LAHORE: Pakistani female Karateka Nargis Hameed received a warm welcome when she arrived here on Wednesday after winning a bronze medal in Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia.
The Pakistan Karate Federation gave a splendid welcome to the first Pakistani sportswoman to win a bronze medal in the event. Nargis Hameed, who belongs to Quetta’s Hazara community, won the medal in Karate when she outclassed Rita Karki of Nepal by 3-1 in the 68+ kg event. The 19-year-old medalist and her fellow Pakistani players were showered with flower petals on returning home.
Nargis said while talking with media at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore that she was delighted to have won the medal.
She appealed to the government to promote Karate and other sports which are also popular in the country like cricket.
She said: “If we are facilitated with foreign coaches, we will be able to perform even better on international level”.
Source: thenews.com.pk
Asian Games 2018: Pakistan defeat India in volleyball quarterfinal
JAKARTA: Pakistan defeated arch rival India three sets to one in the quarter- final of the men’s volleyball event at the Asian Games 2018 taking place in Indonesia. India gained the lead in the match when they won the first set 25-21.
Dominating the second set, Pakistan wrapped up the second set 25-21 and kept the pressure on India. Pakistan won the next set with a scoreline of 21-25 taking a 2-1 lead in the match.With an intense final set underway, Pakistan wrapped up the fourth set 25-23, winning the quarterfinal with a scoreline of 25-21 21-25 21-25 23-25.
Pakistan will now take on China in the 7th–10th semi-finals on August 30.
Source: en.dailypakistan.com
Asian Games 2018:
Pakistan beat Malaysia to extend Asian Games 2018 hockey streak
Pakistan beat Malaysia 4-1 in its Asian Games 2018 Pool B hockey fixture on Sunday evening. This was Pakistan’s fourth consecutive win in the tournament.
Muhammad Irfan put Pakistan ahead in the sixth minute after scoring from a penalty corner. Malaysia equalised as Faiz Helmi Jali turned the penalty corner into a goal in the 10th minute of the game.The green shirts broke the deadlock in the 38th minute as Ajaz Ahmad scored a field goal. Mubashar Ali made it 3-1 for Pakistan he scored via penalty corner. The game went out of Malaysia’s reach when Ajaz Ahmad scored Pakistan’s fourth and his second goal of the match in the 48th minute. Pakistan started off their Asian Games 2018 hockey campaign with a 10-0 win over Thailand. They went on to beat Oman by 10-0. They trounced Kazakhstan by 16-0 in their third match of the games. Pakistan are placed on top of Pool B with 12 points while Malaysia and Bangladesh are at second at third place with nine points each respectively.
They will play against Bangladesh in their fifth and last match of the round-robin stage on August 28.
Source: en.dailypakistan.com
PCB election set for September 4
Former ICC president Ehsan Mani steps closer to being formally elected PCB chairman, after the election commissioner called a special meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) on September 4 in Lahore. A majority of six out of 10 voting members of the BoG would be required to elect the chairman, but given Mani was appointed to the post last week by the prime minister of Pakistan, he is more than likely to be elected unanimously.
Imran Khan, the former Pakistan captain, was elected the country’s prime minister this month and appointed Mani to the post hours after Najam Sethi resigned from it on August 21. Mani staying in the post was dependent on an election process, but that remains a formality.
The prime minister is the patron of the board, and, as per its constitution, can change the PCB chairman if he so desires. Sethi is known to have a poor relationship with Imran Khan, meaning his position became untenable.
A newly elected chairman will have a three-year term starting from the day he is elected. Apart from Mani, the prime minister had also put Asad Ali Khan on the BoG, as his second direct nominee, replacing the previous patron’s second nominee Arif Ejaz, who’d also resigned from the role.
In all, only nine members of the BoG will be voting on September 4 since one seat is currently vacant. Mani and Asad Ali Khan aside, the BoG includes four representatives of regional associations – FATA, Lahore, Quetta and Sialkot (currently vacant due to an adhoc cricket administration in the region) – and four representatives of services organisations – WAPDA, SSGC, HBL and KRL, who replaced the now-defunct UBL. An official from an inter-provincial government body acts as an ex-officio, non-voting 11th member.
The chairman shall be eligible for re-election for one further term of three years, provided that the total tenure of the person as chairman does not in any case exceed six years. Source: Cricinfo
