September 18, 2006	Monday	Sha'aban 24, 1427

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LAHORE, Sept 17: Defending champions Punjab with a tally of 59 gold medals were well on course to win the 2nd Inter-provincial games on the penultimate day of the competition on Sunday.

Punjab dominated the athletics event as they clinched 17 out of the 19 gold medals on offer.

Eight more finals will be held on Monday, the last day of the event.

In other disciplines, Punjab claimed seven golds in wrestling, six in gymnastics, five in swimming, four each in wushu and cycling, three apiece in bodybuilding and weightlifting, one in table tennis, two in judo and table tennis and another five in taekwondo.

In athletics, Pubjab’s Madeeha Latif performed brilliantly to win five individual gold medals and one in the team event.

Madeeha won gold medals in the long jump, high jump, shot put, 200 metres, javelin throw and the 4x400m relay.

Meanwhile, the organisers could face trouble in finalising the final position for the second consecutive day no members of the tabulation committee reported at the National Hockey Stadium.

When contacted, a member of the committee on the condition of anonymity said that they were not reporting because the organizers did not give protocol to the president of POA, Syed Arif Hasan, during the opening ceremony on Saturday night.

He added the attitude of the organisers was not friendly towards the tabulation committee when they held the first edition.

Athletics results:

Women’s:

800m: 1. Khizra (Sindh) 2.24.55; 2. Azalfa Shafi (Punjab); 3. Nazia Naz (Punjab).

Long jump: 1. Madeeha Latif (Punjab) 4.75m; 2. Nadia Zulfiqar (Punjab); 3. Nausheen Anwar (Sindh).

High jump: 1. Madeeha Lateef (Punjab) 1.35m; 2. Shanila Sadiq (Punjab); 3. Nausheen Anwar (Sindh).

Shot put: 1. Madeeha Latif (Punjab) 10.21m; 2. Shahnaz (Punjab); 3. Sadaf Hafeez (Sindh).

200m: 1. Madeeha Latif (Punjab) 26.70 seconds; 2. Razia (Sindh); 3. Nadia Zulfiqar (Punjab).

4x400m relay: 1. Punjab (Madeeha, Nazia, Azalfa, Shaneela 4.54.85; 2. Sindh (Khizra Ghazal, Komal, Nausheen).

Javelin throw: 1. Madeeha Latif (Punjab) 31.25m; 2. Rabia Punjab; 3. Sadaf Hafeez (Sindh).

Triple jump: 1. Nadia Zulfiqar (Punjab) 9.64m; 2. Sukhan Faiz (Punjab); 3. Nausheen Anwar (Sindh).

Men’s:

800m: 1. Mohammad Hussain (Punjab) 1.57.80; 2. Tanvir (Punjab); 3. Abdullah Ameer (Sindh).

4x100m relay: 1. Punjab (Saqib Nawaz,Ali Raza Toor, Nabeel, Haider) 43.19 seconds; 2. Balochistan (Nauman, Ataullah, Zaheer, Tariq); 3. NWFP (Nasir, Adnan, Kabeer, Zafran).

Long jump: 1. Fida Hussain (Sindh) 6.23m; 2. Nasir (NWFP), 3. Zulfiqar (Punjab).

High jump: 1. Wajahat (Punjab); 1.90m; 2. Usman Sajid (Punjab); 3. Mohammad Rafiq (NWFP).

Shot put: 1. Mohammad Ishaq (Punjab) 11.42m; 2. Ali Ahmad (Balochistan); 3. Rizwan (Punjab).

400m: 1. M. Nabeel (Punjab) 50.00 seconds; 2. Bahzad Ashraf (Punjab); 3. Abdullah Aamir (Sindh).

1500m: 1. Farhan (Punjab) four minutes eight seconds; 2. Ansar Shahzad (Punjab); 3. Safar Khan (Balochistan).

100m hurdles: 1. Mohsin (Punjab) 15.03 seconds; 2. M. Ashraf (Punjab); 3. Zafran (NWFP).

Triple jump: 1. Mohammad Ishaq (Punjab) 13.7m; 2. Irfan Ali (Punjab); 3. Waqar (NWFP).

Javelin throw: 1. Haroon Rasheed (Punjab) 57.35m; 2. Abid Ali (NWFP); 3. Imran Khan (Punjab).

HOCKEY

Two goals each by Saleem and Atif helped Sindh beat Balochistan 5-4 at the National Hockey Stadium.

The winners led the first half 3-1.

HANDBALL

Balochistan and Punjab registered victories in the handball.

Balochistan defeated NWFP 19-10. Sohail and Qasim scored five and four goals for the winners, respectively.

In the second match, Punjab defeated Sindh 29-8 with major scorers were Aziz and Faisal, who contributed 10 and 7 goals.

VOLLEYBALL

Women’s; In the lone match at Iqbal Park Sports Complex, Sindh defeated NWFP 3-0 (25-18, 27-25,25-19).

Men’s: First Punjab outclassed Sindh 3-0 (27-25,25-22, 25-15) and Balochistan carved out a similar win against NWFP (25-13, 25-8,25-7).

SQUASH

Punjab and Sindh registered facile wins in the squash event at the Punjab Squash Complex.

Punjab brushed aside Balochistan 3-0 while Sindh registered 2-1 win against NWFP.

Results:

Punjab beat Balochistan 3-0 (Aqib Hanif bt Ubaid Jehan 9-2, 9-4,9-7; M. Naveed bt Pir Usman 9-1,9-3, 6-9, 9-6; Shoaib Hasan bt Salman 9-1, 9-1).

Sindh beat NWFP 2-1 (Shehroz Khan (Sindh) bt Riaz Hussain (NWFP) 9-5, 9-4, 2-9, 9-7; Sajid Khan (NWFP) bt M Naeem (Sindh) 9-7, 10-9, 9-0; Kashif Khan (Sindh) bt Intikhab Alam 9-5, 9-0, 9-0).

TENNIS

NWFP defeated Sindh 2-1. Mehmood Khan beat Saad Baloch 6-2, 6-1. Sindh’s Yasir Khan levelled the score by beating Jahangir Khan 6-4, 6-3.

But in the decisive match, NWFP’s pair of Mehmood Khan-Jahangir Khan were declared winnera after Yasir Khan and Saad Baloch conceded the match having lost the first set 6-1.

In the individual semi-finals, Tanvir Ashiq (Punjab) qualified for the final beating Khurram Nazir (Punjab) 6-4, 7-5. He will meet Amjad Islam, who defeated Jaffar Khan (Sindh) 6-0, 6-4.

TABLE TENNIS

Punjab men defeated Sindh 3-1 to win the gold medal.

BASKETBALL

Two matches were played in the basketball event at Mayo Garden Hall. NWFP defeated Balochistan 69-45 while Punjab beat Sindh 87-48.

WRESTLING

Punjab claimed seven gold medals to sweep the wrestling event at the National Sports Coaching an Training Centre.

NWFP remained second with six silver and one bronze medal while Sindh obtained one silver and four bronze. Balochistan obtained two bronze medals.

Results:

55kgs:Deedar (Punjab); Saeed-ur-Rehman (NWFP); Kashif Khan (Sindh).

60kgs: Aamer Hafeez (Punjab); Mehtab (Sindh); Saeed Asad Badshah (NWFP).

66kgs: Ashraf (Punjab); Naimatullah (NWFP); Sajid (Sindh).

74 kgs: Adnan (Punjab); Mohammad Din(NWFP); Mohammad Rafi (Balochistan).

84kgs: Usman Rashid (Punjab); Mujeebur Rehman (NWFP); Niaz (Sindh).

96kgs: Shoaib Butt (Punjab); Khan Mohammad (NWFP); Habib (Sindh).

Over 96kgs: Zunair Butt (Punjab);

Abdul Sattar (NWFP), Jamaluddin (Balochistan).

JUDO

Punjab and Sindh judokas claimed two gold medals each.

Mohammad Sadiq Yousuf and Irfan Azam seized gold medal for Punjab in 50 and 66kgs classes. For Sindh Tariq and Asif obtained gold medal in 56 and 73kgs classes.

BODYBUILDING

Punjab with 39 points won the bodybuilding challenge trophy. NWFP remained second with 25 points while Sindh and Balochistan could earn only 12 points each.

FOOTBALL

Balochistan defeated Punjab 3-1 with Rabbani scoring in the 50th and the 64th minute while Chengaiz scored in the 70th minute. Nadeem scored the only goal for Punjab in the 80th minute.

In other match Sindh beat NWFP 2-0 with Waseem (71st minute) and M Jan (75th) finding the net.

SWIMMING

NWFP maintained their supremacy with a tally of eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals.

NWFP, who clinched four gold medals on first day, added as many more to remain leaders. Punjab are behind with a tally of 21 medals including five gold, seven silver and nine bronze. Balochistan claimed two bronze while Sindh could not end the winning drought.

Results:

200m individual medley: 1. Adnan Hashim (NWFP) 2.47.84sec; 2. Syed Mohammad Abdul Moid Mustafa (Punjab); 3. Qasim Ali Amjad (Punjab).

100m breaststroke: 1. Hamid Raheem (NWFP) 1.23.20secs; 2. Rohail Waqar (Punjab); 3. Farhan Anjum (Punjab).

100m backstroke: 1. Syed Mohammad Abdul Moid Mustafa (Punjab) 1.20.60sec; 2. Waleed (NWFP); 3. Mujahid Nazir (Punjab).

4x100m freestyle relay: 1. Punjab (Mursil Mehmood Butt, Qasim Ali Amjad, Hafiz Jawad and Abdul Moid) 4.39.65; 2. NWFP (Adnan Hashim, M. Asim, Zaman Qaiz and Khalid Raheem); 3. Balochistan (Arif Ali, Kazim Ali, Syed Talib and Imran Ali).

100m butterfly: 1. Adnan Hashim (NWFP) 1.10.44; 2. Salman Khan (Punjab); 3. Waleed (NWFP).

100m freestyle: 1. Mursil Mahmood Butt (Punjab) 1.05.77; 2. Zamar Qazi (NWFP); 3. Syed Mohammad Abdul Moid Mustafa (Punjab).

1500m freestyle: 1. Adnan Hashim (NWFP) 24.17.34; 2. Mohammad Asim (NWFP); 3. Rohail Waqar (Punjab).

WEIGHTLIFTING

Punjab claimed three more gold medals as four more events were decided.

Balochistan earned gold medal in the remaining one.

Results:

56kgs: Ataullah (Balochistan) total weight 177kgs; Zohaib Butt (Punjab); Salahuddin (NWFP).

62kgs: Umar Lone (Punjab) 217kgs; Rana Umar (Sindh); Waheed Khan (Balochistan).

69 kgs: Rameez Raja (Punjab) 226kgs; Shahzad Saleem (Balochistan); Zeeshan Khan (NWFP).

77kgs: Abdul Hafeez (Punjab) 232kgs; M Irfan (Balochistan); M Asif (NWFP).

BOXING

60 kgs: Ali Akbar (Punjab) bt Ali Khan (NWFP), Yahya Khan (Balochistan) bt Shehbaz Khan (Sindh).

64kgs: Yousuf Khan (Punjab) bt Fawad (NWFP); Amir Hamza (Balochistan) bt Ahmad Zaheer (Sindh).

69kgs: Musa Khan (Balochistan) bt Jawad (Sindh); Adnan Haider (Punjab) bt Jawad Zaman (NWFP).

75kgs: Jamal (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Azam (Punjab); Shehzad (Sindh) bt Khanjee (NWFP).

81 kgs: Zahoor (NWFP) bt Zeeshan (Punjab); Syed Hafeez (Balochistan) bt Zahid (Sindh).

91kgs: Saqib (Punjab) bt Pukar Khan (Balochistan); Aamir Khan (NWFP) bt Rehman Ali (Sindh).

Above 91 kgs: Nawaz Sardar (NWFP) bt Bilal Khan (Balochistan).

GYMNASTICS

Punjab earned six gold medals in the gymnastic events.

Results:

Floor exercises; Shakeel Haider (Punjab); Abdul Ghafoor (NWFP); Abdul Rahim (Sindh).

Pummel horse: Waseem Ahmad (Punjab); Mohammad Tariq (Balochistan); Zeeshan Ali (Punjab).

Rings: Abdul Wahab (Punjab); Mohammad Zahid (Punjab) and Mohammad Tahir (Sindh) joined; Khalid (Sindh).

Vault: Shakeel Haider (Punjab); Abdul Ghafoor (NWFP); Yasir Hafiz (Punjab) and Salman Khan (NWFP) joint.

Parallel bars: Zeeshan Ali (Punjab); Yasir Hafeez (Punjab) and Naeem (Baluchistan) joint; Affan Khan Sindh).

High bars: Waseem Ahmad (Punjab); Mohammad Zahid (Punjab); Mohammad Naeem (Balochistgan).

In all Punjab scored 151.80 points followed by Sindh who made 121.70 points while NWFP had 95.20 points.

TAEKWONDO

Punjab and NWFP earned two gold medals each.

Results:

Finweight: Rafiq Anjum (Punjab); Saifullah (NWFP); Nazir Ahmed (Balochistan).

Flyweight:Muhammad Rauf (Punjab); Mahmood Khan (Balochistan); Imtiaz (Sindh).

Bantamweight: Farooq (NWFP); Bahadur (Punjab); Basur Ahmed (Balochistan); Furqan Ahmed (Sindh).Featherweight: Zar Khan (NWFP; Hasan Asif (Punjab); Abdul Abid (Sindh).

NETBALL

Punjab beat NWFP 34-11 while Sindh defeated Balochistan 38-7.

CYCLING

NWFP dominated the second day in the cycling winning two golds. First their team of Shazia, Faiza, Rabiya and Aisha Hayat clinched a gold in the 5km team time trial clocking 11 mins 40.86 secs.

Shazia Mubarak gave NWFP another gold medal winning the six km road race clocking 14.15.21.

Munazza Rahman (Punjab) and Moona Khan (Punjab) claimed silver and bronze medal.