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National Women’s Football C’ship starts today

LAHORE - Frontier College, who earned a surprise quarter-final spot in last year's National Women's Championship, will face Striker Club on Friday, April 15 when the fourth edition of the National Women's Football Club C'ship 2011 commences at Peshawar. The event will be played at five zones. PFF has announced the draws, with matches in Islamabad set to start from April 19, while the matches in Karachi, Quetta and Lahore will be played from April 21.
Group A: (At Aga Khan

SAARC Baseball C’ship begins

LAHORE - The SAARC Baseball Championship rolled into action at the Punjab Stadium here on Monday with teams from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and hosts Pakistan featuring in the event. Pakistan and Afghanistan will play the inaugural match of the championship while other teams have also reached the city.
Pakistan Baseball Federation President Shaukat Javed said that it was an encouraging thing for the federation that it was playing its part for the revival of the

East Zone Cricket C’ship schedule

LAHORE - The schedule for the seven matches of the East Zone Cricket Championship has been announced. Mughalpura Institute Jallo Gym, Lucky Stars, Ghalib Sports and Baghbanpura Eaglets have already qualified for the quarter-finals.
Schedule:
April 11 (Shining Club v Dharampura Sports at Model Town Aligarh ground Umpire M Shafiq and Gulzar Ahmed)
April 12 (Muslimabad Gym v Mughalpura Gym at Wahdat Colony ground Umpires M Hanif and Tasaddaq Jamal)
April 14 (Lucky

Jr Girls Hockey C’ship from 12th

LAHORE - The Junior U18 National Girls' Hockey Championship will be played at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore from April 12 to 19. The championship is being organised by the Punjab Women's Wing on behalf of the PHF Women's Wing.
The Pre-Tournament Briefing will be held by the Tournament Director on April 11 at 2100 hours for the Team Managers and Captains and at 2200 hours for the Umpires/Judges/Team Doctors. Prof Abida Tanveer, President Punjab Women's Wing will be the

Badminton C’ship earns Rohri’s ire

LAHORE - Secretary General Pakistan Badminton Federation Aamer Hayat Khan Rokhri has termed the National Badminton Championships being held at Faisalabad from April 8 to 15 as illegal and unauthorised.
He said that Nazar Muhammad Gondal's federation was dissolved by the Pakistan Olympic Association and hence cannot sanction any championships. Rokhri said in a statement that the National Badminton Championship being held at Faisalabad was illegal as was sanctioned by a defunct and

PHF picks 35 for National Jr C’ship

LAHORE - The national selection committee of the Pakistan Hockey Federation has spotted 63 players during the 30th National Junior Hockey Championship held in Bahawalpur from February 26 to March 8.
Out of the pool of 63, the committee has short-listed 35 players for participation in the 3rd U18 AHF Boys Cup.
Two of the invitees Abrar Ahmed and Asad Hussain Rizvi showed there inability to attend the trials on medical grounds. The Chairman National Selection Committee Hanif

Police dominate in National Volleyball C’ship

LAHORE - Police were off to a brilliant start in the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship, defeating Higher Education Commission in straight sets here on Friday at Wapda Sports Complex, Lahore In the other three matches, Punjab beat Sindh 3-1(25-17, 18-25, 25-14, 25-16), Railways overpowered AJK 3-1and Army routed Balochistan 3-0.
Police displayed an all-round performance, dominating with superior attacking skills and winning the match 25-13, 25-14, 25-12. Police were far

PVF announces officials for Volleyball C’ship

LAHORE - The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has announced Technical Officials for the 46th National Senior Men's Volleyball Championship which will be held at WAPDA Sports Complex, Lahore form March 25-31.
Shoaib Ahmed Usmani, Secretary Pakistan Volleyball Referee Board, will act as the Chairman of the refereeing committee during the Championship, along with Najamul Hassnain Sajid (secretary), while the 14 referees who will control the Championship are Muneer Amed, Sajjad

Ju-Jitsu C’ship held in Karachi

LAHORE - The Karachi Ju-Jitsu Championship was held at Karachi Martial Art Center with the support of KCJJA. The event was an integral part of the first Karachi City Games 2011, organised by Karachi City Sports Association with the collaboration of City District Government Karachi. Around 40 players, in both boys and girls categories, participated in the event.
RESULTS:
BOYS: 40 kgs: Muhammad Faizan, Anas Siddique; 45 kgs: Syed Mustafa, Muhammad Bilal 50 kgs: Faiz Ahmed,

Karate C’ship from March 5

LAHORE - The Pakistan Karate Federation is organising the National Cadet Under-16 Boys' and Girls' Karate Championship on March 5 and 6 at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad. Pakistan Karate Federation has planned a comprehensive program for a talent hunt from the grass roots level. This championship is a part of the program. The championship will be held under the current cadet rules of World Karate Federati

Art Club clinch Weightlifting C’ship

LAHORE - Art Club won the under-17 category while Muslim Health clinched the under-15 class title of the National Junior Weightlifting Championship here at the Punjab University Old Campus arena. Art Club were followed by Pak Railway Academy and Lion's Heart, Lahore at the second and third places respectively, while Muslim Health were followed by Islamia Sport, G.Wala and Art Club.
Haroon Ahmed, Haider Ali, Mohammad Arslan Ali, Salman Aqeel Butt, Haris Javaid, Umer Farooq,

WAPDA win National Women’s Cycling C’ship

LAHORE - WAPDA won the 1st National Women Road Cycling Championship at Kasur with 71 Points on Sunday. Army were runner-up with 66 points and Punjab got third position with 25 points. President Punjab Cycling Association, Ch Kamran Amin, was the chief guest of the opening ceremony while District Coordination Officer Kasur, Mailk Jahnazeb Awan, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony at Zila Council Hall Kasur.
In this championship, six teams from all over the country took

PIA, NBP in National Hockey C’ship final

LAHORE - Title favourites PIA and National Bank have qualified for the final of the 58th National Hockey Championship to be played at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium today. Pakistan Hockey Federation Qasim Zia will be the chief guest of the final and distribute the prizes among the winners.
On Saturday, the two semi-finals were played and the NBP fought hard for a win against WAPDA while PIA surpassed tough challenge posed by the SSGC. Interestingly, both the semi-finals entered

5 ties decided in East Zone C’ship

LAHORE - Another five matches of the East Zone Championship were decided in various grounds of the city on Sunday. Faran Sports, Dharampura Club, Aamir Memorial Club, Gulberg Eaglets and Mughalpura Institute have qualified for the second round.
In the first match, Faran Sports beat Young Prince Club by six wickets. Scores: Young Prince Club 214/8, Faran Sports 216/4. In the second match, Dharampura Club beat Shaheen Club by six wickets. Scores: Shaheen Club 198, Dharampura Club

Navy, PIA advance in National Hockey C’ship

LAHORE - Navy, PIA, SSGC and NBP won their matches in the 58th National Hockey Championship being played at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, Faisalabad, on Sunday. SSGC had to fight for a 2-1 win against Army, while Navy, PIA and NBP had an easy-sailing against Steel Mill 2-0, PTV 6-4 and Port Qasim 3-1 respectively.
Former international hockey player Mustafa Salaar was the chief guest of the last match between WAPDA and HBL. Monday is the rest day in the championship and the event

Weightlifting C’ship from Feb 15

LAHORE - The National Junior and Sub Junior Youth Weightlifting Championship will be held at the Old Campus University Ground hall from Feb 15 to 17. The event will be organized under the auspices of the Pakistan Weightlifting Federation. Hafiz Imran Butt, secretary PWF, said that the event is being organized to introduce talent in the country.

Junior Squash C’ship underway at PSA Complex

LAHORE - The Punjab National Junior Squash Championship 2011 rolled into action here at the PSA Complex on Wednesday. On the opening day, qualification round matches were played after Tariq Rana, Honorary Secretary Punjab Squash Association, took out the draws.
Sixty-four matches in different age groups of under-11, 13, 15 and 19 were held. On day two, some of the third round qualification matches will be played, followed by the main round matches.