LAHORE: Punjab won the U-14 Inter-provincial Hockey Championship title, crushing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6-0 in the final at the National Hockey Stadium here on Saturday.

Punjab cashed in on two penalty-corners out of five they got, while KP team could not earn a single short-corner. At the interval, Punjab had a slim lead of 1-0. Ahmer Ali of Punjab was declared as the best player of the championship.

Punjab took control right from the beginning with better ball-possession. Mehmood Daniyal and Kamran Asghar sent the ball into the cage twice each while Ibrar Ahmed and Bilal Younis contributed a goal apiece.Earlier, Gilgit/Baltistan earned third place after defeating Balochistan 6-0, thanks to a hat-trick from Mujtaba. Aaqib Hussain (2) and M Hasnain (1) were the other scorers.

Director General Sports Board Punjab Usman Anwar gave away the prizes as chief guest.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2014