PESHAWAR, May 31 (APP): Swat Region clinched the trophy after securing 80 points in the Malakand Division Full Body Contact Karate Championship organized jointly by KP Full Body Contact Karate Association and Shin Kou Shin Kai at Shadara Indoor Hall, District Swat on Tuesday.

International referee and Chairman of the KP Full Body Contact Karate Association Master Shahibzada Abdul Hadi was the chief guest on this occasion. General Secretary Inayat Ullah Khan, tournament organizer Sher Zaman, Mansoor Ahmad, Ikram Ullah were also present on this occasion.

A total of 75 players from all across Malakand Division took part in six different weight categories. In the Heavyweight category of 75kg Mazullah of Swat got first position, followed by GSK Branch Hamza and Dawash Khalla’s Safi Ullah.

In the Middle weight 65kg category Shahid got first, followed by Babar and Dawood Khan, in the light weight 55kg Qamar of Swat got first, followed by Nasir and Saqib, in the featherweight group 45kg Abbas Khan took first position, followed by Ikram Ullah and Abdullah, in the special feather weight 35kg Muzamil got first, followed by Nouman and Muhammad Yasin and in the 25kg weight category Mehboob, Mudassir and Hasan Tehrey got position.

Earlier, Swat got 80 points, followed by GSK with 70 points and Khawzakhala got 20 points.

Earlier, the chief guest gave away trophies and certificates to the position holders.

LAHORE, May 31 (APP): The final of U-18 Boys National Hockey Championship will be played on June 1 (Wednesday) at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad.

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary, Minister for Capital Administration & Development Division will be the chief guest on the occasion, said a spokesman of PHF here on Tuesday.

LAHORE, May 31 (APP): The 13th edition of the national women baseball championship will be played here from tomorrow, Wednesday with eight teams taking part.

This was stated by President, Federation baseball Pakistan, Syed Khawar Shah at a press conference on Tuesday.

He said the event will serve as trials to select players for holding a camp to prepare the team for taking part in the baseball World Cup being played from September 1-11 in South Korea.

“We will be selecting as many as 25 players from the event to start our camp in the second week of July”, he said.
He informed that the international baseball federation has agreed to send two female coaches to Pakistan for the grooming and training of the Pakistani team.

“It will be an ideal opportunity for our female players to get latest training from foreign coaches to lift the level of their game to and to perform to a higher level in the World Cup” said Khawar Shah.

He said the participating teams of the women championship include, Pakistan Amry, HEC, Punjab, Islamabad, Balochistan, Sindh, KPK and FATa.

Lt Gen (retd) Syed Arif Hasan, President, Pakistan Olympic Association will inaugurate the event while Director General, Sports Board Punjab, Usman Anwar will be the chief guest the closing ceremony on June 5.

Khawar Shah said Pakistan will take part in the men world cup being played from September 22-25 in USA.

“We will be sending our team abroad for training prior to its participation in the World Cup and we will also be hiring the services of a foreign coach to impart training to our players at a camp here”, he said.

Khawar Shah also expressed his gratitude to DG SBP, Usman Anwar for extending top level facilities for the holding of baseball events and training camps etc.

“Sports Board Punjab also provided every kind of assistance during our Asia Baseball Cup 2015 training camp organised under the supervision of Japanese baseball coach Toma Irokawa at Punjab Stadium,” he maintained.

He heaped praise on DG SPB for reviving sports culture across the country.

He lauded the services of DG SBP Usman Anwar for holding dozens of national and international sports events in Pakistan.

“During the last four years, he also extended every kind of assistance to other provinces for the growth of sports culture in the country,” he added.

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (APP): Pakistani batsman Mohammad Hafeez will be going to England not for cricket but most likely for the knee treatment, which has made his participation in doubt for the series against the English team.

Hafeez picked up the injury during the Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

Despite the knee problem, Hafeez went on to participate in the World Twenty20 in India where he aggravated his injury and missed two group-stage matches against New Zealand and Australia.

Hafeez, 35, had missed the two-week fitness training camp
organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) at Kakul. But the chief selector Inzamam ul Haq named Hafeez, a veteran of 47 Tests, 177 ODIs and 77 T20s in the 21-probables players list for a week-long skills camp in Lahore from Monday (May 30) for the tour of England.

Talking to APP, a PCB official said currently Hafeez is in
Karachi for an MRI scan. “After his reports come, then the board will decide to have a final verdict on the matter of whether he will be sent to England or will be treated here,” he said.

“The knee muscular problem Hafeez is suffering from is best
treated in England therefore he is most likely to be treated there,” he said.

Pakistan will tour England from June for four Tests, five ODIs
and a one Twenty20. The first Test will kick off on July 14.