Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stuns Defending Champion Punjab in National Women Futsal Championship 2021 opener

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa upset defending Champion in the opening match of the National Women Futsal Championship coinciding with the celebration of the International Women’s Day got under way at fully decorated Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar.

Afshan Malik and Miss Rashida Ghaznavi formally inaugurated the Championship by cutting the type wherein thundering responses from the sitting spectators and participating players.

The women teams comprising Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Police, Pakistan Railways, Success Islamabad, Capital Development Authority and host Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pink and KP Green are taking part.

The 12 teams have been divided in two groups and two teams of each group would qualify for the semi-finals.

In the 100 sprint race Musarat Shaheen of Punjab won first position, followed by Noreen Khan of Gilgit-Baltistan, and Nayub of Punjab got third position.

In the Sank Race Rabia Hassan of KP won first position, followed by Rukhsana Aman of Pakistan Police and Raina Nawaz of Peshawar got second and third position respectively.

In the Musical Chair Aqsa of Pakistan Police won first position, followed by Sonia of Balochistan got second position and Sumaria of The Success got third position.

In the Tug of War City Gulbahar won first position, followed by GGC Nahaqi. In the Kabaddi event City Gulbahar A beat Team B by 32-24 points.

Dr. Afshan, Director General Sports KP and Miss Rashida Ghaznazi gave away trophies and medals to the position holders.

Reported by: Ijaz Ahmad