LAHORE – Six teams of Gujrawala Division will show their mettle when second Chief Minister Cup boys football event will be held at Mini Sports Complex, Gujranwala, on Monday, January 31. According to Sports Officer Gujranwala Shah Manzar Fareed, the champion colleges of Narowal, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat will take part in the football event.
Manzar Fareed said Punjab produced many great sports personalities and there is plenty of talent which should be nurtured, promoted and encouraged. He said CM Sports Competitions will play a vital role in this regard. Earlier, Gujranwala’s Punjab College clinched football, hockey, volleyball, cricket and athletics titles while Govt. College collected title in badminton.
In girls section four sports were played with Punjab College winning top slot in badminton, hockey and volleyball while athletics was won by Model Town. The final phase of all sports involving all districts of Punjab will be held from January 29 to February 1, 2011.
Manzar also praised the all out help of international star Hafeez Malik, who was part of the Pakistan squad during 1998 France World Cup qualifiers and coach of the Punjab team that won first-ever National Women’s Soccer Championship 2005 in Islamabad and TSO Saddar Aysha Saleem, TSO Nowshera Virkan Najeeb Ahsan Shah, Rana Shaukat Ali TSO City, Ch Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Riaz, Farrukh Rasheed, Miss Perveen and Miss Bilqees.
