PESHAWAR
In connection with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-Varsity Games, Men football and volleyball competitions are being played at two different venues under the aegis University of Peshawar and Agriculture University Peshawar here on Thursday.
In the football event played at Peshawar Sports Complex, Bannu University, FATA University, UET Peshawar, Islamia University, Haripur University and Chitral University teams played matches against their respective rivals wherein Bannu University defeated Abbottabad University by 5-4. The match between the two teams was tied with one goal each in the stipulated time and on penalty shoot-out Bannu won the match by 5-4.
In the second match, FATA University defeated APS University by 2-1. In the matches played at Tahamas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar University of Engineering and Technology defeated GIK University through penalty shootout 6-5.
Similarly, Islamia University Peshawar defeated Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan by 3-2. Haripur University qualified for the next round by defeating Mardan University on penalty shoot-out 7-5 in the ongoing match at Islamia College Ground.
Basit Kamal, former Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Association, was the chief guest on this occasion. In the match, Qazi Asif, Imtiaz Khan and Alamgir Khan acted as match officials while Dilawar, Ikram, Zeeshan, Alluddin, Zakir, Abid, Abdul Rehman were referees.
In the Volleyball match Islamia College University defeated Bacha Khan University by 25-22, 25-20 and 21-25 and 25-23.
