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Inam, other medalists receive warm reception on their return to the country

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani medalists who shone in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games and Islamic Solidarity Games were given a warm reception on Monday at Islamabad Airport upon their return to the country.

Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Colonel (retd) Mohammad Asif Zaman welcomed the silver medalist of the Commonwealth Games Inam Butt and other top performers of the global event as they reached the country from the United Kingdom (UK).

Earlier DG PSB announced that a ceremony would be held in the honor of the athletes and present them with awards.

“We say welcome to our national heroes,” he said. “Gold medalists Arshad Nadeem and Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt as well as other medalists will also be given a warm welcome on their return to the country,” he continued.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistani athletes secured eight medals including two golds by weightlifter Nooh Butt and javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022.

Whereas, Arshad also imitated alike performance in the Islamic Games as he claimed the gold by setting the Games record.

National wrestlers remained the major contributor to the country’s medal tally as Inam Butt, Zaman Anwar, and Sharif Tahir bagged a silver each.

Wrestlers Inayatullah and Ali Asad, on the other hand, managed to bag a bronze apiece, while Shah Hussain Shah claimed bronze in Judo.

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PSB likely to impose penalties on federations over missing athletes

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sports Board took notice of the growing number of missing national athletes from international competitions and decided to take action against the relevant federation including imposing fines for the cases.

According to the sources, PSB has been considering the imposition of up to two million PKR penalty to the concerned federation for each missing athlete.

Additionally, a proposal to make a no-objection certificate (NOC) mandatory for athletes before participating in international events is also under consideration by the Sports Board.

Earlier on Wednesday, two Pakistani boxers reportedly went missing in United Kindom after participating in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games.

Salman Baloch and Nazeerullah disappeared before the Pakistani boxing team was set to depart for the country.

Meanwhile, four-times national swimming champion Faizan Akbar went missing last month from Hungary during World Swimming Championship 2022.

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CWG medalists receive warm reception as athletes return to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani medalists who shone in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham were given a warm reception on Wednesday at Islamabad Airport upon their return to the country.

Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Colonel (retd) Mohammad Asif Zaman welcomed the silver medalists Sharif Tahir and Zaman Anwar, bronze medalist Asad Ali and other athletes who reached the country from the UK after competing in the Games.

Speaking on the occasion, DG PSB announced that a ceremony would be held in the honor of the athletes and to present them with awards.

“We say welcome to our national heroes,” he said. “Gold medalists Arshad Nadeem and Nooh Dastgir Butt as well as other medalists will also be given a warm welcome on their return to the country,” he added.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistani athletes secured eight medals including two golds by weightlifter Nooh Butt and javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022.

National wrestlers remained the major contributor to the country’s medal tally as Inam Butt, Zaman Anwar, and Sharif Tahir bagged a silver each.

Wrestlers Inayatullah and Ali Asad, on the other hand, managed to bag a bronze apiece, while Shah Hussain Shah claimed bronze in Judo.

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Pakistan finishes at 18th as Commonwealth Games 2022 concludes

BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan managed to secure 18th position with eight medals including two golds in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022.

Wrestlers-led Pakistan contingent managed to secure 18th position out of 72 different nations and territories despite a frustrating start to their campaign.

The international event remained majorly dominated by Australia as the Kangaroos claimed 178 medals including 67 gold, 57, silver, and 54 bronze.

The hosts of the recently-commenced Games, England finished at the second position – just two medals shy of the leader Australia – with 176 medals including 57 gold, 66 silver, and 53 bronze.

India claimed an overall fourth position in the Games with 61 medals, comprised of 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze and also remained the top Asian country in the standings.

It is pertinent to mention here weightlifter Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt won the first gold medal for Pakistan before the star athlete Arshad Nadeem produced an astounding outcome in the Javelin throw final to bag the second gold for the country.

National wrestlers remained the major contributor to the country’s medal tally as Inam Butt, Zaman Anwar, and Sharif Tahir bagged a silver each.

Wrestlers Inayatullah and Ali Asad, on the other hand, managed to bag a bronze apiece, while Shah Hussain Shah claimed bronze in Judo.

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England stun Australia to win their maiden CWG Gold in Women’s Hockey

BIRMINGHAM: England women’s hockey team produced a stunning outcome in their gold medal bout with the favourites Australia and claimed their first-ever gold in the Commonwealth Games.

England, who had faced Australia thrice in the Commonwealth Games final since 1998 and have lost all three of them, flipped the history as the home side handed a scintillating 2-1 defeat to the hot favourites Australia.

The English side had won a medal at every Commonwealth Games since hockey was added to the programme in 1998 – but never gold. On Sunday, however, the home side finally gets their hands on their maiden gold in the Games.

In a predictably tensed and edgy encounter between the two sides, despite a late Hockeyroos consolidation, goals from Holly Hunter and Tess Howard were sufficient to give England their first gold medal.

The women’s hockey team from India, on the other hand, thrashed New Zealand 2-1 in the penalty shootouts before the game ended evenly for both teams at 1-1.

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Ten Sri Lankans missing from Commonwealth Games: official

COLOMBO: Ten members of crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Games contingent in Birmingham have disappeared in a suspected attempt to remain in Britain, a top sports official told AFP on Sunday.

The nine athletes and a manager vanished after completing their events, the Sri Lankan official said, requesting anonymity.

Three of them — judoka Chamila Dilani, her manager Asela de Silva, and wrestler Shanith Chathuranga — had disappeared last week.

That prompted a police complaint by the Sri Lankan officials.

“Since then, another seven have vanished,” the official said, without identifying them.

“We suspect they want to remain in the UK, possibly to get employment.”

The 160-strong Sri Lankan contingent’s management possessed the passports of all members to ensure they returned home.

That failed to deter some from leaving.

British police located the first three that disappeared, but as they had not violated local laws and held visas valid for six months, no action was taken, the Sri Lankan official told AFP.

“In fact, the police got us to return the passports that we were holding as a deterrent against defections,” the official said.

“The police have not told us about their whereabouts.”

Britain’s West Midlands police force, which covers Birmingham, said it was looking into reports of six Sri Lankans going missing from the Games, and said “enquiries continue to ensure they are safe and well”.

The force declined to comment further, including on the claim of there being 10 missing people in total, and the UK interior ministry also refused to comment.

Sri Lanka had won one silver and three bronze medals at the Games as of Sunday evening.

Sri Lankan athletes have been reported missing from international events in the past.

In October last year, Sri Lanka’s wrestling manager abandoned his team and disappeared in Oslo during a world championship tournament.

During the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea, two Sri Lankan athletes made a run for it and were not found.

And in 2004, when Sri Lanka did not even have a national handball team, a 23-member group pretending to represent the country conned their way to a tournament in Germany and disappeared.

READ: Congratulations pour in as Arshad Nadeem creates history for Pakistan

Congratulations pour in as Arshad Nadeem creates history for Pakistan

KARACHI: After his remarkable feat at the Commonwealth Games 2022, praises and appreciation have poured in from all quarters of the country for the star athlete Arshad Nadeem as he claimed the gold medal for Pakistan in the men’s javelin throw final.

The President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former premier and Chairman PTI Imran Khan, and other notable personalities of the country heaped praises and congratulated the javelin star on his historic achievement.

“Congratulations Arshad Nadeem on making history in Javelin throw and winning Gold Medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Nation is proud of you.” tweeted the President of Pakistan.

“What an amazing news to wake up to early this morning! Arshad Nadeem has done Pakistan proud by winning the first gold medal in Commonwealth Games. His consistency, passion & hard work hold lessons for our youth. Congratulations Arshad on your brilliant achievement.” wrote PM Shehbaz Sharif on his official Twitter account.

Pakistan Army also extended congratulations to the gold medalist while COAS called him a national hero and the pride of Pakistan.

“General Qamar Javed Bajwa, COAS congratulates Arshad Nadeem for creating history with his exceptional performance in #CWG setting a new record. ‘Arshad Nadeem is pride of the nation and our national Hero’ COAS.” wrote Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on its official Twitter account.

 

Meanwhile, former PM and Chairman PTI Imran Khan shared a video of Arshad’s epic final throw of 90.18 metres which set a new Commonwealth Games record and bagged him a gold in the event.

“Congratulations to javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem for overcoming injury & winning the Gold for Pakistan plus setting a new Games record with a throw of 90.18m.” wrote Imran Khan in his tweet.

Furthermore, national cricketers including Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam also lauded the javelin star for his inspirational win despite an elbow and knee injury.

“Salute to you my brother #ArshadNadeem for bringing another gold for Pakistan in #CommonwealthGames2022. You made the nation proud.” tweeted the skipper.

It is worth noting that Arshad is Pakistan’s first gold medalist in Commonwealth Games athletics since 1962 and second in the ongoing Games after weightlifter Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt.

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Arshad Nadeem’s resounding CWG triumph; a feat to reminisce

When Arshad Nadeem arrived in Birmingham on July 30 to participate in the Commonwealth Games, no one expected gold from him. The fact that he was suffering from an elbow injury was far less distressing than the fact that he was not accompanied by any coach to assist him at the mega event. Yet, he created history in the event.

With a throw of 90.18 metres in the final, he not only won Pakistan’s first-ever gold medal in the javelin throw competition but also set a new record in Commonwealth Games history, that too with an injured elbow but unwavering determination.

With his remarkable feat, Arshad became the first South Asian athlete to manage above 90 metres throw in the Javelin. Pakistan won its first gold in Commonwealth Games athletics after a gap of 60 years. Earlier in the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games, Pakistani athlete Ghulam Raziq won the gold medal in the 120 yards hurdles.

In the Javelin throw final, Arshad had to compete against Anderson Peters, the reigning world champion from Grenada, the biggest obstacle between him and the gold medal.

The Pakistani athlete’s first throw stunned everyone as he was dominating the competition after the first four rounds. He was sailing comfortably towards the victory when Peters dampened his enthusiasm in the final round with a throw of 88.64 metres.

Hopes were dashed and the gold medal seemed to be a distant dream before Arshad Nadeem turned the tables in his final throw. He gathered the courage, defied the injury and threw the javelin with all his force to breach the 90 metres mark.

When the javelin throw final started, Arshad recorded his personal best with 86.81 meters throw in the first round. His second attempt went unsuccessful due to a foul. In the third attempt, Arshad then bettered his own record by throwing the javelin 88 meters away, but what he did in the fifth throw was just unimaginable.

Pakistan bagged eight medals overall in the Commonwealth Games 2022 held in Birmingham. Shah Hussain Shah won Pakistan’s first medal in Judo. Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt claimed gold in weightlifting while Arshad Nadeem won gold in the javelin. Five medals were won by Pakistan in various wrestling competitions as well.

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Australia edge India to make Commonwealth Games cricket history

BIRMINGHAM: Hot favourites Australia held their nerve to beat India by nine runs in a Twenty20 thriller at Edgbaston on Sunday as they won the first women’s cricket gold medal in Commonwealth Games history.

Opener Beth Mooney top-scored with 61 as Australia made 161-8 in their 20 overs in the warm Birmingham sunshine.

India appeared on course for a shock win as they cruised to 118-2 in the 15th over, but a clatter of wickets slowed their charge.

They still found boundaries to stay in the hunt and reached the final over with 11 runs needed and two wickets in hand.

But Meghna Singh was run out off the second ball and Yastika Bhatia was trapped lbw the following ball by left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen.

“It’s absolutely huge,” said Jonassen.

“We are blessed enough to be part of some winning World Cup teams but to win the first gold medal for women’s cricket in the Commonwealth Games, you’re only ever going to do that once.”

Victory underlined the dominance of Australia’s women, who are also the reigning world champions in the 20-over and 50-over formats.

Meg Lanning’s side had earlier looked set for a bigger total after they had rattled along to 83-1 off 10 overs.

But Lanning was dismissed for 36 courtesy of a brilliant piece of fielding by bowler Radha Yadav, who back-flicked the ball onto the stumps to run the Australia captain out at the non-striker’s end.

Tahlia McGrath, allowed to play despite testing positive for coronavirus, was next to go, caught brilliantly by Yadav at backward point.

Australia’s run-scoring was checked by an impressive India fielding display that led to the fall of several wickets.

Mooney was dismissed in the 18th over thanks to a stunning catch by Deepti Sharma, who clung onto the ball one-handed as she backtracked.

India were in deep trouble at the start of their innings, losing in-form opener Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma early on.

Jemimah Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur rebuilt the innings at a packed and raucous ground, where most of the support was for India.

But just when India appeared to be on their way to victory, Rodrigues was bowled by Megan Schutt for 33 in the 15th over, ending a stand of 96.

The following over India suffered a huge double blow when Pooja Vastrakar was caught in the deep off the bowling of Ash Gardner and Kaur was caught by wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy off the next ball for 65, leaving them 121-5.

India still took the match to the last over but the target was just beyond them and they were bowled out for 152 with three balls remaining in their innings.

Off-spinner Gardner, who returned miserly figures of 3-16 in three overs, described the situation with McGrath as “unusual”.

“We have our doctor on tour and we were just listening to whatever she said and she said it was safe for her to play,” she said.

“Obviously we didn’t mingle with her so we all felt we were safe enough out there.”

In the bronze medal match earlier on Sunday, New Zealand coasted to an eight-wicket win over hosts England, who could only muster 110-9.

New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine top-scored with 51 not out as her side romped home with more than eight overs to spare.

READ: PSB announces Rs5m cash award for Arshad after historic gold in CWG

PSB announces Rs5m cash award for Arshad after historic gold in CWG

ISLAMABAD: Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Colonel (retd) Mohammad Asif Zaman announced a cash prize of Rs5 million for javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem following his historic gold in the ongoing Commonwealth Games.

The star athlete shone the other day in the men’s javelin throw final with his record throw of 90.18 metres, registering the best throw in Commonwealth games history, to win a gold medal for his country.

Zaman, in a recorded video message, congratulated Arshad for his remarkable feat at the event and announced the cash award for the gold medalist on behalf Prime minister of Pakistan, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari and PSB.

Earlier, DG PSB also announced a cash award of Rs5 million for weightlifter Nooh Dastgir Butt, who won the first gold for Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games 2022, and Rs1 million for bronze-medalist judoka Shah Hussain

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