Hockey PIA win 8-0 against Punjab

Muhammad Irfan scored a brace for the winners

KARACHI: Muhammad Irfan scored twice for PIA as they won 8-0 against Punjab on the eighth day of the 61st PSO National Hockey Championship at the Sialkot Hockey Stadium.

Azfar Yaqoob, Nohaiz Malik, Rana Sohail, Shafaq Rasool, Kashif Ali and Ammad Butt all scored once each to help PIA win their third match in a row over a Punjab side that had won its first three matches.

Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran scored the winner in the 51st minute for Army against SSGC, after Shakeel Abbasi’s 45^th-minute equaliser had cancelled out Hammad Zafar’s opener in the 41^st minute.

In another match, NBP defeated Customs 5-2, while umpire Rana Sajid Ali has been banned for a match for poor decisions.

 

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