KARACHI, May 30 Karachi thrashed Mirpurkhas 61-47 to win men's basketball title in the 12th Sindh Games on the penultimate day in Larkana on Saturday.

Earlier, Karachi inflicted 63-20 defeat on Sukkur while Mirpurkhas chalked up 55-42 victory over Hyderabad in the two pre-finals.

Karachi has also qualified for the women's basketball final outplaying Sukkur 67-4 in the completely one-sided match.

Karachi also completed a double grabbing men's and women's team titles in the table tennis. Sukkur grabbed the silver in men's after a lapse of 12 years while Hyderabad seized the bronze.

The silver and bronze in women's went to Hyderabad and Larkana respectively.

Karachi and Hyderabad clinched the men's and women's gold medals in netball. Karachi beat Hyderabad 14-12 goals in closely fought final to win men's gold while Hyderabad toppled Karachi 9-8 to claim women's gold. Sukkur secured the bronze.

Meanwhile, Karachi and Mirpurkhas will fight for football gold in the final on Sunday at 8.00am.

Larkana has already got the bronze following a walkover against Hyderabad.

The squash and tennis finals were in progress at the time of filing this report.

Results

Football

Second semi-final Mirpur Khas bt Larkana 3-0. (M. Tariq 52nd, 60th minutes, M. Riaz 66th minute).

Netball

(Men's final) Karachi bt Hyderabad 14-12 goals.

Final placing 1-Karachi, 2-Hyderabad, 3-Sukkur.

(Women's final) Hyderabad bt Karachi 9-8 goals.

Final placing 1-Hyderabad, 2-Karachi, 3-Sukkur.

Table Tennis

(Men's) Karachi bt Sukkur 3-0 (Nusrat Hussain bt Amir Ashraf 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5; Naved Nazar bt Arif Bandani 11-2, 11-8, 11-6; Khawar Mahmood bt Imran Khan 11-9, 11-0, 12-10).

Final placing 1-Karachi, 2-Sukkur, 3-Hyderabad.

(Women's) Karachi bt Hyderabad 3-0 (Anum Saeed bt Maria Shafat 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8; Ayesha Khan bt Sobia Aslam 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; Humaira Naz bt Ayesha Zaman 11-8, 12-10, 11-1).

Final placing

1-Karachi, 2-Hyderabad, 3-Larkana.

Basketball

(Men's) Mirpurkhas bt Larkana 31-3.

Semi-finals Karachi bt Sukkur 63-20; Mirpurkhas bt Hyderabad 55-42.

Final Karachi bt Mirpurkhas 61-47. Karachi (Syed Adnan Ali 22, Shehryar 14, Tahir 13) Mirpurkhas (Sher Mohammad 22, Asad Ali 10, Haris 8).

(Women's) Sukkur bt Larkana 26-2.

Semi-final Karachi bt Sukkur 67-4.

Squash

Playoff 3rd-4th position Mirpurkhas walkover Sukkur.