LAHORE – The second phase of Chief Minister sports competitions (divisional level) opened up here at Punjab Stadium on Thursday with events starting at seven different venues of the city.
Provincial Sports Minister Tanveer ul Islam Rana inaugurated the competitions during the graceful opening ceremony.
The opening day results:
Faisalabad beat Sargodha 3-0. Gujranawala beat Rawalpindi 2-0. Sahiwal got walk over as DG Khan team did not arrive. Bahawalpur beat Multan 2-0.
In girls volleyball events, Sahiwal beat Multan 2-0 whereas Bahawalpur beat Faisalabad 2-1. Similarly, Rawalpindi beat Sargodha by 2-0 and Gujranwala beat Lahore 2-0.
In boys football, Faisalabad beat Sahiwal 1-0 goals and Bahawalpur beat Multan by 3-1 goals.
The girls badminton events were played among Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan , Sargodha and DG Khan. Rawalpindi beat DG Khan 2-0, Multan beat Gujranwala by 2-0 and Faisalabad beat Sargodha 2-0. Sahiwal beat Multan 2-0 and Faisalabad beat Rawalpindi 2-0 in boys badminton competition.
In athletics 800m race event, Mohammed Bilal from Faisalabad got first position completing the distance in 2:04:10 seconds. Mohammed Ashraf from Sahiwal was second and Qasim Ali from Sargodha got third position.
In 800m race girls athletics competition, Sambia Noreen from Sahiwal was victorious. She covered the required distance in two minutes 30:35 seconds. Saba Ashraf from Faisalabad was second whereas Bisma Afzal from Lahore was declared third.
