Faisalabad stun Lahore by 3-1 in TT team event

LAHORE: Faisalabad Division defeated Lahore by 3-1 in table tennis team event on the second day of 72nd Punjab Games at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall on Thursday.

In table tennis team event, Faisalabad grabbed gold, Lahore silver, Sahiwal 3rd bronze, Multan 4th bronze while Rawalpindi and Sargodha finished 5th and 6th respectively.In karate, Rawalpindi, with 60 points, dominated the karate competition at Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) while Faisalabad and Gujranwala clinched next two spots with 40 and 22 points.

In weightlifting, Sharjeel Butt of Lahore was declared winner in 55kg category while Gujranwala’s Haider Butt remained second and Abdul Raheem of Faisalabad finished third in this contest.

The title of 61kg category went to Lahore’s Muneeb while Gujranwala’s Saad Butt and M Aslam of Faisalabad got second and third positions respectively.In 67kg weightlifting contest, M Arslan of Lahore took the first position while second and third positions were taken by Zeeshan Butt of Gujranwala and Faisal Shahbaz of Faisalabad respectively.

In archery competition, Lahore defeated Sargodha in the first semifinal whereas Faisalabad emerged winner against Bahawalpur in the second semifinal competition.

In kick-boxing, Lahore team stood first with four gold and two bronze medals, Gujranwala remained runners up with one gold and three bronze medals. Faisalabad finished third with three silver and one bronze medal.

The remaining positions went to DG Khan, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Multan, Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur.

Following are the results of Punjab Games 2nd day competitions:

Special Children events:

Girls 1000m (H.I): Asma (Lhr), Noorul Hina (Bwpr), Amber Niaz (Fsbd)

Boys (M.C) category: Jamshed (Bwlpr), Abdul Saboor (Fsbd), M Annas (Lhr)

Boys 1000m (H.I): Yasir Ali (Bwlpr), Ali Muneer (Gujrnwla), Ahmad Fazal (Fsbd)

Boys’ athletics at Punjab Stadium: 100m: Ali Ahmed (Shwl) 10.42, Osama (Fsbd), 10.44, Shahanshah (R.pindi) 10.52.

Badminton results:

Men’s singles semifinal: Ahmer Jalal (Lahore) beat Muteeb Sohail (Rawalpindi) 13-21, 21-17, 21-11

Muqeet Tahir (Sahiwal) beat Ammar Masood (Lhr) 18-21, 21-18, 21-7

Men’s doubles semifinals: Muteeb Sohail & Uaakeph (R.pindi) beat Anees & Jalees Khan (Multan) 21-14, 24-22

Ahmer Jalal & Gohar Azam (Lahore) beat Muqeet Tahir & Irfan (Sahiwal) 21-13, 16-21, 21-13.

Team event results:

1st match Multan vs Sargodha

Match Won by Multan by 2-1

1st QF Rawalpindi vs Faisalabad

Match won by Rawalpindi by 2-0

2nd QF Sahiwal vs Bahawalpur

Match won by Sahiwal by 2-0

3rd QF Dera Ghazi Khan Vs Gujranwala

Match won by Gujranwala by 2-0

4th QF Lahore vs Multan

Match won by Lahore by 2-0

1st Semifinal: Rawalpindi Vs Sahiwal

Match won by Sahiwal by 2-1

2nd Semifinal Lahore Vs Gujranwala

Match won by Lahore by 2-1.