LAHORE: The Pak-China Friendship Games got underway at multiple venues of the Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Friday. The event will continue till Sept 28.

Around 2,000 athletes from across the province are taking part in the different competitions.

In the badminton (women), Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Lahore and Gujranwala had qualified for the semi-final. In men’s side, Sargodha, Multan, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala also made it to the last four.

In tennis, the Lahore and Bahawalpur divisions won their respective matches. In volleyball, Sargodha beat Sahiwal 2-0 with the set score of 30-28 and 25-21.

In football, Bahawalpur defeated Sargodha 2-0. Lahore thrashed Sahiwal by a 4-2 margin on penalty kicks. Similarly, Gujranwala edged out DG Khan on penalty kicks by a narrow margin of 7-6.

Athletics results:

Girls’ 100m Hurdles: 1 (first position) Rawalpindi’s Bushra Arshad. 2 (second) Lahore’s Aiman Asad. 3 (third) Multan’s Aqsa Iqbal.

800m Race: 1. Sargodha’s Farhan Ahmed. 2. Dera Ghazi Khan’s Hasnain. 3. Bahawalpur’s Saqib Abdullah.

Shot Put: 1. Lahore’s Shoaib Tauseef. 2. Gujranwala’s M Farhan. 3. Kausar Abbas.

200m Race: 1. Sahiwal’s Amir Amin. 2. Sargodha’s Zain Ali. 3. Faisalabad’s Zohaib.

Long Jump: 1. Lahore’s Hasnain. 2. Sargodha’s Rehan Nawaz. 3. Sahiwal’s Alam Ali.

Boys’ 110m Hurdles: 1.Faisalabad’s M Nauman. 2. Sahiwal’s M Afzal. 3. Multan’s Tasadduq Hussain.

Girls’ 200m Race: 1. Lahore’s Hooria. 2. Rawalpindi’s Fatima. 3. Dera Ghazi Khan’s Asma.

Girls’ Long Jump: 1.Lahore’s Dua Sohail. 2. Dera Ghazi Khan’s Asma Sajid. 3. Sargodha’s Iman Fatima.

Girls’ Shot Put: 1. Faisalabad’s Maimoona. 2. Gujranwala’s Amina. 3. Bahawalpur’s Fatima.

Weightlifting results

Bodyweight 60kg: 1. M Sameer Khan (Lhr), 2. M Murtaza (Fsbd) 3. Azan Ali (Swl).

65kg: 1. Hamza Rafiq (Lhr), 2. Masab Sethi (Gujrwla), 3. M Usama (Fsbd).

71kg: 1. Abdullah Ayyaz (Lhr), 2. M Mukarram (Gujrwla) 3.Zahoor Abbas (Fsbd).

Table Tennis Results

Boys’ event: Gujranwala defeated Rawalpindi 3-0. Lahore defeated Multan 3-0. Bahawalpur defeated Sargodha 3-0.

Girls’ event: Gujranwala defeated Rawalpindi 3-2. Lahore defeated Multan 3-0. Bahawalpur defeated Sargodha 3-1.

Published in Dawn, September 26th, 2026