Olympian Islahuddin and Dr Muhammad Ali Shah Inter Academy Hockey Tournament Concluded

Olympian Islahuddin and Dr Muhammad Ali Shah Inter Academy Hockey Tournament Concluded

Girls’ title won by Olympian Sameer Hussain XI and Boys’ Olympian Akhtarul Islam XI.

Provincial Sports Minister Dr. Junaid Ali Shah distributed the prizes

Karachi: Olympian Islahuddin and Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah girls’ and boys’ inter-academy hockey tournament Concluded. The tournament was played on the Astro turf of Olympian Islahuddin and Dr Muhammad Ali Shah Hockey Academy.

in the girls final, Olympian Qamar Ibrahim XI was defeated by Sameer Hussain XI by two goals. Both goals of the winning team were scored by right-out Amna Khan. Boys’ title went to Olympian Akhtarul Islam XI In the final, Olympian Ayaz Mehmood XI lost by goals to one.

Muhammad Usman and Ali Abbas scored the winning team’s goals while Bilawal scored the defeated team’s goal. scored. The exhibition match played between the Green and Whites teams of Pakistan Veterans Hockey Club was tied 2-2, Arif Bhopali and Olympian Sameer Hussain scored goals for the Greens while Khalid Pracha and Sarfaraz Ahmed scored the goals for the Veterans Whites.

The chief guest of the ceremony, caretaker Provincial Sports minister Sindh Dr. Junaid Ali Shah said in his address that as the president of the academy, he was standing in his house when this ground was being constructed, during which there were many obstacles,

but my father Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah and Olympian Islahuddin persevered and faced all the problems and prepared this state of the art ground for the players of Karachi, despite the passage of ten years, everything looks new here from the hostel to the dressing room. The term is over, it is necessary to change it, they want a new turf to be installed here during their tenure. If this is not possible, they will at least start the work of laying new turf.

Junaid Ali Shah said that the boys and girls of this academy are very talented and their future is bright. To increase the pool of players in Sindh, a talent hunt program will be started very soon.

A team of Olympians from Karachi will visit Sindh very soon and look for talent. Apart from this, the Sindh Games, which have been postponed for four years, will be held in December this year, while the Thar Jeep Rally will also be held. Later, the special guest distributed the prizes. Former Senator Haseeb Khan, Consul General of Mozambique Khalid Tawab, Olympian Islahuddin, Academy Head Coach Olympian Samir Hussain also addressed the ceremony.

Olympian Akhtar ul islam, Farooq khan, Former International Mubasshir Mukhtar, Olympian Iftikhar Syed, Former International Abu zar Umrao, Olympian Ayaz Mehmood, Aslam khan, Sagheer Hussain, and others were also present.