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BASKETBALL - National 29 Jan, 2023

PAF topple WAPDA 75-73 in Inter-Department National Basketball

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) toppled heavyweights Pakistan WAPDA 75-73 in a nerve-jangling encounter in their last pool fixture of the Inter-Department National Basketball Championship here at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex on Sunday In the first match, PAF earned an upset triumph after crushing Pakistan WAPDA with a narrow margin of two points, as the winners were in deficit after the first three quarters. However, however, 4th quarter was a thriller and PAF players were crawling behind the WAPDA team, as they were down by 15 points. WAPDA were up in the match by two points before the one minute and eight seconds final whistle. Umair Jan along with Ahmad Jan and Mohammad Mehtab scored 25, 10, 10 points respectively and played a vital role in PAF’s victory. Prem Shahzad netted the ball in the last few second of the match for the winning team to make score-line 75-73. Meanwhile, in the second match, Pakistan Army continued its winning streak and defeated Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF) Wah 104-30 points. Mohammad Shahid scored 17 points and Mohammad Shahbaz scored 15 points for Army side. The matches were supervised by Sadat Jehangir, Naveed Ahmed Beeda, Adeel Syed Raza, M M Alam and Khurram Khan. The first semi-final of the inter-departmental championship will be played on Monday between defending champion Pakistan Army and WAPDA while the second semi-final will be played between Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF). Senior Vice President of Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) Imtiaz Rafi Butt, President Federal Basketball Association (FBBA) Ejaz Butt, PBBF Associate Secretary Ouj E Zahoor, Former Pakistan Basketball Team Coach Malik M Riaz, Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director Generals Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Ch Saeed Akhtar, Mohammad Azam Dar, and sizeable spectators also witness the matches.

BASKETBALL - National 28 Jan, 2023

Inter-Department Basketball: PAF, POF qualify for semifinals

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) have confirmed their berths in the semifinals of the ongoing Inter-Department National Basketball Championship after winning their pool matches here at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex on Saturday. In the first match of the day, PAF registered an easy victory against Police 85-29 points in a single-sided affair to reach the top-four stage of the tournament. PAF players exhibited top-quality game to earn a massive win. Umair Jan scored 21 and Mehtab Akram 16 points for winning team while Ali Raza scored 20 points the for Police team. In the second match, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah got-rid-of Pakistan Navy in a close encounter by 68-56. Farrukh Sher scored 20 and Mohammad Farooq scored 14 points for the winning team.

BASKETBALL - National 27 Jan, 2023

Army, Wapda claim wins in Inter-Department Basketball Championship

Mohammad Azam Dar ISLAMABAD: Defending champion Pakistan Army and Pakistan Wapda outclassed Navy and Police in the first opening fixtures of the Inter-Departmental National Basketball Championship, which rolled into action at Liaquat Gymnasium here at Pakistan Sports Complex under the banner of Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF). In the first match, Defending Champion Pakistan Army thrashed Pakistan Navy team with a big margin of 64 points as the scoreboard was showing 105-41 points at the end of four quarters. Some wonderful moves and aggressive play were seen by army-man during the match. Shoaib Aslam scored 18 points, Yasir Ali scored 16 points, Hamza bin Javed scored 12 points, Shahraz Aslam scored 10 points. Ziaur Rehman and Mohammad Farhan contributed 16 and 8 points respectively. In the second match, Wapda defeated Police by 118-42 points in an easy encounter. Mohammad Zainul Hasan scored 20 points, Zahid Arif and Aali Jah scored 18 and 18 points respectively from WAPDA. On the first day of the five-day championship, Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director General Saeed Akhtar, Mansoor Ahmed, Army team manager Col Ahmed Ali Tipu, former basketball coach Malik Mohammad Riaz, Associate secretary of Pakistan Basketball Federation Ouj E Zahoor and other officials were witnessed the day one matches.

BASKETBALL - National 24 Jan, 2023

Inter-Departmental Basketball Championship to start on January 27

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD: Inter departmental National Basketball Championship will start from January 27th here at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex. Associate Secretary of the Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF), Ouj-e-Zahoor, who is also organizing secretary of the championship said that PBBF finalised all the arrangements to conduct successful five-day championship under the supervision of the Federal Basketball Association (FBBA). He said that defending champion Pakistan Army, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah, Railways and Pakistan Navy would join group A in the tournament while Pakistan Air Force (PAF), WAPDA, Police would comprise Group B. Ouj-e-Zahoor said that the inaugural match of the championship would be played between the defending champion Pakistan Army and Navy while POF and Railways, WAPDA and Police teams would compete in the first round of the championship. The semifinals would be played on January 30, while the final on January 31 at the same venue. Schedule: January 27 (Day-1): Army vs Navy; POF vs Railways; Wapda vs Police January 28 (Day-2): Army vs Railway; PAF vs Police; POF vs Navy. January 29 (Day-3): Army vs POF; PAF vs Wapda; Railway vs Navy. January 30 (Day-4): Semi Finals January 31 (Day-5): Final

BASKETBALL - National 02 Jan, 2023

PBBF reschedules Inter-Department Basketball Championship

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) has rescheduled the Inter-Departmental National Basketball Championship and will be rolled into action on January 25, 2023, at the Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. It is pertinent to mention here that the earlier championship was to be kicked off on November 16, 2022, and was postponed owing to political situation of the capital city Islamabad. Imran Khan’s long march was to arrive in Islamabad on November 26. According to the organizing secretary of the championship and the Associate Secretary PBBF Ouj-e-Zahoor, all the arrangements have been completed for the successful five-day championship which will be held under the supervision of the Federal Basketball Association (FBBA). He said that defending champion Pakistan Army, Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF) Wah, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Navy would join group A in the tournament while Pakistan Air Force (PAF), WAPDA and Pakistan Police would comprise Group B. Ouj-e-Zahoor further said that the inaugural match of the championship would be played between the defending champion Pakistan Army and Navy while POF and Railways, WAPDA and Police teams would compete in the first round of the championship. “Semifinals of the championship will be played on January 28, while the final will be held on January 29, “he concluded. Schedule: January 25 (Day-1): Army vs Navy; POF vs Railways; Wapda vs Police January 26 (Day-2): Army vs Railway; PAF vs Police; POF vs Navy. January 27 (Day-3): Army vs POF; PAF vs Wapda; Railway vs Navy. January 28 (Day-4): Semifinals January 29 (Day-5): Final

BASKETBALL - National 30 Dec, 2022

National Snooker: quarterfinals line-up completes

Sports Bulletin Report KARACHI: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) 47th National Snooker Championship reached in the phase of the quarterfinals, as the quarterfinals will be played on Saturday at NBP Sports Complex Karachi. Seed No. 3 Babar Masih (PB) lost 0-4 Against Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (PB), Seed No. 4 Haris Tahir (PB) lost 0-4 Aginst Abdul Sattar (Sindh) and Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) lost 1-4 Against Adil A. Jabbar (bal) also Adil Abdul Jabbar make 2 Century Break (119 & 139). Results: Jhanzaib Jahangir (Bal) beat Mohammad Bilal (PB) 4-0 (67-44, 61-52, 83-01, 55-16) Rana Irfan (PB) beat Ali Hamza (Sindh) 4-3 (59-54, 47-60, 72-29, 94-09, 01-93, 28-70, 63-32) Akash Rafiq (Kpk) beat Mohammad Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-1 (61-07, 70-14, 61-14, 28-55, 80-58) Waseem Abbas (PB) beat Zaib Khan (Bal) 4-2 (69-59, 48-77, 84-37(82), 0-85, 68-23(57), 67-36) Farukh Usman (Sindh) beat Fawad Khan (Kpk) 4-0 (66-19, 64-53, 70-0 (56), 64-08) Mohammad Ijaz (PB) beat Mohammad Iftikhar (Sindh) 4-1 (40-68, 70-52, 57-38, 127-0(127), 76-01(68),) Mubashir Raza (PB) beat Rizwan A. Aziz (Bal) 4-1 (78-07(52), 106-7(55), 80-0, 23-53, 84-23) Amir Shehzad (Kpk) beat Saif Ali Khan (Bal) 4-3 (67-40, 7-55, 61-54, 63-40, 42-73, 09-60, 63-55) Mohammad Sajjad (PB) beat Shan Namat (Isb) 4-3 (86-08(81), 47-69, 69-48, 10-52, 16-65, 98-17(59), 51-41) Sirbuland Khan (Kpk) beat Ahsan Ramzan (PB) 4-0 Walk over Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (PB) beat Babar Masih (PB) 4-0 (64-52, 58-23, 63-44, 44-16) Abdul Sattar (Sindh) beat Haris Tahir (PB) 4-0 (54-40, 61-46, 69-46, 80-40) Shahid Aftab (PB) beat Abdul Javed (Isb) 4-2 (67-2, 45-48, 21-62, 68-44, 69-59, 63-52) Adil A. Jabbar (Bal) beat Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) 4-1 (59-79, 68-0, 119-0(119), 59-24, 139-0(139),) Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) beat Sharjeel Mehmood (Kpk) 4-1 (80-42, 83-45, 73-24, 33-57, 70-31) Awais Ullah Munir (PB) beat Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-3 (43-60, 33-74, 74-2, 48-70, 91-0(54), 91-28(56), 73-22) Remaining Results (Day-II) Babar Masih (PB) beat Akash Rafiq (Kpk) 4-3 (47-75, 61-01(53), 84-14(51), 9-62, 54-37, 0-77(72), 71-41) Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (PB) beat Mohammad Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-1 (75-48, 68-58, 58-68, 69-29, 51-09) Abdul Sattar (Sindh) beat Zaib Khan (Bal) 4-3 (44-97, 70-49, 63-18, 4-78, 76-63, 45-82, 67-25) Saturday’s Fixture: Adil A. Jabbar (Bal) v Abdul Sattar (Sindh) Shah Namat (Isb) v Ali Hamza (Sinsh) Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (PB) v Abdul Javed (Isb) Sharjeel Mehmood (KPK) v Awais Ullah Munir (PB) Waseem Abbas (PB) v Akash Rafiq (KPK) Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) v Shahid Aftab (PB) Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) v Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) Sirbuland Khan (KPK) v Mohammad Sajjad (PB)

BASKETBALL - National 21 Dec, 2022

Pakistan Basketball Federation gets affiliation with PSB

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) becomes an affiliated unit of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) after the approval of PSB Board Meeting under the PSB Rules 2022. The decision was taken in the 26th PSB meeting held under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) and President PSB Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari. The activities of basketball in the country were also discussed in the meeting, which were taken place in the capital city Islamabad. Under the leadership of its President, Brigadier (Retd) Mohammad Iftikhar Mansoor and Secretary General, Khalid Bashir, PBBF is playing a vital role for the promotion of basketball in the country, which is also affiliated with the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) recognised by IOC, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and FIBA Asia. PBBF staged men’s and women’s national events in the recent past and contemplating to organise back-to-back basketball tournaments in upcoming months. A spokesman for PBBF said: After the approval and formly notified by PSB, Pakistan Basketball Federation is the only representative organization at national and international levels, which has the authority to work for the development of basketball. Now, affiliated unites with PBBF including the departments and divisions must take permission from the federation to organize basketball competitions in the country. It is pertinent to mention here that under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreement, the federal government and PSB recognized only those national sports federations which are affiliated with their world bodies.

BASKETBALL - National 05 Nov, 2022

Inter-Departmental Basketball schedule to start from November 16

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) has announced the schedule of Inter-Departmental National Basketball Championship starting from November 16 at the Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. According to the organizing secretary of the championship and the general secretary of the Federal Basketball Association (FBBA) Ouj-e-Zahoor, all the arrangements have been completed for the successful five-day championship under the supervision of Federal Basketball Association. He said that seven departments have been divided into two pools as Pool "A" includes the defending champion Pakistan Army, POF, Railways, Navy while pool "B" comprising the teams of Pakistan Air Force, WAPDA and Police. Ouj-e-Zahoor said that the inaugural match of the championship would be played between the defending champion Pakistan Army and Navy while on the first day of the championship POF and Railways, WAPDA and Police teams would compete in the first round. Schedule: November 16 (Day-1): Army vs Navy; POF vs Railways; Wapda vs Police November 17 (Day-2): Army vs Railway; PAF vs Police; POF vs Navy. November 18 (Day-3): Army vs POF; PAF vs Wapda; Railway vs Navy. November 19 (Day-4): Semi Finals November 20 (Day-5): Final

BASKETBALL - National 08 Oct, 2022

Pakistan WAPDA Women retain National Basketball title

faisal ISLAMABAD:-Defending Champions Pakistan WAPDA retained their National Women’s Basketball Championship 2022 title after beating Pakistan Army 49-29 in the final at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad on Friday evening. Pakistan Wapda ace players Sehrish Nawaz and Sidra Hakim played vital roles for the champion team to retain the championship title as Sehrish Nawaz scored 14 points and Sidra Hakim 12 for Wapda while Army’s Fajar scored 9 and Kashifa scored 7 points. Earlier, in the third position play-off match, hosts Islamabad Blues outclassed favourite Karachi by 31-08 points. Islamabad Blues were leading 25-02 at half time with 23 points difference. Samna Mehboob earned 11 points, Amani Bibi got 8 and Asma scored 7points for the winning side. Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari was announced chief guest of the closing ceremony but he could not stay there till the end of the match. Both minister and Director General Pakistan Sports Board Col (R ) Asif Zaman were disappeared in the closing ceremony. President Pakistan Basketball Federation Brig. (r) Iftikhar Mansoor, Secretary Khalid Bashir, FBBA president Ejaz Butt, secretary Ouj-e-Zahoor and other officials were at the closing ceremony, who distributed the shields and prizes among each other, as the national women’s basketball championship concluded with an indiscipline and disordered closing ceremony. Eight teams Pakistan Wapda, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad whites, Pakistan Army, Lahore, Islamabad Blues and Peshawar participated in the five days championship which was organized by the Federal Basketball Association.

BASKETBALL - Int News 07 Oct, 2022

National Basketball: WAPDA and Army set to meet in final

Mohammad Azam Dar ISLAMABAD:-Defending champions Pakistan WAPDA and Pakistan Army set to meet in the final of the National Women’s Basketball Championship final after winning their respective semifinals at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. Final will be played on Friday at 6:00pm at the same venue. WAPDA, who are still unbeatable in the national championship, thrashed hosts Islamabad Blues in the first semifinal match 63-21points. Winners were leading with 29 points at half time. Wapda ace player Sidra Hakim again led her side to a massive victory by scoring 14 points while Mehvish Nawaz scored 10 and Kainat Zafar scored 08 points. Saadat Jehangir, Tariq Nawaz and Naveed Ahmed supervised the semifinal match. Meanwhile, in the second semifinal, Pakistan Army outclassed Karachi by 66-15 points to reach in the final of the championship. Pakistan Army girls wearing red shirts were too strong against the visiting Karachi team who played well in the championship but failed to make an upset in the semifinal round as Army won the important match by the difference of 51 points. Kashifa was the top scorer for Army who scored 15 points with Ayesha Khan 12 points while Referees Umar Mehmood, Yasar Ghafoor and M Nadeem Ch along with scorer M M Alam supervised the second semifinal match. National Assembly Standing Committee Inter-Provincial Coordination(IPC) Chairman Nawab Sher Waseer along with Olympian Rana Mujhaid, Pakistan Basketball Federation Secretary Khalid Bashir, Championship organising secretary Ouj-e-Zahoor, DDG (Admn) PSB Mansoor Ahmed Khan Sherwani and others spectators also witnessed the championship semifinals. Eight teams Pakistan Wapda, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad whites, Pakistan Army, Lahore, Islamabad Blues and Peshawar are taking part in the five days championship which will be concluded on Friday (Today) under the umbrella of Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF).