PESHAWAR: Sajjad Ali was declared best boxer as his team Pakistan Army retained Inter-Services Boxing trophy at PT School Abbottabad on Friday. Commandant Baloch Regimental Center Abbottabad Brig. Syed Khushnood Hussian was the chief guest on this occasion. Commandant PT School Center Col. Mohsin Ali, teams officials, players and game spectators were also present.
Pakistan Army grabbed a total of seven gold medals and three silver medals and retained the trophy while PAF won 3 gold, 5 silver medals and took runner-up trophy while Navy got 1 gold and three silver medals remained at third.
In the 48kg light fly weight final PAF Rashad Fateh won gold medal, followed by Saeed Hassan of Pakistan Army. In the 51kg final fly weight category Navy’ Asif Kachi won gold medal, followed by Rashid Hussian of Pakistan Army.
In 54kg bantam weight final Sajjad Ali of Pakistan Army defeated Ali Muhammad of Pakistan Navy and won gold medal. It was the best fight of the Championship as both Sajjad Ali and Ali Muhammad exhibited excellent display of skills.
In the 57kg feather weight category, final Abid Ali of PAF defeated Sheraz of Pakistan Navy. In the 60kg light weight category final Nawaz Dad of Pakistan Army beat Faheem Ahmad of PAF, in 64kg light welter weight category Olympian Fazale Karim beat Adnan of PAF and secured a knock-out bout victory.
In the 69kg welter weight Rashad Hussain of PAF won gold medal, followed by Qaiser of Pakistan Army. In the 75kg middle weight class Nisar Khan of Pakistan Army got gold medal by defeating Allah Dad of PAF.
A beautiful fight was also witnessed between Ahmad Ali of Pakistan Army and Yousaf of PAF in the 81kg light heavy weight class wherein Ahmad Ali won gold when he knocked-out Yousaf in the third round before facing tough time.
In the 91kg heavy weight Yasir Javed secured victory against Qamar Amin of PAF and won gold medal on points while in the above 91kg super heavy weight class Waqar Ahmad won gold medal and Saqib of Navy got silver medal, thus Army won the overall trophy by securing 7 gold medals. At the end, the chief guest Brig. Syed Khushnood Hussain gave away the trophies and medals.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
PCB lifts ban on Shoaib Malik
KARACHI: The Appellate Tribunal, headed by Justice (rtd) Irfan Qadir, probing the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) punishments on the players has lifted ban on the disgraced all-rounder Shoaib Malik, who recently married the Indian tennis queen Sania Mirza, after finding his conduct up to the level of liking,
The Tribunal has also scrapped the fine imposed on the controversial cricketer, who has been reportedly involved in the off the field politics in the team.
As per the sources in the PCB, the Tribunal has taken the decision after they found behaviour of Shoaib Malik as per the code of conduct, however, some eyebrows have raised in the cricket board about the abrupt decision.
Shoaib Malik’s lawyer told media outside the National Cricket Academy, where the hearing was conducted Friday, PCB has abolished the ban and the fine imposed on the all-rounder and now he is eligible to represent the country.
The decision has come at a time when the selection committee of the Board, headed by former test opener Mohsin Hasan Khan, has selected Shoaib Malik in the list of 35 players which would lead to the final squad for the upcoming Asia Cup and the all-important tour of England where Pakistan are due to play six test matches against England and Australia.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had imposed the ban of a year and Rs2 million fine on Shoaib following his involvement in players power and politics within the team.
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