The exciting competitions of 17 sports disciplines were organised at different venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex on the second day of Khelta Punjab Pink Games, the biggest event for women, on Thursday under the banner of Punjab Sports Department.
Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal witnessed the thrilling competitions of Khelta Punjab Pink Games and appreciated the skills of young female athletes. Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Director Admin Abid Shaukat and all Divisional Sports Officers were also present on this occasion.
Multan division team won the archery title of Khelta Punjab Pink Games. The second position went to Faisalabad followed by Lahore girls who finished third in the event.
In Khelta Punjab Pink Games chess event, Sargodha Division secured first position while second position went to Lahore Division.
In table tennis event, Lahore division defeated Multan division by 3-0 with the set score of 11-8, 11-4, and 11-9. In table tennis event, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Gujranwala divisions booked a place in the semifinals of table tennis event at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall.
The teams of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Gujranwala divisions reached in the semifinals of Khelta Punjab Pink Games padel tennis event.
The teams of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad divisions made it to the semifinals of Badminton Women Team Event at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall.
The matches of Pink Games hockey event were played at the National Hockey stadium. The first semifinal will be played between Sahiwal and Bahawalpur while Lahore team will lock horns with Faisalabad in the second semifinal.
Lahore hockey team toppled Gujranwala by a huge margin of 12-0. Striker Shariqa stole the show with 10 goals to her credit while the remaining two goals were share by Saira and Shiza Ilyas. In another match, Bahawalpur thrashed Sargodha division by 7-3 while Sahiwal emerged triumphant by 4-3 against Multan.
The Pink games athletics competitions were held at the Punjab Stadium where Maryam Batool of DG Khan won the 400m race. Ayesha of Rawalpindi was second while Jaweria of Sahiwal finished third.
Muazzama of Faisalabad won the first position in shot put competition. Roshaney Khan of Bahawalpur got the second position while Rida Ahmed of Sargodha took the third position.
The exciting karate competitions were held at Elite Training Center where Mehreen of Lahore defeated Aqsa of Faisalabad, Gujranwala's Hadiya Waqas defeated Rawalpindi's Dua Siraj, Zainab of Multan toppled Zainab Shahid of Bahawalpur, Sahiwal's Ayeza Ashraf defeated DG Khan's Miral.
In Pink Games volleyball event, Sargodha defeated DG Khan by 2-0, Multan outplayed Sahiwal by 2-0, Bahawalpur thrashed Gujranwala by the same margin while Faisalabad edged out Rawalpindi by a narrow margin of 2-1.
Following are results:
Badminton Women Team Event quarterfinals
Multan beat Sargodha by 2-0
1st Single: Kashmine Nadeem (Multan) beat Emaan Fatima (Sargodha) by 21-12, 21-10
1st Double: Kashmine Nadeem & Komal (Multan) beat Mariyam Batool & Emaan Fatima (Sargodha) by 21-7, 21-13
Faisalabad beat Bahawalpur by 2-0
1st Single: Tasmia Uresh (Faisalabad) beat Maryam Batool (Bahawalpur) by 21-4, 21-12
1st Double: Tasmia Uresh & Abeeha (Faisalabad) beat Fiza Khan & Maryam Batool (Bahawalpur) by 21-18, 21-16
Lahore beat Sahiwal by 2-0
1st Single: Roshany Ihsan (Lahore) beat Fatima Asif (Sahiwal) by 21-9, 21-6
1st Double: Roshany Ihsan & Tayyab Shafiq (Lahore) beat Fatima Ghafar & Fatima Asif (Sahiwal) by 21-9,
21-1
Rawalpindi beat Gujranwala by 2-1
1st Single: Humna Irshad (Gujranwala) beat Romysa Faisal (Rawalpindi) by 21-15, 21-17
1st Double: Romysa Faisal & Sameen Faisal (Rawalpindi) beat Humna Irshad & Samha Naveed
(Gujranwala) by 21-16, 21-18
2nd Single: Sameen Faisal (Rawalpindi) beat Samha Naveed (Gujranwala) by 29-27, 23-21.