Quaid-e-Azam Polo Gold Cup starts LAHORE: Three matches were decided on the first day of the Bank Alfalah National Open Polo Championship for Quaid-e-Azam Polo Gold Cup here at the Lahore Polo Club on Monday.

Newage/Rizvi`s registered a 12-5 victory against Risala, Barry`s edged out Master Paints 10-9 while BN Polo Team earned a 9-7 win against FG Polo.

Earlier, Lahore Polo Club president Omer Sadik in a press conference unfolded the details of the tournament which is the most premier of the season.

Top 10 teams are featuring in the 14-goal event with pool `A` comprising BN, DS Polo/ASC, FG Polo, Newage/Rizvi`s and Risala. Pool `B` contains Master Paints Black, Diamond Paints, Remounts, Barry`s and Master Paints.

Other notables present on the occasion were Bank Alfalah Head Wealth Management and Liability Products Kabir Ahmed Qureshi, executive committee members Agha Murtaza Ali, Shah Qubilai Alam, Feroz Gulzar, Usman Haye, Saqib Khan Khakwani, Agha Najeeb Raza, LPC secretary retired Lt Col Mudassar Sharif and top national and foreign polo players.-Sports Reporter Ton-up Haider stars in victory KARACHl: Opener Haider Abbas struck a century to help Montgomery Gymkhana crush Liaquatabad Eaglets by 125 runs in the opening match of the All-Sindh Prof Ejaz Ahmed Faruqi Invitation Cricket Tournament at the TMC Ground here the other day.

Haider hammered 13 fours and one six in scoring a 103-ball 110 as Montgomery Gymkhana posted 312-8 in the stipulated 45 overs. Liaquatabad Eaglets, in reply, were dismissed for 187 in 35.4 overs.

The event, which is being organised by New Sangam Cricket Club with the permission of the PCB, was inaugurated by KMC Administrator Laeeq Ahmed. Also present on the occasion were M. Akram, M. Touseef Siddiqui, Zafar Ahmed, ex-Test cricketer Rashid Khan, Former International Ghulam Ali, Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Mansoor Qazi, Saif Abbas, Kanwar Ayub, Ali Hasan Sajid, Afsar Hussain and Jamil Ahmed.

Summarised scores: MONTGOMERY GYMKHANA 312-8 in 45 overs (Haider Abbas 110), Talha Ahsan 52, Wahaj Riaz 32, Aryan Ali 28, Syed Tayyab 26 not out; Abdul Wahab 3-53, Mahish Abbas 2-50); LIAQUATABAD EAGLETS 187 in 35.4 overs (Ahmed Nawaz 55, Mohammad Umar 27, Mahish Abbas 26, Zahid Ali 23. Syed Tayyab 4-60, Faheem Ahmed Bukhari 3-28, Talha Ahsan 2-43).-Sports Reporter Lahore Garrison win inter-club event LAHORE: Hosts Lahore Garrison Greens won the first Pakistan Golf Federation Inter-Club Championship on Sunday after keeping the top spot on all three days.

The winning team, comprising professionals Matloob Ahmed and Mohammad Shahzad, amateurs Tariq Mehmood, Col.

Mohammad Shafi, Nauman Ilyas and Damil Ataullah, junior professionals Mohammad Saqib and Akash Bashir, junior boys Tayyab Tahir and Shahbaz Ali, junior girls Hadiya Osama and Bushra Fatima, ladies Ghazala Yasmin and Suneya Osama and senior amateurs Rustam Ali Chatta and retired Col Asif Mehdi aggregated 3096 points to lift the trophy.

DHA, Karachi claimed the second position with 3411 points followed by Islamabad (3413) who claimed third place.

At the conclusion ceremony, Lt Gen Muhammed Hilal Hussain alongside Brig Nayyar and Asad I.A. Khan, Justice Abid Aziz and Dr Asma Shami handed over the winners trophy to Garrison Golf Team along with a cheque of Rs1 million.Sports Reporter Rublev earns eighth title in Rotterdam ROTTERDAM: Russia`s Andrey Rublev won his eighth career title on Sunday when he eased past Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics in the Rotterdam Open final.

The 23-year-old Rublev, ranked eighth in the world, won 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

It was his fourth successive ATP 500-level title after also claiming victory in Hamburg, St Petersburg and Vienna in 2020.

`Marton was playing with a lot of confidence, having come through qualifying,` said Rublev. `He played an extraordinary tournament. It was a tricky final for me as I was favourite. But in a final, that doesn`t matter.` Rublev has now won 13 of his 14 matches in 2021 including the four singles ties he played to steer Russia to the ATP Cup title.

His only loss was to fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.-AFP Cricket Centre win high-scoring thriller LAHORE: Cricket Centre edged Apollo Club by three-runs in a high-scoring thriller during the Tauseef Trophy Championship at the former`s ground here the other day.

Cricket Centre piled up 329-6 in 40 overs and then restricted Apollo Club to 326 all out.

Summarised scores: CRICKET CENTRE 329-6 in 40 overs (Tariq Nawaz 69, Basit Ali 68, Ayan Ali 43, Mohammad Waheed 36, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 38 not out, Bilawal Iqbal 29 not out; Asad Rafiq 2-30); APOLLO CLUB 326 in 40 overs (Mohammad Akhlaq 81, Salman Ali Agha 53, Usaid Amin 46, Hashim Ibrahim 37; Mamoon Riaz 3-48, Bilawal Iqbal 3-76, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 2-52, Mohammad Waheed 2-60).-Sports Reporter Shah Kamal Club reach semis LAHORE: Shah Kamal Club qualified for the semi-finals of the 36th Mohammad Yaseen Akhtar Memorial Cricket Tournament after beating Anwer Sports by four wickets at the Model Town Ground here the other day.

Summarised scores: ANWER SPORTS 148-9 in 20 overs (Fahad Jamil 49, Hamza Rana 31, Mohsin Dar 30; Azizullah 3-25, Faheem Faisal 3-28, Mohammad Arsalan 2-26); SHAH KAMAL CLUB 152-6 in 19.2 overs (Imran Nazir Jr 46, Hamza Ahamad 32 not out, Ahmed Nadeem 20 not out; Hasan Murtaza 2-28).-Sports Reporter