ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Boxer Muhammad Asif beat Kenyan boxer Brian Agina 4-1in the men’s 52kg category to make it in the quarterfinals of theCommonwealth Games 2018, taking place in Gold Coast, Australia.
Asif will next face Scotland’s Reece McFadden on Wednesday in the thirdquarter-final.
While boxer Ali Ahmad who was competing in the 60kg category lost toEngland’s Calum French.
Earlier, Pakistan added another medal to their tally at the games.Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt gave Pakistan their second medal, a bronzethis time in the +105kg weightlifting competition.
He had previously won the silver medal in Commonwealth weightliftingchampionship last year, having lifted an overall 395kg to win the medal forthe country.
This was Pakistan’s second medal in the ongoing Commonwealth with both themedals having been won by the weightlifters for the country.
Last week, Taha Talib won a Bronze medal for Pakistan in men’s 62kgweightlifting competition.
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 heatand eighth in the 200 metres heat.
In the men’s table tennis singles events, Muhammad Rameez beat Barbados’sKristian Doughty 4-1. He will next take on Kenya’s Brian Ndunda Mutua latertoday.
In the women’s singles table tennis event Fatima Khan beat St KittsAngelisa Freeman.
In squash, the duo of the Faiza Zafar and Madina Zafar lost to India’sJoshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik 2-1. The pair will next take onMalta’s Dianne Kellas and Colette Sultana on Wednesday, April 11.
Meanwhile in shooting Ghufran Adil could not qualify for the finals,finishing 23rd with 602.3 points.
In the badminton women’s single event, Palwasha Bashir lost to Mauritius’sNicki Chan-Lam 2-1. While Murad Ali lost Sri Lanka’s Buwaneka Goonethilleka2-0. The doubles event saw the pair of Murad Ali and Mahoor Shahzad lost toScotland’s Martin Campbell and Julie Macpherson 2-0.
The Pakistani hockey team will next take on Malaysia on April 11.