KARACHI: Spearhead Nazakat Ali slammed three goals to register first hat trick of the event as Al Faisal Hockey Club swept aside Baldia Hockey Club 4-0 in the Late Olympian Munawwar-uz-Zaman Veterans’ Hockey League at the Olympian Iftikhar Syed Sports Academy (OISSA) on Sunday evening.

His three goals came in the 15th, 21st and 30th minutes while left winger Akram Ahmed chipped in the fourth goal. In an earlier match, PWD hockey Club scored a solitary goal victory over Pak Flag Hockey Club.

Full Back Wajid Ali scored the decisive goal off a penalty corner in the 25th minute.

Published in Dawn, May 09th, 2017

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