September 17, 2006	Sunday	Sha'aban 23, 1427

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LAHORE, Sept 16: Punjab clinched three gold medals out of a total of five at stake to reign supreme on the first day of the 2nd Inter-Provincial Games athletics event at the Punjab Stadium on Saturday.

Punjab won two gold medals in the men's competition and one in the women.

The first gold medal for Punjab came through Rizwan in the discus throw contest when he hurled the discus at 37.43m. Ali Ahmed gave Balochistan a silver medal while Tahir bagged a bronze.

Nabeel snatched second gold for the hosts when he clocked 22.01 sec to win 200m race. Saqib, also of Punjab, seized a silver medal while Attaullah earned a bronze medal for Balochistan.

But while Punjab dominated other events, Balochistan excelled in the 5000m race when Hashim covered the distance in 17 minutes 19.52 secs to claim gold medal. Shahzad, also of Balochistan, earned silver while K. Badshah of Sindh won the bronze medal.

Zubia of Punjab claimed a gold medal in the discus throw with a distance of 22.26m. Razia and Sadaf, both hailing from Sindh, claimed silver and bronze medals respectively.

Sindh notched up a gold medal in the 1500m event when Khizra clocked six minutes 26 secs to cover the distance. Nazima Naz (Punjab) and Komal (Sindh) claimed silver and bronze medals.

Results:

Women’s:

Discus throw : Zubia (Punjab)22.26metres; Razia (Sindh); Sadaf (Sindh). 1500m race: (Khizra (Sindh) 6.26minutes; Nazim Naz (Punjab); Komal (Sindh).

Men:

Discus throw: Rizwan (Punjab)37.43m; Ali Ahmed (Balochistan); Tahir (Balochistan). 200m race : Nabeel (Punjab) 22.01 seconds; Saqib (Punjab); Ataullah (Balochistan).

5000m Hashim (Balochistan) 17 minutes 19.52 seconds; Shahzad (Balochistan); K. Badshah (Sindh).

SWIMMING

NWFP with four gold and two silver medals stole the show in the swimming event at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex pool.

Punjab with two gold, four silver and five bronze medals, were at the second position. Balochistan came third with a bronze medal while Sindh swimmers returned without a medal to their name.

Results:

200m freestyle: Adnan Hashim (NWFP) 2.27.23; Syed Mohammad Abdul Moid Mustafa (Punjab); Mursil Mahmood Butt (Punjab).

200m breaststroke: Hamid Raheem (NWFP) 3.04.38; Rohail Waqar (Punjab); Farhan Anjum (Punjab).

400m Individual medley: Adnan Hashim (NWFP) 6.29.17; Qasim Ali Amjad (Punjab); Rohail Waqar (Punjab).

200m backstroke: Syed Mohammad Abdul Moid Mustafa (Punjab) 2.51.85; Waleed (NWFP); Salman Khan (Punjab).

200m butterfly: Adnan Hashim (NWFP); Salman Khan (Punjab); Syed Mohammad Abdul Moid Mustafa (Punjab).

4x200m freestyle relay: Punjab (Mursil Mahmood Butt, Salman Khan, Qasim Ali Amjad, Abdul Moid Mustafa) 10.42.66; NWFP (Adnan Hashim, Khalid Raheem, Zamar Qaiz, Mohammad Asim); Balochistan (Imran Ali, Baqir Ali, Mohammad Ibrahim Qazim Ail).

TENNIS

Punjab earned 2-1 win against NWFP in the opening match of lawn tennis at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts.

Results:

Tanvir Ashiq (Punjab) bt Jahangir Khan (NWFP) 6-2, 6-4; Umar Babar (Punjab) bt Mahmood Khan (NWFP) 6-4, 6-3; Mahmood Khan/Jahangir (NWFP) bt Umar Babar/Khurram Nazir (Punjab) 5-7, 7-5, 6-0.

Individual: Khurram Nazir bt Abbas Raza 6-2, 6-2; Babar Khan bt Shaheen Mahmod 6-2, 6-3; Tanvir Ashiq bt Jahangir Khan 6-3, 6-3.

VOLLEYBALL

Punjab made a flying start in the volleyball event winning its matches both in men and women's section at the Iqbal Park Sprots Complex.

In men's section Punjab defeated Balochistan 3-0 (25-9, 25-10, 25-3).

In second match, NWFP outplayed Sindh 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-13, 25-10).

After winning the first set easily, Sindh recovered and won the second set winning it to level the score. But NWFP speed up the pace of their attack and won the two remaining set easily to complete the win.

In women's section Punjab registered an overwhelming win against NWFP by 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-6).

KARATE

Balochistan martial arts athletes made their presence felt in the karate event at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex by winning three gold medals in the four competitions held on first day.

In the individual kata, Balochistan claimed a gold medal through Abdul Bari. Baz Mohammad snatched a silver medal for the NWFP while Abdul Rahim earned a bronze medal for Sindh.

In the team kata, Balochistan comprising Abdul Bari,

Hameedullah, Saeed Ahmed claimed a gold medal. The NWFP team of Baz Mohammad, Kashif and Jawad earned silver medal while Punjab consisting of Abdul Salam, Aadil and Aamir, settled for bronze medal.

In the individual Kata, Abdul Bari of Balochistan clinched the gold medal. Baz Mohammad of NWFP was runners-up while Abdul Rehm (Sindh)and Shabir Ahmed (Punjab) obtained third and fourth positions respectively.

In 80kg plus event, Pervaiz Iqbal of Punjab notched up a gold medal. Basim Khan of NWFP remained second. Karamatullah (Balochistan) got third position.

In below 80kg contest, Sir Bulund of Balochistan gave his province a third gold medal. Basim Khan of Punjab remained second while Karamatullah of Balochistan finished third.

TABLE TENNIS

Sindh claimed gold medal in the women's team event table tennis at the Mayo Garden by winning all three matches.

They defeated NWFP 3-0 in the opening contest and then emerged victorious against Balochistan and Punjab by identical margin to clinch a gold medal. Punjab claimed a silver medal after beating Balochistan and NWFP with an identical margin of 3-0. NWFP remained third.

In the men's category, Punjab and Sindh have qualified for the final. Punjab beat NWFP 3-1 and Balochistan 3-0. Sindh registered a 3-0 triumph against Balochistan and NWFP respectively to qualify for the final which will be played on Sunday.

SOFTBALL

In the opening match Sindh beat NWFP 16-6 at the Government College for Women University. From Sindh, Zainab and Meesal scored three runs each. Fatima and Noor scored two each while Aneela, Nameer, Ayesha and Amna made one score apiece.

BASEBALL

Punjab and NWFP earned victories in the baseball at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex.

Punjab defeated Balochistan by a big margin 13-2. NWFP trounced Sindh 12-7 in the second match.

NETBALL

Punjab beat Balochistan in the opening match 38-2. Sindh beat NWFP 28-12 in the second match.

BASKETBALL

Punjab beat Balochistan by a wide margin 102-36. The half time score was 50-19 in Punjab's favour.

SQUASH

The boys and girls competitions in the squash event started at the Punjab Squash Complex.

Results:

Boys: Punjab beat Sindh 2-1 (Shoiab Hassan (Punjab) bt Kashif Khan (Sindh) 9-5, 9-3, 9-1; Mohammad Naeem (Sindh) bt Mohammad Naveed (Punjab) 9-4, 9-5, 8-10, 10-7; Aqib Hanif (Punjab) bt Sheroz Khan (Sindh) 4-9, 9-4, 10-8, 4-9, 9-4). NWFP beat Balochistan 3-0 (Sajid Khan bt Pir Usman 9-2, 2-9, 9-1, 2-9, 9-7; Intikhab Alam bt Salman 9-6, 9-2, 9-4; Riaz Ali bt Obaid Jehan 9-7, 9-6, 9-2).

Girls: Punjab beat Sindh 3-0 (Roshna Mehboob bt Hina Bashir 9-1, 9-1, 9-6; Zeba Pervez bt Irum Jehan 9-2, 9-1, 9-3; Ana Batool bt Habiba Khan 9-3, 9-3, 9-0).

Badminton

Punjab and Sindh qualified for the men team's event finals of the badminton in the 2nd Inter-provincial games at the New Khan Hall on Saturday.

Punjab crushed Balochistan 3-0 in the first pre-final while Sindh outclassed NWFP with identical margin.

Sindh also entered the final in the women's section, thrashing NWFP 3-0.

Results:

Men's semi-finals.

Punjab beat Balochistan 3-0:

Ashraf Masih bt Zohaib Raza 21-6, 21-5; Atif bt Moin Khan 21-8, 21-11; Rizwan Azam-Nauman Sikandar bt Kamran-Shahzad 21-5, 21-4.

Sindh beat NWFP 3-0:

Harrison bt Hayatullah 21-15, 21-18; Wasim Ismail bt Masood Ahmed 21-14, 21-7; Harrison-Adeel bt Nasir-Zeeshan 21-7, 21-11.

Women's semi-final:

Sindh bt NWFP 3-0:

Ayesha (Sindh) bt also Ayesha (NWFP) 21-6, 21-10; Neesha bt Shahnaz 21-4, 21-2; Ayesha-Neesha bt Bushra-Ayesha 21-5, 21-7.

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