Doua, Amal make final

LAHORE: KPT’s Doua and Punjab’s Amal Muneeb qualified for the final in the U-17 girls’ singles at the National Junior Badminton Championship.

Doua fought hard against Laiba Masood of Punjab in the first semi-final before toppling her 8-21, 21-16, 21-12 while Amal grabbed an easy victory against Arifa Hassan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 21-9, 21-12 to set date with Douo.

In the U-19 quarter-finals, Manaal Tariq defeated Ghanwa Butt (Balochistan) 21-3, 21-7 while Punjab’s Iqra Tahir outplayed Iqra Rehman of Sindh 21-8, 21-7. In the third quarter-final, Anmol Rasheed of Punjab ousted Islamabad’s Aleeza 21-17, 21-14.

Also, Hadia Ishfaq of Punjab was the last one who qualified for the pre-final defeating Ansharah-e-Zinnia 21-14, 21-10. First round matches, quarter-finals and semifinals were decided in both the events late on Thursday night.

Results:

Girls’ U-17:

First round: Doua (KP) bt Alija (Balochistan) 21-7, 21-10; Mir Ghania (Punjab) gets w/o against Anam Basit (Punjab); Aqsa Hassan (KP) bt Fareeha Shahid (Punjab) 21-12,21-10; Laiba Masood (Punjab) bt Kainat (Fata) 21-12,21-10; Hamda Masood (Punjab) bt Alezai Ali (Punjab) 21-08,21-13; Amal Muneeb (Punjab) gets w/o against Urooj (Fata); Arfa Hassan (KP) gets w/o against Urooj Khan (Fata); Mariyam Imran Shami (Islamabad) bt Samyya (Balochistan) 21-12,21-05.

Quarter-finals: Doua (KPT) bt Mir Ghania (Punjab) 21-08,21-09; Laiba Masood (Punjab) bt Aqsa Hassan (KP) 18-21,21-14,21-14; Amal Muneeb (Punjab) bt Hamda Masood (Punjab) 21-08,21-08; Arfa Hassan (KP) bt Mariyam Imran Shami (Islamabad) 21-11,21-09.

Semi-finals: Doua (KPT) bt Laiba Masood (Punjab) 08-21,21-16,21-12; Amal Muneeb (Punjab) bt Arfa Hassan (KP) 21-09,21-12.

Girls’ U-19:

First round: Manaal Tariq (Punjab) bt Khadija (Punjab) 21-09,21-07; Ghanwa Butt (Balochistan) got w/o against Javeria Ejaz (Islamabad); Iqra Tahir (Punjab) bt Maryam Yaseen (Balochistan) 21-04,21-03; Iqra Rehman (Sindh) gets w/o against Rukhsar Gull (Punjab); Anmol Rasheed (Punjab) bt Iqra Hassan (KP) 21-18,21-13; Aleeza (Islamabad) bt Azmat Firdous (Wapda) 7-21,21-19,21-16; Ansharah-e-Zinnia bt Rimsha (Sindh) 21-07,21-03; Hadia Ishfaq (Punjab) bt Zainab (Punjab) 21-11,21-04.

Quarter-finals: Manaal Tariq (Punjab) bt Ghanwa Butt (Balochistan) 21-03,21-07; Iqra Tahir (Punjab) bt Iqra Rehman (Sindh) 21-08,21-07; Anmol Rasheed (Punjab) beat Aleeza (Islamabad) 21-17,21-14; Hadia Ishfaq (Punjab) bt Ansharah-e-Zinnia 21-12,21-10.

Girls’ U-19 doubles

First round: Manaal Tariq-Azmat Firdous gets w/o against Areej-Afshan (Punjab); Iqra Rehman-Ramsha (Sindh) gets w/o against Aleeza-Javeria Ejaz (Islamabad);Ansharah-Iqra Hassan bt Ayesha-Ghanwa Butt (Fata) 21-05,21-08; Hadia Ishfaq-Iqra Tahir bt Zainab-Khadija (Punjab) 21-11,21-13.

Semi-finals:

Manaal Tariq-Azmat Firdous bt Iqra Rehman-Ramsha (Sindh) 21-11,21-11.—Sports Reporter

Quetta win Balochistan Football Cup

QUETTA:Hosts Quetta defeated Chamman 2-1 in the final to clinch the PPLBalochistan Football Cup-2016 that concluded at the Ayub Stadium here on Friday.

The final was a thrilling affair between the two traditional rivals of football. Both teams adopted an attacking strategy since the beginning of the match and made a number of forays to exert pressure.

Quetta forwards, however, availed the opportunity in the 14th minute when their midfielder and team captain Nazeer Ahmed beautifully headed the ball into the net on a corner hit from Rajab Ali. In the 20th minute Nazeer again struck through a header to double to give lead to his team.

Chamman players tried hard to reduce the deficit throughout the match and made a couple of serious moves which were thwarted by Quetta’s defenders. Chamman players continued their attacks in the second half as well through Wasey, Ismatullah and international Hayatullah but their passing was faulty.

Nevertheless, in the 85th minute of the match Hayatullah entered the penalty area where he beat the defender and the goal keeper to score the only goal for his team.

At the end Provincial Sports Minister Mir Mujeeb-ur-Rehman and PPL CEO Mohammed Hasani distributed the prizes among the teams and the players. Quetta was awarded a cash prize of Rs.500,000 while Chamman walked away with a cash prize of Rs 250,000.—Asif Suhail

Independence Day events of throwball, rocball planned

KARACHI: Pakistan Women Throwball Association will be organising the Independence Day Girls Throwball Trophy 2016on Sunday, Aug 14 at the Mini Sports Complex, Nazimabad where six teams will be participating.

The event will be held in collaboration with Pakistan Throwball Federation and Sindh Throwball Association from 9am to 12pm.

Reshida Gill, President, PWTA and Kusuar Munawar, Secretary PWTA are the members of the organising committee.

Mohammad Arshaf, Director AG Sindh will be the chief guest at the opening ceremony.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Rocball Federation will be organising the Sarajuddin Independence Day Beach Rocball Tournament 2016 from on August 13-14 at the Mini Sports Complex, Nazimabad. Ten teams will be competing in the tournament which will be held in collaboration with the Sindh Rocball Association.

Ejazuddin, President, Sindh Rocball Association will be the chief guest at the opening ceremony.—Agencies

Royal CC to tour UAE

KARACHI: Karachi-based Royal CC will undertake a short cricket tour of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Saturday.

According to former first-class cricketer Zaheer Ahmed Sheikh, the club will play a three-match Twenty20 series against SSAJ Electronics of Dubai in the Dollar East Peace Cup and another fixture against Bukhatir Eleven CC at the Mulk Ground in Ajman under floodlights between Aug 15 and Aug 25.

Ahsan Zaheer will captain Royal CC during the trip while team officials are Zaheer Ahmed Sheikh, who is also director of Dollar East Sports and Royal CC, team manager Zubair Zaheer Sheikh.

Zaheer said this would be the second tour of the UAE after Dollar East completed a 5-0 sweep at Dubai’s ICC Global Academy in 2012.

Squad: Ahsan Zaheer (captain), Mohsin Zaheer, Adnan Baig, Ejaz Ali Shah, Umar Imtiaz, Mir Afzal Baig, Arif Khan, Furqan Khalil, Misbah Khan, Tanvir-ul-Haq, Amjad Manzoor, Ali Yousuf, Arsalan Hussain, Mohammad Arqam, Umair Arif, Faizan Saleem, Shahid Sheikh, Umair Ali Khan, Syed Zain Ali, Abdul Saad.—Sports Reporter

SOA plans Independence Day sports events

KARACHI: Usama Qadri, President, Sindh Olympic Association (SOA) has directed that the affiliated provincial sports associations and all divisional olympic associations to hold their respective sports events to celebrate the Independence Day in a befitting manner throughout Sindh.

The sports events will be organised in badminton, weightlifting, sepathakawar, cycling, handball, throwball, judo, swimming, mini marathon, netball, volleyball, gymnastics, tug of war and taekwondo.—Agencies

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2016