Kulsoom Hazara Overcomes Injury to Help Pakistan Bag Karate
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The Business | SPOFrRiday ,T DeceS mber 061, 20 19 Quick Read Moin against Misbah involvement in any PSL franchise KARACHI: Head coach of Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Quetta Gladiators, Moin Khan, has opposed the idea of allowing Misbah-ul-Haq to have a role with any of the series' franchise. The former Pakistani cricket captain said having Misbah in the dug-out of any PSL team would be a clear case of conflict of interest. Both the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Pakistani head coach should avoid any such conflict, he added. “Everyone can understand that would be conflict of interest, simply," Khan told media here in the city. "One should voluntarily step down when such conflict is there and avoid any such move because he holds a responsible post with Pakistan cricket team. “The PCB must make sure that the way they have stopped other coaches from taking PSL roles, they should act here as well to avoid conflict of interest. The pol - icy is applied uniformly on everyone,” he added. The former captain highlighted that having the national team’s head coach and chief selector in the dug-out of any PSL team would not leave a good impact on other players and the league's teams. While no official announcement has been made about Mis - GLASGOW: Britain’s Kayla can der Merwe (L) and Molly Renshaw competing in the Women’s 50m Breastroke heats during the European Short Course Swimming Championships. bah's selection for a role with PSL, it is believed that Pak - istan's incumbent head coach and selector has already agreed with Islamabad United for the role of franchise’s head coach. The PCB had earlier said Misbah would be allowed to take the role in an attempt to gain an experience of coaching. How - ever, Pakistan's bowling coach Waqar Younis and Nadeem Khan, the coordinator of national selection committee, would Kulsoom Hazara overcomes injury to not continue with their PSL franchises this year. Questions arised when former head coach, Mickey Arthur, and bowling coach, Azhar Mehmood, were reported to be working with Karachi Kings. The PCB had also earlier removed Tausif help Pakistan bag Karate silver at Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq — who were formerly linked with Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars, respectively — from the players' draft committee ahead of the PSL 4. Khan added that it was beyond his understanding why the PCB handed Misbah multiple responsibilities simultaneously. SAG He was confident, ahead of the PSL players’ draft, of form - and have to keep on fighting. I took part in ing a formidable squad to defend the title, he added. Speak - the team event despite the injury and then ing about Pakistan’s upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, won the gold medal.” Kulsoom said that it the former Pakistan captain said domestic performers should gives her great pleasure when the Pakistani be given a chance in the series. —The Business Desk flag gets raised overseas because of some - thing she does. Meanwhile, Pakistani athletes on Women’s Champions League Wednesday added five more gold medals to switching to group format the country’s tally in South Asian Games as Pakistan jumped to the third position, with 10 gold, 17 silver and 25 bronze medals so MOSCOW: The Women’s Champions League will be re - far. Pakistani karetekas won three more organised as early as 2021-2022 with a format that more Gold medals, which means karate’s contri - closely resembles the successful men´s competition, UEFA bution to Pakistan's list of medals is now six announced on Wednesday. Launched in 2001 as the UEFA gold, eight silver and five bronze medals. Women´s Cup, the Women´s Champions League currently Pakistan’s Nauman Ahmed began the tally uses a group format only in its qualifying rounds with 10 pools NEPAL: Karateka Kulsoom Hazara count of the day by winning gold in the Iqbal won country’s 11th Gold medal in the hammad Dawood finished third in Wushu of four in the preliminary stage. It switches to a two-leg knock - helped Pakistan win a gold medal in the 50kg karate competition. The women's ku - games in Wushu -85k weight category. competition to win a bronze. out format, from the round of 32 but the difference in strength team event’s competition in the South mite team — comprising Nargis Hazara, The tennis team won silver as they lost to Mohammad Dawood finished third in between the clubs often creates unbalanced contests. In this Asian Games (SAG) in Nepal despite car - Kalsoom Hazara, Sana Kausar, and Sabira India in the final. Nargis Hazara won silver Wushu competition to win a bronze. Zoya year´s competition, six of the eight round of 16 ties finished rying an injury. — won gold. On the other hand, the men’s in the 68+kg weight category in karate wile Sabir, Mehmood Khan and Naqsh Hamdni with one team winning by an aggregate margin of at least six Kulsoom had picked up the injury in the kumite team — which comprised Saadi Waqar Ali Shah, Anela Ayesha Afsar and won Bronze medal in their respective goals. The European Confederation´s executive committee on final of the individual category’s event. The Abbas, Naseed Ahmed, Baz Mohammad, Jabran Khan won taekwondo silver medals weight categories in Taekwondo competi - Wednesday afternoon approved the principle of a 16-team setback prevented her from capturing gold Mohammad Awais, Murad, and Shahbaz — in their respective weight categories. tion. Zoya Sabir, Mehmood Khan, and group stage with four pools of four teams. The new format will in the category as she settled for second won gold in their respective category. In the Pakistan’s female shooter Rabia Kabir Naqsh Hamdni won bronze medal in their create attractive matchups between the stronger teams earlier place against an opponent from Nepal. 200m race, Pakistan’s Mohammad Uzair won an individual bronze medal in 25m pis - respective weight categories in the taek - in the competition. It is a system similar to that used in men´s However, she made up for the loss by help - also won gold as he completed the distance tol category and another bronze in the 25m wondo competition. competition since the European Cup became the Champions ing the side win gold in the team event. “I in 21.15 seconds. However, Pakistan’s team pistol event with Lubna Ameen and Pakistan women's tennis team, compris - League in a lucrative reform in 1992. "We expect the lost to my Nepali opponent because of the Olympian sprinter Najma Parveen won sil - Mehwish Farhan. Shams-ul-Haq won a ing Ushna Sohail, Mahin Aftab, Sara Man - Women´s Champions League to take off more than it has today," Giorgio Marchetti, the UEFA Deputy General Secre - knock I was carrying,” she said. “In my ver in women’s 200m. Late on Wednesday bronze medal for Pakistan in the discus soor and Sarah Mehboob Khan, won tary, told a press conference. "The game is growing. There is mind I thought I do not want to lose hope evening, Pakistan’s Muhammad Amjad throw as he managed to throw 60m. Mo - bronze. —APP more interest from the market, the media. The time is proba - bly right to go, to try and do for women what many years ago was done for men. We expect a better competition." —AFP Mbappe and Neymar on Punjab Inter District Junior Table Tennis C’Ship held target as PSG sink Nantes By Our Staff Reporter KHANEWAL: Three days Punjab Inter PARIS: A superb Kylian Mbappe goal and a Neymar District Junior Table Tennis Championship penalty helped Paris St Germain restore a five-point lead held under District Sports Department and atop the Ligue 1 standings with a 2-0 home win over Nantes. Punjab Table Tennis Association Khanewal France striker Mbappe found the back of the net with a jaw- in sports Gymnasium Rana Shabbir Ahmad dropping backheel finish early in the second half and Ney - Stadium Khanewal on Thursday. mar doubled the tally in the closing stages to put PSG on 36 About two hundred boys and girls table points from 15 games. Second-placed Marseille, who have tennis players and their official participated. played one game more, had narrowed the gap to two points In boys team even under sixteen competi - with a 2-0 victory at Angers on Tuesday. "It's not easy to tions Toba Tek Singh got Ist position, Mul - beat Nantes they are very compact. We tried to play fast but tan got 2nd positions. we lost too many balls," said PSG midfielder Marquinhos. In girls under sixteen team’s event com - Nantes dropped to ninth in the table on 23 points from 16 petitions Khanewal got Ist position & Jhang games. At the Parc des Princes, coach Thomas Tuchel left district team got 2nd positions. Mauro Icardi on the substitutes' bench with Mbappe start - In boys under fourteen single competitions Khanewal, was special guest of this event, association Irfan Ullah Khan, vice president nis association Khanewal, especially appre - ing up front alongside Angel Di Maria and Neymar. The Zubair Anwar from Toba Tek Singh got Ist while , principal government degree college PTTA Syed Mateen Shah, deputy president ciated the services of Haji Amber Bashir and Brazilian thought he had opened the scoring shortly before position, Musharaf Khalil got 2nd position Katcha Khu Humaira Naeem, former Test PTTA Abdul Qayyum Ghouri, General Sec - his team , district sports department for or - halftime but his effort was ruled out by the VAR because of from Bahawalnagar.