Pakistan win two Gold medals in International Taekwondo Championship 2019.

FUJAIRAH -- Pakistani Taekwondo fighters including an eight-year-old Ayesha shined with their performance in the 7th Fujairah Open International Taekwondo Championship2019. Pakistani team consisting of 21 members clinched two Gold medals, one Silver and two Bronze medals in the event. More than 1, 200 players from 40 countries took part in the event. Pakistani Taekwondo players specially from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) outclassed their opponents in the event. UAE based Pakistani fighter Sinan Ashfaq and Mohammad Danish from South Waziristan won Gold medals for Pakistan. Sinan received the medal in international competition after 18 months of break due to injury. On the other hand, Danish had also clinched the gold medal in Fujairah last year and thrashed his opponents this year too.

Speaking with The News, Sinan proudly stated that the victory always encourages a player, provides energy to do more rigorous training to...

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