Punjab Games competitions get underway

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LAHORE, Apr 03 (APP):The exciting competitions of 72nd edition of Punjab Games got under way here at various venues of the city on Wednesday.

It may be noted here that Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is organising 72nd edition of Punjab Games with the collaboration of Punjab Olympic Association .The Games end on April 6.

The table tennis competitions were held at Nishtar Park Sports Comlex Gymnasium Hall. In the table tennis team event, Lahore Division outplayed Sargodha by 3-0 margin. Faisalabad team managed to beat Rawalpindi by a narrow margin of 3-2 after tough contest.

Gujranwala division emerged winner against DG Khan by 3-1 while Multan division and Sahiwal division thrashed Bahawalpur and Gujranwala by identical margin of 3-0 respectively.

The fights of kick-boxing were organised at kick-boxing ring adjacent to Punjab Stadium. Danish Anjum of Sahiwal defeated Siraj Ali of Rawalpindi in 51kg category fight while BilawalHussain of Gujranwala emerged winner against Shahid Ali of Sargodha in another fight of 51kg category.

The athletics competitions of special persons were held at Punjab Stadium. Azhar Ali of Faisalabad won the 100m PD one arm boys event with the time of 19.10 while NaeemMasih of Lahore and Liaqat Ali of Sahiwal remained second and third in this competition.

Following are the results of other categories:
100m Girls (V.I): KiranRafiq (R.pindi), Attiya (Srgda), Huma Ashraf (Lhr).
100m Girls (H.I): Sana Batool (R.pindi), Memoona (Lhr), Javeria (Fsbd).
100m Boys (M.C): Sultan (Gujrwla), AnasMuawia (Lhr), ASaboor (Fsbd).
100m Boys (H.I): Rasheed Ali (Fsbd), Mohammad Ahmad (R.pindi), Mohammad Janshed (Srgda).