Hanif Khan Hockey Club edged past Youth Hockey Club 1-0 to win the thrilling final of the KHA Ramadan Inter-Club Hockey Championship, held under at the Olympian Hanif Khan and Dr. Junaid Ali Shah Sports Complex, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, on Thursday night.
In a game that changed with every moment, both teams attacked each other’s goal posts vigorously. However, taking advantage of the penalty stroke awarded in the last moments of the game, Asim Khan of Hanif Khan Club scored the goal and gave his team victory.
For the first time in the history of domestic hockey in Karachi, a female umpire, Kashmala Batool, supervised the entire tournament including the final, while international umpire Chaudhry Tanveer Ahmed supervised the final match with her. During the match, the players objected to the umpire’s decision several times, but Kashmala Batool did not take any kind of pressure and continue umpiring professionally. Kashmala Batool also performed as referee in football matches along with hockey.
At the end of the final, Karachi Hockey Association President Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah distributed prizes to the players and teams with Olympians Hanif Khan, Iftikhar Syed, Wasim Feroze, Chairman KHA Gulfraz Khan, Senior Vice President Ijazuddin, Vice Presidents Dr. S.A Majid, Imtiaz-ul-Hassan, Mohsin Khan, Javed Iqbal, Sindh Olympic Association Secretary Ahmed Ali Rajput and others.
The captain of Hanif Khan Hockey Club received the winner and the captain of the Youth Hockey Club received the runner-up trophies. The best player and best goalkeeper of the championship were awarded to the Youth Club’s Saad Ali and Abdul Rafey.
Don Bosco Hockey Club and Al-Sagheer Hockey Club jointly received the Fair Play Trophy.
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