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SPORTS NEWS - Traditional & Reginal 07 Jan, 2024
Abdul Jabbar FaisalISLAMABAD: The 7-day Winter Festival will start on January 15 in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), as the National Ice Hockey Championship will also be part of the festival for the first time in the history of the annual winter sports and cultural fixture, Tourism Minister GB, Ghulam Mohammad announced this in a press conference at a local hotel along with Planning Minister Raja Nasir, Vice President Pakistan Winter Sports Air Commodore Retired Shahid Nadeem, Additional Chief Secretary Captain Retired Mushtaq Ahmed and Secretary Tourism Asifullah Khan.Tourism Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Ghulam Mohammad further said that tourism was being raised in Gilgit-Baltistan through sports in all four seasons. “All ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan will take part in the ice hockey and other local sports aiming to organize to attract tourists from all over the world to Pakistan. It is the responsibility of the people and government of Gilgit-Baltistan to stage cultural events including sports, “he added.Vice President Winter Sports Shahid Nadeem said: “I have an old relationship with Gilgit-Baltistan and I have been performing my duties in Naltar. The federation had started the ice hockey championship in Gulkan after leaving Naltar. Whatever winter sports event is held in Gilgit-Baltistan, there is a rush of domestic and foreign local tourists. Gilgit-Baltistan people should lead the same way as other events are being led. Sports Federation's effort is to take our athletes to the Asian Games and 2026 Olympic Games and make Pakistan's name shine”.Secretary Tourism Gilgit-Baltistan Asifullah Khan said: “The second edition of the seven-day festival is being organized, which will be unique this time. The four seasons of Gilgit-Baltistan have their own distinct beauty and we are trying to show this charming beauty to the tourists. We organized the Sarfa Ranga Festival in the fall and now we are going to do the Winter Festival. This seven-day festival is being organized in all ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan”.“The glaciers of Gilgit-Baltistan are decreasing. The effects of environmental changes are clearly visible in Gilgit-Baltistan for which no one is responsible but we all are. We want to highlight winter sports more in GB. Gilgit-Baltistan culture and old games are being re-introduced. We are organizing with the cooperation of Winter Sports Federation of Pakistan. National Ice Hockey Championship including various winter events are being organized in ten districts, “he concluded.
Karachi Open Squash Championship: Naveed, and Nirma lift titles
Sports Bulletin ReportKARACHI: Naveed Rehman, and Nimra Batoor have won the titles of the 3rd Karachi Open Squash Championship 2024 after beating their respective opponents in the final at Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex Karachi on Sunday.CEO Clock Tower, Fareed Sheikh was a chief guest at the closing ceremony and distributed prizes among the top players. Results:Men’s Semifinals:Abdul Basit beat Jahangir Junior (3-0) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (30 mins)Naveed Rehman beat Adnan Zaman (3-0) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (18mins)Women’s Semifinals:Aina Sheikh beat Syeda Sara (3-0) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (19mins)Nimra Batoor beat Zunaira Imran (3-0) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (18mins)Results:Men’s Final: Naveed Rehman (3-1) 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8 (35mins)Women's Final: Nimra Batoor beat Aina Sheikh (3-2) 6-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9 (26 mins).
T20 Blinds Cricket: Islamabad and Kashmir claim victories
Sports Bulletin ReportISLAMABAD: Hosts Islamabad and Kashmir registered wins in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) T20 Cricket Championships Trophy after beating Abbottabad by 8 wickets and Bahawalpur by 1 run respectively on Sunday at PAF Cricket Ground E-9 Islamabad. Air Commodore Mohammad Hassan Afzal TI (M), Base Commander, PAF Base Islamabad graced the opening ceremony as chief guest. In the first match, Islamabad outclassed Abbottabad by 8 wickets. Abbottabad bowled out in 18 on 107 runs. Riasat Khan was the top scorer with 22 runs from Abbottabad. Shahzaib took 3 wickets while Matiullah took two wickets. In reply, Islamabad easily chased the target in 10.2 overs with a brisk knock of 36 by Shahzaib Haider, who was named man of the match for his all-round performance.In the second match, Bahawalpur opted to bowl first after winning the toss. Kashmir scored 242 in stimulated 20 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Kamran Akhtar scored 88 runs from Kashmir. In reply, Bahawalpur scored 241 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of two wickets thus Kashmir won the match by 1 run. Rashid was the top scorer with 136 runs, and he was awarded Man of the Match.On Monday, two matches will be played, as in the first match will be played between Bahawalpur and Abbottabad while the second match will be played between Kashmir and Islamabad at the same venue.
Federal Cup: Mohammad Shoaib beats Aqeel Khan 2-0 in final
Sports Bulletin ReportISLAMABAD: Top seed, Mohammad Shoaib thrashed second seed Aqeel Khan in straight sets 2-0 in the Men’s Singles final of the 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships that concluded here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Sunday. The final score-line was 6-2, 6-4.In the Men’s Singles final, 22-year-old top seed Mohammad Shoaib of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) outclassed Aqeel Khan 2-0 after the lasted 1 hour 18 minutes on the court. Shoaib got off to a flying start, taking a 4-2 lead by breaking the first game of Aqeel Khan and kept the same pressure to win the first set at 6-2.In the second set, Aqeel fought back but young Shoaib did not allow Aqeel to settle down and exhibited excellent tennis from the base-line and broke the 7th game of Aqeel to build up the winning streak 4-3 in which Aqeel hit a double fault. Shaoib continued the same pressure and in the 10th game, he hit strong serve game and won the set by hitting ace and clinched the Men’s Singles title at 6-2 6-4.Earlier in the day, the Ladies’ Singles Sarah Mahboob clinched the title by eliminating up-comping youngster Amna Ali Qayum from Islamabad in a well-fought straight sets final. Sarah won the toss and chose to serve. Both the players exhibited excellent game of tennis down the line and cross-court, Sarah took the lead 5-4 and broke the 10th game of Amna and won the set at 6-4.In the second set both the players again played the marvelous game of tennis with the combination of excellent cross-court and down the lines. Sarah took the lead of 5-3 by breaking the 8th game of Aman, but Aman fought back bravely and managed to level the score 5 games all by breaking the 9th game of Sarah. In the 11th game, Sarah took the serve advance and again developed the winning lead 6-5. In the 12th game, Aman was unable to maintain her confidence and hit two double faults. Sarah took the advantage and comfortably broke the game and won the set and match at 6-4 7-5. Sayyed Mubasshar Tauqir Shah Addl. Secretary, Information and Managing Director PTV unable to come to witness the final due to an emergent official engagement at Ministry. Usama Azhar Director Sport PTV and Majid Bashir Senior Executive Vice President of Islamabad Tennis Association graced the occasion as guest of honor and distributed the prizes amongst the winners and runners-up.Results (finals):Men’s Singles: Mohammad Shoaib beat Aqeel Khan 6-2, 6-4Ladies’ Singles: Sarah Mahboob Khan beat Amna Ali Qayum 6-4, 7-5Boys & Girls U10 Singles: Mohammad Arsh beat Mohammad Faizan 4-2, 4-1Men’s Doubles: Mohammad Shoaib / Muzammil Murtaza beat Yousaf Khalil / Barkatullah 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-6.Boys’ U18 Singles: Hamza Roman beat Hamid Israr 7-5, 6-3Boys’ U14 Singles: Mohammad Hassan Usmani beat Zohaib Afzal Malik 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Karachi Open: Jahangir, Basit, Adnan, and Naveed reach in semifinals
Sports Bulletin ReportKARACHI: Jahangir Junior, Abdul Basit, Adnan Zaman, and Naveed Rehman moved into the semifinals of the 3rd Karachi Open Squash Championship 2024 after beating their opponents in quarterfinals here at Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Saturday.Semifinals and final will be played on Sunday at the same venue. Results (Round-I):Jahangir Junior beat Mohammad Ali (3-0) 11/9, 11/6, 11/6 (19mins)Junaid Rehman beat Fahad Aziz (3-0) 13/11, 11/4, 11/5 (15mins)Ahad butt beat Shahzad Khan (3-0) 11/2, 11/3, 11/6 (13mins)Adnan Zaman beat Abdullah Yaqoob (3-0) 11/8, 11/8, 11/3 (22mins)Abdullah Shahid beat Ahad Imran (3-0) 11/4, 11/5, 11/8 (17mins)Fareed Sheikh beat Qanbeet Khan (3-0) 11/7, 11/6, 11/5 (26mins)Naveed Rehman beat Zuhaib Khan (3-0) 14/12, 11/8, 11/6 (26mins)Results (Quarterfinals):Jahangir Junior beat Junaid Rehman (3-2) 9/11, 11/7, 9/11, 11/9, 14/12 (35mins)Abdul Basit beat Ahad Butt (3-0) 11/7, 11/5, 11/5 (22mins)Adnan Zaman beat Abdullah Shahid (3-0) 12/10, 11/8, 11/7 (27mins)Naveed Rehman beat Fareed Sheikh (3-0) 11/2, 11/5, 11/4 (16mins).
TENPIN BOWLING - National 06 Jan, 2024
Sports Bulletin ReportRAWALPINDI: The 16th National Ten Pin Bowling Championship will be concluded on Sunday at the Leisure City Bowling Club, Jinnah Park, Rawalpindi, as the Special Senator Pir Sabir Shah will be present while SSP Investigation Islamabad Masood Ahmad Bangash will be the special guest on this occasion.There are eight categories of competitions in the championship, including men's singles, doubles, amateur, ladies, deaf men and Women, inter-universities, and inter-school are included. The championship will conclude on January 7, 2024.
Federal Cup: Mohammad Shoaib, Muzammil claim Doubles’ title
Sarah and Aman reach in Ladies final, Mohammad Shoaib to face Aqeel in Men’s finalSports Bulletin ReportISLAMABAD: Pakistan top national tennis lad Mohammad Shoaib pairing with Muzammil Murtaza clinched the Men’s Double title of the 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships after beating Yousaf Khalil, and Barkatullah in a three set thrilling final here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex Garden Avenue on Saturday. The final score-line was 4-6, 7-6 (2), and 10-6. Seed Hamza won U18 title.Top seed Mohammad Shoaib will face 2nd Seed Aqeel Khan in the Men’s Singles final on Sunday afternoon at the same venue. Top seed Sarah Mahboob Khan and Aman Ali Qayum qualified for the Ladies’ final after beating their respective opponents in well-contested semifinals.In the first semifinal, top seed Sarah Mahboob Khan struggled hard to win her match against upcoming Natalia Zaman from Karachi in a three-set match. Talented Natalia Zaman proved her worth against Sarah Mahboob and won the first set at 6-4 by breaking the 5th game of Sarah and taking the lead 1-0.In the 2nd set, Sarah bounced back aggressively and gained his strength according to experience and leveled the match 1-1 set all. In the final set Sarah Khan kept the same pressure and did not allow her opponent to settle down and won the set without conceding a single game and match at score line of 4-6, 6-2, and 6-3. The match lasted 1 hour 45 minutes. The best encounter of the day was played in Men’s Doubles Final when 2nd seed Mohammad Shoaib paring with Muzammil Murtaza struggled hard to win the title against top seed Yousaf Khalil parting with Barkatullah with score of 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-6.Results (Saturday)Men’s Singles (Semifinals):Aqeel Khan beat Mudassar Murtaza 6-1, 6-1Mohammad Shaoib beat Muzammil Murtaza 6-1, 6-0Men’s Doubles (Final):Mohammad Shoaib / Muzammil Murtaza beat Yousaf Khalil / Barkatullah 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-6.Ladies’ Singles (Semifinals):Sarah Mahboob Khan beat Natalia Zaman 4-6, 6-3, 6-0Amna Ali Qayum beat Sheeza Sajid 6-3, 6-1.Boys’ U18 Singles (Final):Hamza Roman beat Hamid Israr 7-5, 6-3Boys’ U14 Singles (Final):Mohammad Hassan Usmani beat Zohaib Afzal Malik 7-6 (3), 6-2.Boys’ U14 Singles (Semifinals):Mohammad Arsh beat Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain Gill 4-2, 4-2Amir Masood beat Mohammad Faizan 4-0, 4-0.
Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships 2024
ISLAMABAD (Press Release): The 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships moved into the finals phase after arduous and effortful tennis playing activity at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Islamabad.In the first semifinal top seed Mohammad Shoaib will vie for the top honor in the Men’s Singles final of 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships, after winning his semifinals against Muzammil Murtaza with a score line 6-1 6-0, whereas second semi-final will be played tomorrow (Saturday) 6th January-2024 at 10:00 AM between Aqeel Khan and Mudassar Murtaza.In the Ladies' Singles event, unseeded Natalia Zaman from Karachi caused a major upset when she eliminated 4th seed Soha Ali in a thrilling three-set match 6-1 4-6 6-4 and moved to the semi-final to face top seed Sarah Mahboob Khan who conveniently won her encounter against Marrukh Sajid 6-0 6-1. Whereas Amna Ali Qayum beat Kainat Ali 6-0 6-0 and Sheeza Sajid won her match against Lalarukh Sajid 7-6(5) 6-4. The best encounter of the day was played between Hamid Israr Khan and M. Hamza Aasim in the Junior 18&Under category. Top seed Hamid Israr struggled hard to win his match against talented upcoming youngster M.Hamza Aasim of Islamabad. In the first set, Both the players exhibited excellent game by hitting cross-court and down-the-line shots till the score reached 6 games all. The set was decided in the tiebreak, in which Hamid Israr changed the game plan and comfortably won the tiebreak 7-1. The second set was again marked in the same style and both the players demonstrated the high standard of the game of tennis. Hamid again changed the pace and strategy of the game plan, and managed to break the 9th game of Hamza to build up the winning lead 5-4 and kept the same pressure in the 10th game by hitting some excellent cross-court shots and won the match and set at 6-4, and qualified for the final. The match lasted 1 hrs 40 minutes. Results:Men’s Singles (Semifinal): Mohammad Shaoib beat Muzammil Murtaza 6-1 6-0.Men’s Doubles (Semifinals):Barkatullah / Yousaf Khalil beat Abdullah Adnan / Mudassar Murtaza 6-4 6-2Muzammil Murtaza / Mohammad Shoaib w/o Mohammad Abid / Ahmad Chaudhary Ladies’ Singles (Quarterfinals):Sarah Mahboob Khan beat Marrukh Sajid 6-0, 6-1Natalia Zaman beat Soha Ali 6-1, 4-6, 6-4Amna Ali Qayum beat Kainat Ali 6-0, 6-0Sheeza Sajid beat Lalarukh Sajid 7-6 (5), 6-4.Boys’ U18 Singles (Semifinals):Hamid Israr beat Mohammad Hamza Aasim 7-6 (1), 4-1Hamza Roman beat Ahmad Nael Qureshi 7-5, 6-4Boys’ U14 Singles (Semifinals):Zohaib Afzal Malik beat Mohammad Junair Khan 4-0, 4-1Mohammad Hussain Usmani beat Mohammad Shayyan 4-1, 4-0Boys & Girls U10 Singles (Quarterfinals):Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain beat Azan Imran 4-1, 4-0Arsh Imran beat Salaar Khan 2-4, 4-2, 4-0Amir Masood beat Umer Zaman 0-4, 5-4 (6), 4-1Mohammad Faizan beat Behroze Umer 4-1, 4-1.
Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships (Day-III)
Soha Ali, Natalia Zaman, Kainat Ali, and Amna Ali post victories in Ladies’ SinglesAbdul Jabbar FaisalISLAMABAD: Soha Ali, Natalia Zaman, Kainat Ali, Amna Ali Qayum registered triumphs in the Ladies event of the 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships 2024 after thrashing their challengers here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Thursday. Sheeza Sajid, Lalarukh Sajid, and Marrukh Sajid got walk-over.In the men’s singles, 6th Seed Mudassar Murtaza upset 4th Seed Mohammad Abid (WAPDA) in a thrilling three-set match with a score line 5-7, 6-2, and 6-2 while top seed Mohammad Shaoib struggled hard to win his encounter against talented Yousaf Khalil in an exciting three set match with the score-line of 7-5, 5-7, and 6-2. Aqeel Khan conveniently won his encounter against upcoming proficient Ahmad Nael Qureshi at 6-2 and 6-4. In the second set which was marked with aces and long rallies and the score went up to 4 all as both players held their respective serves, Aqeel broke the 9th game of talented Qureshi by hitting some winners down the line and forcing out the youngster in 6-4 by holding the 10th game. In the U18 Singles, 5th Seed Mohammad Hamza Aasim, the upcoming proficient from Islamabad caused a major upset during the course of his quarter-final encounter with 3rd Seed Mohammad Salaar Khan. In pursuit of his victory, he added his foot speed and topspin to make him a force to be reckoned with. Mohammad Hamza Aasim managed to oust the 3rd seed 6-2, 6-3.Results:Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals):Mohammad Shaoib beat Yousaf Khalil 7-5, 5-7, 6-2Muzammil Murtaza beat Barkatullah 7-6 (2), 6-4Mudassar Murtaza beat Mohammad Abid 5-7, 6-2, 6-2Aqeel Khan beat Ahmad Nael Qureshi 6-1, 6-4Men’s Doubles (Quarterfinals):Yousaf Khalil / Barkatullah beat Aabdal Haider / Zaid Mujahid 7-5, 6-3Mudassar Murtaza /Abdullah Adnan beat Mohammad Zaryab Khan /Huzaima Abdur Rehman 6-4, 7-6 (4)Mohammad Abid / Ahmad Chaudhary beat Hamza Aasim / Mohammad Salaar Khan 6-1, 6-3Mohammad Shaoib / Muzammil Murtaza beat Semi Zeb Khan / Ahmad Nael Qureshi 6-3, 6-3.Men’s Singles (Pre-Quarterfinals):Aabdal Haider / Zaid Mujahid beat Hamza Haziq / Hamza Aasim 6-2, 6-0Mohammad Zaryab Khan / Huzaima Abdur Rehman beat Saqib Hayat / Hamza Roman 7-5, 7-6 (5)Hamza Aasim / Mohammad Salaar Khan beat Talha Khan / Kashan Tariq 6-3, 6-3Mohammad Abid / Ahmad Chaudhary beat Kamran Maqbool / Amir Mazari 6-1, 6-1Semi Zeb Khan / Ahmad Nael Qureshi beat Kamran Khan / Zalan Khan 6-3, 6-0Ladies’ Singles (Round-I): Soha Ali beat Shandana Rabbi 6-1, 6-1Natalia Zaman beat Sana Bilal 6-0, 6-0Kainat Ali beat Amna Khan 6-1, 6-3Amna Ali Qayum beat Asfa Shahbaz 5-7, 7-5, 6-2Sheeza Sajid w/o Arzoo IshfaqLalarukh Sajid w/o Mehaq KhokharMarrukh Sajid w/o Zara KhanBoys’ U18 Singles (Quarterfinals):Hamid Israr beat Zohaib Afzal Malik 6-1, 6-2Mohammad Hamza Aasim beat Mohammad Salaar Khan 6-2, 6-3Ahmad Nael Qureshi beat Kashan Tariq 6-2, 6-4Hamza Roman beat Hamza Hussain 6-1, 6-3Boys’ U14 Singles (Quarterfinals):Zoahib Afzal Malik beat Syed Mahd Mahmood 4-1, 4-1Mohammad Junaid Khan beat Zohaib Amjad 5-4 (8), 4-1Mohammad Shayyan beat Essa Fahad 4-1, 4-1Mohammad Hassan Usmani beat Razik Sultan 4-0, 4-0Boys & Girls U10 Singles (Pre-Quarterfinals):Azan Imran beat Arham Amjad 4-0, 4-2Arsh Imran beat Hashir Mustafa Subhani 4-0, 4-0Amir Masood w/o Arshman AbbasiBehroze Umer beat Mohammad Bilal Kamran 4-0, 4-0.
Sydney Test: Pakistan manage 313: Pat Cummins grabs 5 for 61
Mohammad Rizwan (88), and Aamir Jamal (84) take Pakistan to 313 total Sports Bulletin ReportSydney (Australia): A couple of sparking and dazzling performances by Mohammad Rizwan (88), and Aamir Jamal (84) took Pakistan to 313 all out, as they were crawling 47 for 4 on the first Sydney Test at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) against Australia on Wednesday. Australia were 6 without any loss at the stumps.Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bat first. At one stage Pakistan were 47 for 4, as both opening batters Abdullah Shafique and debutant Saim Ayub could not open their account and went back to the dressing room after throwing the team in hot water.Shan failed to make the most of his reprieve, having been caught off a no-ball, and was dismissed by Mitchell Marsh for a modest 35 featuring three boundaries. After losing half their side for the score of 96, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha then batted with purpose to conjure a 94-run partnership in quick time.Rizwan top-scored for Pakistan with a quality 88 off 103 balls, smashing 10 fours and two sixes. Rizwan’s surge was finally cut short when Cummins’ well-directed short ball saw him play into the hands of Josh Hazlewood.Salman continued his positive approach post the tea break, scoring his second fifty on the trot. He too fell victim to Australia’s short-ball tactics as Starc ended his feisty stay at the crease that saw him contribute 53 off 67 deliveries.
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