KARACHI: Sadia Rashid XI edges past Ruth Fao XI 38-35 in a thrilling women’s basketball festival exhibition match played here to celebrate the International Women’s Day. The match was organized by the Karachi Basketball Association.

For the winners, the main scorers were Yusra Shoaib (10 points) while Rosita Turner and Fajr Fatima scored eight points each.

For the losing team, Nazia with nine points was the prime scorer and was well supported by Hareem Binte Faisal and Rafia Khalid who both scored seven points and Laiba Tabrez scored six points.

Tehmina Asif, the newly-elected vice president of Sindh Olympic Association, was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed the prizes.

In her speech, Tehmina highlighted the performance of Pakistani sportswomen over the years and lauded the fact that they have excelled despite lack of top level infrastructure in the country. “I have no doubt that that if these women get top level sports facilities and grooming, they can be world beaters,” said Tehmina.

Published in Dawn, March 8th, 2020