Army, Wapda advance in National Handball

Our correspondent

KARACHI: Army, Wapda and Higher Education Commission (HEC) kept their winning run intact when they recorded their second successive wins on the second day of the National Handball Championship at the Agriculture University Faisalabad on Tuesday. Army beat Police 55-14, Wapda ousted Punjab 49-15 and HEC overwhelmed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 32-7 to maintain their supremacy. In the other game Railways defeated Balochistan. On the first day on Monday Railways got the better of Punjab 27-24, HEC whacked Police 28-26, Wapda crushed Balochistan 52-9 and Army downed KP 23-4. As many as eight teams are part of the competitions which have been bracketed in two groups. Army, Police, HEC and KP are in Group A while Group B carries WAPDA, Punjab, Railways and Balochistan.

Bogut says goodbye to NBA

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