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FOOTBALL - Int News 07 Dec, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportDoha (Qatar): Pakistan and Saudi Arabia played out a 1-1 draw in a thrilling FIFA Women's International Friendly match held in Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar. The match saw both teams put up a strong fight, with Saudi Arabia taking the lead in the first half before Pakistan responded late to level the score. Saudi Arabia had the upper hand at halftime, leading 1-0. The breakthrough for the Saudi team came in the 39th minute when Talah Alghamdi found the back of the net, giving her side a crucial lead going into the break. However, Pakistan made a spirited comeback in the second half. In the 88th minute, Pakistan's Sohai Herani delivered a stunning equalizer off a well-executed corner kick. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, with both teams sharing the spoils after an intense encounter.
Champions T20 Cup: Markhors and Stallions register triumphs on day-1
Markhors hunt Nupur Lions by 4 wickets, Stallions overcome Panthers by 35 runsAbdul Jabbar FaisalRAWALPINDI: UMT Markhors and ABL Stallions posted victories after beating Nupur Lions by 4 wickets and Panthers by 35 runs respectively in the first and second match of the Bahria Town Champions T20 Cup that commenced here at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.The two matches saw a number of talented players displaying their talent, with the 19-year-old local boy Saad Masood playing a man-of-the-match role in UMT Markhors’ win over Nurpur Lions in the opening game. The highlight of day one was a superlative century by experienced international all-rounder Hussain Talat who smashed an unbeaten 50-ball 101 for ABL Stallions, his maiden T20 century. In the first match UMT Markhors’ Masood finished with 2-20 and was ably supported by Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (2-11) and Nisar Ahmed (2-21) to keep Lions down to 150-7. For Lions Mohammad Awais Zafar top-scored with a 34-ball 40 with five boundaries. Hasan Nawaz hit a rapid 13-ball 22 with one six and three boundaries.Markhors’ chase was anchored by opener Fakhar Zaman who scored a 25-ball 28 with a six and three fours before skipper Iftikhar Ahmed’s unbeaten 34-ball 42 with two sixes and a boundary crossed the line in company of Masood, sharing an unbroken 50-run stand for the seventh wicket.In the Allied Bank Stallions win, Talat and Haris shared a rampaging 128-run third wicket stand after Lake City Panthers sent them into bat. Talat cracked a dozen boundaries and three maximums. Opener Yasir Khan gave Stallions a brisk start with a 15-ball 27 inclusive of two sixes and three boundaries.The chase for Lake City Panthers started on a wrong note when their skipper Shadab Khan was ruled out and could not bat due to back pain. Haider Ali (26-ball 54) smashed four towering sixes and five boundaries in his 26-ball cracker and during his third wicket stand of 40 with Mubasir Khan (19-ball 29 with three fours and a six) it looked like their team would succeed in the chase. But spinner Usman Tariq, who took 3-25, removed Haider to halt the progress. In the end City Lake Panthers managed 181 in 19.1 overs. Pacer Mohammad Ali also bagged three wickets in his four overs giving away 33 runs. Scores in brief:Match 1 - UMT Markhors beat Nurpur Lions by four wickets, Rawalpindi Cricket StadiumNurpur Lions 150-7, 20 overs (Muhammad Awais Zafar 40 not out, Hasan Nawaz 22; Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 2-11, Saad Masood 2-20, Nisar Ahmed 2-21)UMT Markhors 154-6, 19 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 42 not out, Fakhar Zaman 28, Saad Masood 26 not out; Mohammad Salman 3-21, Shahid Aziz 2-27)Player of the match – Saad Masood (UMT Markhors)Match 2 - ABL Stallions beat Lake City Panthers by 35 runs, Rawalpindi Cricket StadiumABL Stallions 216-3, 20 overs (Hussain Talat 101 not out, Mohammad Haris 55, Yasir Khan 27; Mohammad Ibtisam 2-36)Lake City Panthers 181 all out, 19.1 overs (Haider Ali 54, Mubasir Khan 29, Umar Siddiq 24, Amad Butt 23; Usman Tariq 3-25, Mohammad Ali 3-33, Tahir Hussain 2-41)Sunday’s Fixture:Lake City Panthers vs Engro Dolphins, 12pm.
TENPIN BOWLING - National 07 Dec, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportKARACHI: The 9th Pakistan Open Bowling Championship 2024 will be held from December 18 to 25 here at Royal Rodale Sports Club and Recreations Club DHA simultaneously, said an official of Sindh Tenpin Bowling Association (SBA).Top national players from all over the country will participate in different categories competitions including men’s, women’s, deaf and 40+.
CLIMBING - Int News 07 Dec, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportTorino (Italy): The ninth stop of the IFSC World Cup Series 2025 will bring the fastest climbers in the world, including Paris 2024 women’s Speed champion Aleksandra Miroslaw and bronze medallist Aleksandra Kalucka, to the Polish capital of Krakow.The event, which will take place on the weekend of 5 and 6 July, will mark the return of an IFSC World Cup to Poland for the first time in 16 years and the third overall after two Speed World Cups were held in Tarnów in 2007 and 2009. More recently, Climbing was featured in the programme of two multi-sport events organised in Polish territory: The World Games 2017 in Wrocław and the European Games 2023 in Krakow and Małopolska.IFSC President Marco Scolaris said in his message: “We are more than happy to welcome Poland back on our World Cup calendar next July. We have beautiful memories of events in Poland from The World Games 2017 and European Games 2023. To bring the Climbing family to Krakow, such a famous, historical, monumental city, is really exciting. What a great way to celebrate Aleksandra Miroslaw, your Olympic champion, and the whole Polish team, who has performed excellently in Speed for many seasons.”Following the spectacular debut of Speed as a standalone discipline at the Paris Olympics, a field of top-class speedsters led by Miroslaw and Kalucka is expected to compete in Krakow next July: Natalia Kalucka – Aleksandra’s twin sister; women's Speed silver medallist at Paris 2024, Deng Lijuan of China; men’s Speed Olympic champion Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia; current men’s world record holder Sam Watson of the USA; and the reigning world champions in the discipline – Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi of Indonesia and Matteo Zurloni of Italy.
BADMINTON - National 07 Dec, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportTAXILA: Duo of Pakistan WAPDA badminton players, Irfan Saeed and Mohammad Ali Larosh set to meet in the final of the Men’s Singles Fixture after beating Muqeet Tahir and Awais Zahid respectively in the first and semifinals here at POF Mini Sports Complex on Saturday. The final will be played on Sunday morning at the same venue. Results (Semifinals):Men’s Singles: Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) 21-18, 23-21Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Awais Zahid (Wapda) 21-12, 21-16Women’s Singles:Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Laiba Masoud (Wapda) 21-13, 21-8Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Ammarah Ishtiaq (Army) 22-20, 16-21, 21-9Men’s Doubles:Raja Zulqarnain (Army) & Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) & Murad Ali (KP) 21-18, 21-12Awais Zahid & Zunain Javed (Wapda) beat Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) & Mohammad Adnan (Army) 21-14, 21-10.
ATHLETICS - National 07 Dec, 2024
LAHORE (SBR) Punjab University students have set new records beside won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 52nd National Athletics Championship held in Multan.Punjab University students from various departments have participated in 52nd national athletics championships at Multan and clinched gold, silver and bronze medals in various competitions. A student from Punjab University College of Pharmacy Sammi ullah secured 2 bronze medal as well as made new HEC records in 800m with the timing of 1:53.10 while the 2nd record in 1500m with the timing of 3:55.5. PU’s Hailey College of Commerce Malaika Shehzadi secured 2 Gold medals in 400m race and 4x400m relay race.She also obtained 1silver in 4x100m relay, 1 bronze in 4x400m mixed relay race. PU Institute of Social & Cultural studies Nida Karim secured 1 gold medal in 4x400m relay race. PU VC Prof Dr Mohammad Ali congratulated the Director Sports Dr Mohammad Ali Klasra and students.
Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2024 starts in Muscat
Sports Bulletin ReportMuscat (Oman): Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2024 will be played in Muscat, as the 10 teams from Asia region will fight for top honour. Top five will be eligible to participate in the upcoming FIH Junior Hockey Women’s World Cup 2025, to be played in Chile, with an expanded competition format that will feature 24 teams for the very first time. The fixture will be concluded on December 15, 2025 in Oman.The ten participating teams have been split into two pools, with Pool A comprising Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia and Thailand. In Pool B it’ll be Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei who will compete for the top-2 spots that will confirm not just a semi-final spot, but also, through it, secure a Junior World Cup spot.Each team in the pool stage will play the other four teams in their pool once. The top two teams in both pools will qualify for the semi-finals, while the teams in third and fourth positions will compete for the 5-8 place classification, with the team finishing the event in 5th place securing a Junior World Cup spot. The losing semi-finalists will play in the bronze medal match, with the two finalists competing for gold. All four semi-finalists will qualify for the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup 2025.The FIH Junior Hockey Women’s World Cup 2025 will be played in Santiago, Chile. Chile have qualified as the hosts of the competition. Argentina, Uruguay, United States and Canada have qualified from the Americas. Belgium, England, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Wales and Scotland have qualified from Europe. Following the five qualifiers from Junior Asia Cup, three more teams from Oceania and Africa (each) will qualify for the World Cup to complete the qualification process over the next few months.
CLIMBING - Int News 07 Dec, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportTorino (Italy): National Federations worldwide connected with the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) for the third edition of the Climbing Summit.Aiming to inform and update its participants, the III IFSC Climbing Summit was held virtually and moderated by longtime IFSC collaborator Peter Stafford. IFSC President Marco Scolaris was joined by the Executive Board in Torino, Italy, to cover several key topics.After the Summit opened and attendees were greeted by President Scolaris, the focus turned to the Olympic Games, with Secretary General Debra Gawrych road mapping the journey both to the Games and in relation to the IFSC Strategic Plan 2020-2028.Governance came into focus through IFSC Oceania President Naomi Cleary, who brought the conversation to the Climbing family after Francesco Ricci Bitti – President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations – addressed the National Federations.With LA28 set to feature Para Climbing, IFSC Treasurer Pierre You spoke of the newly-added sport with former International Paralympic Committee Commercial & Marketing Director Alexis Schäfer also connected to present on the future ahead of the sport.A cornerstone of IFSC activities, Athletes’ Health was once again brought to the attention of the Summit and member Federations, this time through Olympian and Athletes’ Commission member Alannah Yip and Medical & Anti-Doping Commission chair Naama Constantini.IFSC Vice-President Wolfgang Wabel spoke of the Sustainability plans for the future before attention turned back to the Olympic Games.Tokyo 2020 reflections were shared by IFSC Vice President Kobinata Toru and former Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Murofushi Koji, while Paris 2024 Sport Manager for Sport Climbing Vincent Caussé brought things up to the present. Also introduced by Mr Caussé was a video message from the President of the Organising Committee of Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet.The future vision was then shared by Niccolò Campriani and Jack Smith, respectively LA28 Sports Director and Sport Group Manager, before final remarks from President Scolaris drew the Summit to a close.“Getting close to the end of an unforgettable year, 2024,” said President Scolaris. “I wish we all could realise that we have climbed to the largest stage, and we are now visible to the entire world. This was and is a necessary step to translate into reality our strategic plan, our mission, inspired by our vision.”
FOOTBALL - FIFA News 07 Dec, 2024
ISLAMABAD (Sports Desk): Following the much-anticipated draw that revealed the eight groups that comprise the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, football fans around the world now also know exactly where and when to follow their clubs at FIFA's new global club showpiece which is taking place in the United States from Saturday, 14 June to Sunday, 13 July 2025.FIFA has published the 63-game match schedule with dates and kick-off times for the groundbreaking tournament, revealing a tantalizing set of fixtures for the 32 club teams that will aim to become the first ever champions of world football’s inaugural elite club competition.It has also been decided that the opening match will be a stand-alone fixture, with the host country’s representative, Inter Miami CF, kicking off the new FIFA Club World Cup™ in style at their hometown 65,500-seat Hard Rock Stadium against Al Ahly FC on Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 21:00 local time. MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey will not only see the new FIFA Club World Cup Trophy lifted on Sunday, 13 July 2025, but will also host the two semi-finals and one of the quarter-finals.FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: “The paths for the 32 teams have been set and we now know at what time and where, among 12 top-class stadiums, we will enjoy the 48 exciting group stage clashes. Together with another 15 matches in the knockout stage, this match schedule sets 63 dates in the diary of every football fan – those living in the US, traveling from abroad to these beautiful cities to support their clubs, or following live and for free from every corner of the world via DAZN and FIFA+.“This match schedule is much more than a list of thrilling fixtures involving the best clubs in the world – it shows that club football can, and will be, truly global. Let’s take it to the world.”
SPORTS NEWS - University News 07 Dec, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportISLAMABAD: Hamdard University Islamabad Campus (HUIC) Sports Week 2024 concluded with an exciting day of celebrations, including the cricket finals, a lively family gala, and a grand closing ceremony. The week-long festivities brought together students, faculty, and their families in a vibrant display of sportsmanship, teamwork, and community spirit. Cricket Finals: A Display of Talent and Strategy: The day began at 9:00 AM with the highly anticipated cricket finals. The Faculty of Management Sciences triumphed in the boys' final with a stellar performance, while the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities clinched victory in the girls' final. The matches concluded at 1:00 PM, with players and spectators alike energized by the thrilling competition. Family Gala: Fun and Togetherness: At 11:00 AM, the Family Gala began, adding a festive atmosphere to the campus. Families of faculty and staff enjoyed a variety of games, activities, and food stalls. From face painting and ring toss to a wide array of delicious cuisines, the gala catered to all age groups and brought everyone together in a spirit of joy and camaraderie. Closing Ceremony: Celebrating Achievements: The day culminated with the grand closing ceremony at 2:30 PM. The program began with a recitation from the Holy Quran and the National Anthem, followed by an address by Dr. Hasan Raza, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Science, and Technology (FEST) and Convener of Sports Week 2024. Dr. Hasan commended the participants and organizers for their hard work and dedication, emphasizing the role of sports in fostering discipline, teamwork, and resilience.The Director General of HUIC delivered an inspiring speech, encouraging students to carry the same spirit of determination into all aspects of their lives. A video presentation showcasing the highlights of the “Sports Week” met with applause, as it captured the enthusiasm and talent displayed throughout the week.Results and Awards:Table Tennis: [Winner’s Faculty Name] Basketball: (Faculty of Pharmacy Boys)Volleyball:FEST (Boys) Faculty of Management Sciences (Girls)Football:FEST (Boys) Department of Physio Therapy (Girls)Track and Field Games: Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys and Girls)Tug of War: Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls and Boys)Cricket: Boys: Faculty of Management Sciences Girls: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Trophies and medals were awarded to winners and runners-up by the Director General and other dignitaries. Special recognition was given to standout players for their exceptional skills and sportsmanship. Unity and Sportsmanship: The event concluded with a vote of thanks from the organizers, acknowledging the efforts of all participants, faculty, and families who contributed to the success of Sports Week 2024. Sports Week not only showcased the athletic prowess of Hamdard University students but also brought together the university community in a celebration of unity and collaboration. The university looks forward to continuing this tradition of excellence in the coming years.
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