MANCHESTER, July 28: Pakistan boxing medal hope light-welterweight Asghar Ali Shah was beaten in the preliminary bout by Scotland’s Kevin Anderson on points at the Commonwealth Games Sunday.

Pakistani officials were banking on Asghar who was the sole medal winner of the contingent at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games when he grabbed the silver in lightweight category.

RESULTS:

PRELIMINARY ROUND

WELTERWEIGHT (UP TO 67KGS): Daniel Happe (Eng) bt RyanSavage (Can) - pts

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT (UP TO 63.5KGS): Ionas Christodoulou (Cyp) bt Tsepe Matete (Les) - ko; Davidson Emenogu (Ngr) bt Zainudin Sidi (Mas) - rsf; Roberto Romero (Can) bt Ndumiso Bonginkhos Zwane (Swz) - rsf; Kevin Anderson (Sco) bt Asghar Ali Shah (Pak) - pts

MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT (UP TO 60KGS): Nicanor Natangwe (Nam) bt Musa Simelane (Swz) - rsf; Sada Wulf (Sam) bt Henry Kungsi (Png) - pts; Gilbert Khunwane (Bot) bt Dorian Allen (Ant) - rsf.

Tariq, Irshad ousted

BISLEY (England): Pakistani duo of Tariq Manzoor and Irshad Ali accumalted 1040 points to finish eighth in 50m Pistol Pairs shooting events Sunday.

Results:

MEN’S 50M PISTOL PAIRS

1. Samresh Jung and Vivek Singh (Ind) 1088pts; 2. David Moore and Bruce Quick (Aus) 1084; 3. Francois Van Tonder and Frederick Van Tonder (Rsa) 1074; 4. Wayne Salhany and Jean Pierre Huot (Can) 1072; 5. MichaelGault and Frank Wyatt (Eng) 1071; 6. Andre Malherbe and Friedhelm Sack (Nam) 1058; 7. Greg Yelavich and Alan Earle (Nzl) 1049; 8. Tariq Manzoor and Irshad Ali (Pak) 1040; 9. Bernard Chase and Floyd Reid (Bar) 1015; 10. Suranga Fernando and Gamini Walgama (Sri) 1011; 11. Kevin Gray and David Lewis (Sco) 1001.—AFP