Lahore, Bahawalpur reach women’s hockey final at Punjab Games

Published October 27, 2022
LAHORE: Players in action during the karate event of the Punjab Games at the National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.—M. Arif/White Star
LAHORE: Players in action during the karate event of the Punjab Games at the National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.—M. Arif/White Star

LAHORE: Lahore and Bahawalpur divisional women’s hockey teams cruised into the final of the 73rd Punjab Game after winning their respective semi-finals at the Mini Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.

Lahore thrashed Rawalpindi 5-0 in the first semi-final while Bahawalpur outplayed Faisalabad 3-0 in the other last-four match. The third/fourth position game between Rawalpindi and Faisalabad will be held at the same venue on Thursday, which will be the last day of the four-day gala.

In football, Multan and Sahiwal won their respective semi-finals. Multan beat Sargodha 3-0 while Sahiwal edged out Lahore 7-6 on shootout.

In the volleyball event, Faisalabad and Sahiwal qualified for the decider. In the semi-finals, Faisalabad beat Gujranwala 4-1 while Sahiwal ousted Lahore 3-0.

Meanwhile, Lahore swimmers dominated the Punjab Games taking top positions in seven disciplines contested at the Punjab International Swimming Complex.

In baseball, Sahiwal defeated Lahore 16-6 to win the bronze medal at PU New Campus ground.

Results:

Swimming:

100m freestyle: 1 Mohid Sadiq (Lahore), 2 Hamza Asif (Faisalabad), 3 Rayyan Sadiq (Lahore)

100m breaststroke: 1 Bilal Maqbool (Lahore), 2 Hamza Asif (Faisalabad), 3 Rafay Raza (Lahore)

100m butterfly: 1 Daud Nawaz (Lahore), 2 Dayan Kashif (Lahore), 3 Abbas Ali (Balochistan)

100m backstroke: 1 Mohid Sadiq (Lahore), 2 Rayyan Sadiq (Lahore), 3 Zeeshan (Sargodha)

200m breaststroke: 1 Bilal Maqbool (Lahore), 2 Riaz (Sargodha), 3 Danial (Gujrat)

200m individual medley: 1 Mohid Sadiq (Lahore), 2 Dayan Kashif (Lahore), 3 Hamza Asif (Faisalabad)

4x100m relay freestyle: 1 Lahore, 2 Gujrat, 3 Sargodha

Pentathlon: 1 Bahawalpur (2729 points), 2 Lahore (2396), 3 Faisalabad (1828)

Volleyball: Faisalabad bt Gujranwala 4-1, Sahiwal bt Lahore 3-0, Gujranwala bt Pindi 3-0, Lahore bt DG Khan 3-0, Sahiwal bt Bahawalpur 3-0, Faisalabad bt Gujrat 3-0

Weightlifting:

55kg: 1 Sameer Khan (Lahore), 2 Mubeen (Faisalabad), 3 Yaqoob Arif (Gujranwala)

61kg: 1 Taimoor Khan (Lahore), 2 M. Ahsan (Faisalabad), 3 Muzammil (Sargodha)

73kg: 1 Junaid Butt (Lahore), Abdur Razzaq (Gujranwala), 3 Danial (Sindh)

81kg: Wasiq Butt (Lahore), M. Ali (Gujranwala), M. Zahid (Faisalabad)

Rugby:

DG Khan bt Gujranwala 12-5, Multan bt Gujrat 24-0, Bahawalpur bt DG Khan 33-0, Gujrat bt Pindi 10-0, Sahiwal bt Gujranwala 5-0, Multan bt Pindi 31-7, Lahore bt Dg Khan 32-0, Faisalabad bt Gujrat 12-0, Multan bt Sargodha 19-12, Lahore bt Gujranwala 32-0, Sahiwal bt DG Khan 15-14, Sargodha bt Pindi 22-0, Lahore bt Bahawalpur 17-12, Faisalabad bt Multan 12-10, Sargodha bt Gujrat 15-0.

Taekwondo:

-58kg: 1 Sharjeel Butt (Multan), 2 M. Usman (Pindi), 3 Zeeshan Saqib (Faisalabad)

-63kg: 1 Huzaifa (Lahore), 2 Ali Husnain (Faisalabad), 3 Shahzaib (Sahiwal)

-68kg: 1 Fahad (Gujrat), 2 Shoaib (Pindi), 3 Sarmad (Gujranwala)

-74kg: 1 Ahmed Zain (Faisalabad), 2 Rehan Ali (Lahore), 3 Raja Hashir (Pindi).

Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2022

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