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| April 10, 2007 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 21, 1428 |
Army, Wapda set to dominate athletics meet today
KARACHI, April 9: The supremacy of Army and Wapda on the track and field in the 30th National Games will again be on display with the commencement of athletic meet on Tuesday.
Over the years, the soldiers have dominated the country’s athletics by producing athletes of high calibre. However, Wapda have challenged their ascendancy in the recent past.
The soldiers, in all, amassed 22 golds, 25 silvers and 14 bronzes to win the overall athletics trophy in the last games at Quetta in 2004.
Wapda, on the other hand, finished a closed second, securing 19 golds, 12 silvers and 17 bronzes. Wapda though finished overall runners up, their women athletes succeeded in lowering the colours of Army. Wapda women bagged 11-7-10 medals as compared to 8-9-6 annexed by Army.
Railways finished overall third with one gold, five silvers and eight bronzes.
Four finals – three of women’s and one of men, are on card in the morning session. They are pole vault, javelin throw and 10,000m (women) and hammer throw (men).
The afternoon session will witness seven finals – shot put, high jump, 800m, 100m, (women), 100m, javelin throw and 10,000m (men).
The men’s and women’s track and field events are being held jointly by the organisers.
Badminton
Top seed Wapda, second seed Railways, hosts Sindh and Punjab propelled in the men’s team event semi-finals of 30th National Games badminton event at the PSB Coaching Centre on Monday.
Wapda assisted by Pakistan No 1 Wajid Ali and No 2 Zeeshan, edged past HEC 3-0, Railways whipped Army 3-1, Sindh outclassed NWFP 3-1 while Punjab got the better of Balochistan 3-0.
Sindh takes on Punjab while Wapda is drawn to meet Railways in the two pre-finals on Tuesday.
The women’s team events quarter-finals are being played on Monday night at the time of filing this report.
Results (quarter-finals):
Wapda bt HEC 3-0
Wajid Chaudhry bt Asad Sheikh 21-13, 21-13; Zeeshan/Zafar bt Azmat/Arshad 21-17, 19-21, 21-15; Shabbar Hussain bt Faisal Sarwar 21-8, 21-11.
Railways bt Army 3-1
Imran lost to Ashraf Masih 18-21, 21-20, 13-21; Nabeel/Zohaib bt Akram/Khwaja Iqbal 21-18, 21-15; Mushtaq bt Adnan 21-16, 24-26, 21-16; Akhtar/Zafar bt Adnan/Ashraf Masih 21-15, 21-10.
Sindh bt NWFP 3-1
Harrison lost to Ali Murad 16-21, 21-14, 13-21; Tariq Mahmood/Asadullah bt Kashif/Nadeem 21-5, 21-15; Ali Mehdi bt Aminul Haq 21-11, 21-17; Ahsan Qamar/Iftikhar Hussain bt Bilal/Umair 21-13, 21-16.
Punjab bt Balochistan 3-0
Hashir bt Amir Hussain 21-8, 21-7; Ejaz bt Jamil 21-9, 21-10; Kashif/Danish bt Hasnain/Ahmed 21-12, 21-15.
Table Tennis
Top seed Wapda, Punjab, Sindh and HEC conjured up two wins apiece in the men’s team event of the games table tennis competition which commenced at Islamia Club on Monday.
Results:
Men’s team event (round robin league stage 1):
Punjab bt Balochistan 3-0
Asim Qureshi bt Sadiq Ali 11-7, 11-4, 11-9; Yasir Bhatti bt Hussain 11-8, 12-10, 11-2; Abdul Rahim bt Kamran Ali 11-6, 11-6, 11-3.
HEC bt Railways 3-2
Hassan Haider bt Muzammil 12-10, 11-7, 11-6; Mubashir Khan lost to Yayha Zaheer 11-9, 11-13, 3-11, 6-11; Khalid Tariq lost to Salim 8-11, 9-11, 9-11; Hassan Haider bt Yayha Zaheer 8-11, 11-3, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12; Mubashir Khan bt Muzammil 12-10, 12-14, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4.
Wapda bt NWFP 3-0
Bilal Yasin bt Rameez Khan 11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4; Adnan bt Sajid Mughal 11-7, 11-4, 11-2; Saleem bt Zeeshan 11-5, 11-4, 11-5.
Sindh bt Balochistan 3-0
Asif Razzak bt Hussain 11-5, 11-3, 5-11, 11-1; Atta Abbas bt Sadiq Ali 11-9, 11-5, 11-4; Naveed Nazar bt Ramzan Ali 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.
Punjab bt Army 3-0
Asim Qureshi bt Zain 11-3, 11-8, 11-5; Yasir Bhatti bt Ikram 11-7, 11-2, 11-3; Rafique bt Farooq 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 6-11, 12-10.
Sindh bt Army 3-0
Atta Abbas bt Asif 11-3, 11-5, 11-4; Mohsin Raza bt M. Farooq 11-6, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7; Asif Razzak bt Zain 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5.
HEC bt NWFP 3-0
Hassan Haider bt Sajid 11-4, 11-4, 11-8; Mubashir Khan bt Rameez 11-5, 11-9, 11-2; Ali Waqar bt M. Awais 12-10, 13-11, 11-3.
Wapda bt Railways 3-0
Bilal Yasin bt Hassan 11-4, 11-7, 11-8; Saleem Abbas bt Yayha Tahir 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Adnan Mushtaq bt Salman Viru 11-2, 8-11, 11-5, 11-2.
Women’s team event (round robin league stage 1)
Sindh bt NWFP 3-0
Sadia Yaseen bt Ulfat 11-1, 11-4, 11-3; Ghalia Khursheed bt Naila 11-2, 11-2, 11-5; Noureen Tehseen bt Nosheen 11-1, 11-7, 11-3.
Army bt NWFP 3-0
Rabab Alam bt Ulfat 11-3, 11-5, 11-1; Rabia bt Naila 11-0, 11-0, 11-9; Seemab Alam bt Nosheen 11-1, 11-3, 11-3.
Wapda bt Balochistan 3-0
Louiza bt Arifa 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Sadia bt Zainab 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Ayesha Iqbal bt Ayesha 11-1, 11-1, 11-3.
Railways bt Punjab 3-2
Rizwana Saleem beat Tamseela 11-7, 11-2, 11-2; Kanwal lost to Shama Hasan 8-11, 4-11, 8-11; Bushra lost to Yasmeen 2-11, 8-11, 7-11; Rizwana Saleem bt Shama Hasan 7-11, 11-13, 11-5 (retd hurt); Kanwal bt Tamseela 11-6, 6-11; 11-4, 11-6.
Wapda bt Punjab 3-0
Sadia Falaksher bt Tamseela 12-10, 13-11, 11-4; Louiza bt Urwa 11-2, 11-6, 11-3; Ayesha Iqbal bt Iffat 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9.
Railways bt Balochistan 3-0
Rizwana Saleem bt Ayesha 11-0, 11-3, 11-5; Kanwal bt Zainab 11-1, 11-0, 11-3; Bushra Ahzaz bt Madiha 11-2, 11-3, 11-5.—A.Z
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