi University 2-0 (Sarmad Hussain bt Ather Altfat 6-2, 6-4, Sarfraz Ahmed bt Mudassir ANis 6-2, 6-0.

Basketball (women): Punjab University bt University of Sindh 6-0; Karachi University bt Sargodha University 2-0; Lahore College for Women University bt Bahria University 2-0; Bahauddin Zakariya University bt University of Education 38-5; Peshawar University bt University of Malakand 2-0

Volleyball (men): Peshawar University w/o Quaid-i-Azam University; Punjab University bt International Islamic University 25-14, 25-20; Govt College University, Lahore bt Islamia University Bahawalpur 25-9, 25-15; Agriculture University Peshawar by Karachi University 25-23, 21-25, 15-12; Quaid-i-Awam University bt Mehran University 25-15, 25-7; Gandhara University w/o Federal Urdu University; Gomal Universityversity w/o Karachi Institute of Economics; Agriculture Uni Peshawar bt Agriculture Uni Tandojam 25-15, 25-23.