Daily Times

LAHORE: Pakistan boxer Muhammad Asif beat Kenyan boxer Brian Agina 4-1 in the men’s 52kg category on Tuesday to make it in the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games 2018, taking place in Gold Coast, Australia. Asif will next face Scotland’s Reece McFadden on Wednesday in the third quarter-final. While boxer Ali Ahmad who was competing in the 60kg category lost to England’s Calum French.

Meanwhile, Usman Chand who was representing Pakistan in the shooting event, finished 11 thus not qualifying for the finals. In athletics, Najma Parveen finished seventh in the women’s 400 metres heat and eighth in the 200 metres heat. In the men’s table tennis singles events, Muhammad Rameez beat Barbados’s Kristian Doughty 4-1. In the women’s singles table tennis event, Fatima Khan beat St Kitts Angelisa Freeman. In squash, the duo of the Faiza Zafar and Madina Zafar lost to India’s Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik 2-1. The pair will next take on Malta’s Dianne Kellas and Colette Sultana on Wednesday. Meanwhile in shooting Ghufran Adil could not qualify for the finals, finishing 23rd with 602.3 points.

Published in Daily Times, April 11^th 2018.