Hazara girls upset Peshawar to win KP Inter-College Games Badminton title.

PESHAWAR -- Hazara girls upset strong Peshawar team in the final of the Inter-College Games Girls Badminton while strong Peshawar girls lifted the volleyball trophy after defeating strong Bannu in the five-set final played at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Charsadda on Wednesday.

Director Female Games Miss Rashida Ghaznavi was the chief guest on this occasion. District Sports Officer Tehseen Ullah, Games Organizing Secretary Syed Jaffar Shah, Deputy Director HED Arshad Hussain, Miss Nousheen, Miss Bushra, players and officials were also present and witnessed the badminton and volleyball finals played at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex.

Directorate General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along with Higher Education Department (HED), KP is organizing the Inter-College Games wherein the 300 girls are taking part in Volleyball, Cricket and Badminton and the 405 male are taking part in Football, Volleyball and Cricket being played on different venues.

In the final match Hazara Region handed a shocking defeat to strong Peshawar in a thrilling five sets battle with three singles and two doubles. The score was 3-1 when Hazara girls won two singles and a doubles before Peshawar recorded victories in singles and a doubles. Hazara girls played well and did not give much chance to Peshawar players to strike back.

In the volleyball final, Peshawar players won the title by defeating the team of Bannu region by 3-2, the score was 25-23, 27-29, 25-21, 19-21 and 19-17. The final match produced great thrill for the sitting spectators and Bannu girls played very excellent Games.

The chief guest of the ceremony was Miss Rashida Ghaznavi, Director Female Games, who distributed trophies and cash prizes among the players. The winners of the Badminton Hazara was awarded Rs. 110,000 as cash prize while the runners-up Peshawar team got Rs. 55000 as cash prize and trophies and in the...