16 April 2005	Saturday	06 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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ISLAMABAD, April 15: Punjab University girls dominated the athletics competitions on Friday at the second University Games picking up five gold medals. Sumaira Tayyaba set the tone for the day by claiming the 100m hurdles gold clocking 17.7 seconds to finish ahead of Farzana Mughal of Karachi University and her own team-mate Nabila Raza.

Raheela took the high jump honours, clearing 1.37m to give Punjab another gold medal while Amina Khalid was the winner in the 400m final finishing in a time of 63.7 sec. The silver in this event also went to Punjab with Sumaira clocking 71.7 sec. Ambreen Tabassum of Karachi University captured the bronze.

It was also a one-two finish for Punjab University in the discus throw with Iffat Bano going 28.11m for the gold and Lubna 23.04 to bag the silver. Sadia Khalid of University of Peshawar had to be content with a bronze.

The Punjab runners then rounded off a rewarding day by landing the 4x100 relay gold crossing the finish in 54.4 sec followed by Karachi University (58.8 sec) and University of Sindh (59.0).

There was also significant success for Punjab on the tennis courts where their players edged Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan 2-1 in the men’s team final while their women’s team did the same with a 2-0 defeat of Karachi University.

Punjab University boxers were impressive too, winning the championship after having collected 76 points with four gold, as many silver and two bronze medals.

Sindh University, Jamshoro who had 72 points were second while Government College University Lahore came in third with 29 points.

Results:

Tennis (men’s team event final): Punjab Univesity bt Bahauddin Zakariya University 2-1 (Masood Ahmed bt Imran Rasool 6-0, 6-0; Fawad Pirzada bt Shahryar Arif 0-6, 6-4, 6-0; Afnan-Masood bt Imran Rasool-Fawad Pirzada 6-1, 6-3

Men’s individual semifinals: Sarmad H. (Islamia) bt Noman Yahya (Bahria); Saad Baloch (Mehran Uni) bt Samad Baloch (NUST) 6-4, 7- 5.

Ladies team event final: Punjab Univesity bt Karachi University 2-0 (Nabia Haq bt Naima Mukhtar 6-0, 6-3; Sana Khan bt Shakeela 7-5, 6-2.

Third place playoff: LCWU bt Bahauddin Zakariya University 2-0 (Saira Zeb bt Sumera Parveen 6-2, 6-1; Amna Butt bt Anum Munir 6-0, 6-2.

Boxing: 48kg: Umair Hussain (University of Sindh Jamshoro, gold); Jamshed Ashraf (Punjab University , silver); Hafiz M. Ilyas (Govt College University Lahore, bronze).

54kg: Sajjad Hussain (University of Sindh, Jamshoro); Rashid Hussain (Agriculture University, Faisalabad); Adnan Hashmi (Punjab University)

57kgs: M. Tariq (Punjab University); M. Afzal (University of Sindh, Jamshoro); Sanaullah (Agriculture University, Faisalabad). 60kgs: M. Ibrahim (University of Sindh, Jamshoro; Fakhar Abbas (Punjab Uni); M. Naveed Anjum (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad); Junaid Anwar (Govt College University, Lahore).

64kgs: Noman (University of SIndh, Jamshoro); Zahir Hussain (Govt College University, Lahore); Sajjad Ali (Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam); M. Yousaf (Punjab University).

69kgs: Ghader Ali (University of Sindh, Jamshoro); Imran Anjum (Punjab Uni); M. Umer Farooq (Govt College University, Lahore).

75kgs: M. Ahsan Khan (Govt College Uniservity, Lahore); Asim Bashir (Punjab Uni); Imtiaz Ahmed (Agriculture University, Faisalabad); Ilyas Ali (Uni of Sindh, Jamshoro).

81kg: Saqib Masood (Punjab University); M. Wasim Asghar (Agriculture University Lahore); Muzaffar Ali (Sindh Agriculutre University, Tandojam).

91kgs: Zeeshan Khan (Punjab University); Waqas Hamid (Sindh University, Jamshoro); Mohsin (Agriculture University, Faisalabad); Wasim (Sindh Agriculture Uni, Tandojam).

91 plus kgs: Imran Bashir (Punjab University); Qamrul Islam (Agriculture University, Faisalabad); Zafar Saeed (Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam); Ahmed Zubair (University of Sindh, Jamshoro).

Athletics (women):

100m hurdles final: Sumaira Tayyaba (Punjab University) 17.7 sec; Farzana Mughal (Karachi University) 19.0 sec; Nabila Raza (Punjab University) 19.0 sec).

High jump final: Raheela (Punjab University) 1.37m; Saba Gulnaz (University of Education Lahore) 1.35m; Shumaila (Punjab University) 1.30m.

400m final: Amina Khalid (Punjab University 63.7 sec); Sumaira (Punjab University) 71.7 sec; Ambreen Tabassum (Karachi University) 74.8 sec. Discus throw final: Iffat Bano (Punjab University) 28.11m; Lubna (Punjab University) 23.04m; Sadia Khalid (University of Peshawar) 22.00m

4x100m relay: Punjab University 54.4 sec; Karachi University 58.8 sec; University of Sindh Jamshoro 59.0 sec.

Football (semifinal): Punjab University bt Sindh University Jamshoro 4-2

Hockey (semifinals): Islamia University Bahawalpur bt Agriculture University; Faisalabad 3-1; Govt College University Lahore bt Sindh Agriculture University 3-0.

Table tennis women (final positions, team event): Punjab University; University of Sindh Jamshoro; Fatima Jinnah Women’s University, Rawalpindi. Cricket: Punjab University bt Karachi University by seven wkts.