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Asian Games: Pakistan off to flying start in hockey, poor show in other sports

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Sport, D. (2026, September 20). Asian Games: Pakistan off to flying start in hockey, poor show in other sports. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2031386/asian-games-pakistan-off-to-flying-start-in-hockey-poor-show-in-other-sports

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Pakistan's men's hockey team dominated Thailand with a 9-0 victory on Sunday at the Asian Games, scoring nine goals including three from Ahmed Nadeem and two penalty corner strikes by Sufyan Khan. However, Pakistan’s performance was not consistent across all sports; in swimming, Hamza Asif placed 35th out of 43 swimmers in the men's 100m freestyle, while Hareem Malik and Mishael Aisha Hyat finished last in their respective heats in women’s breaststroke events. Additionally, boxing draws revealed that Fatima Zehra will face Mijgona Samadova from Tajikistan in her first bout of the women's 60kg category.
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Pakistan's men's hockey team kicked off their Asian Games campaign on Sunday with a dominant 9-0 victory over Thailand at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Japan. Key players like Ahmed Nadeem and Sufyan Khan contributed significantly, with Nadeem scoring a hat-trick and Sufyan securing two goals from penalty corners. Despite this strong performance in hockey, Pakistan's swim team had a poor start, as all three participants failed to advance past their heats at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre.

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Pakistan GPE · 3× Thailand GPE · 3× Sufyan Khan PERSON · 2× Tajikistan GPE · 2× Abdul Hanan Shahid PERSON · 1× Ahmed Nadeem PERSON · 1× Ammad Butt PERSON · 1× Moeen Shakeel PERSON · 1× Nadeem PERSON · 1× Rana Waheed PERSON · 1×

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Pakistan’s men’s hockey team opened their Asian Games campaign in emphatic fashion on Sunday, dismantling Thailand 9-0 in a pool ‘B’ encounter that quickly turned into a procession at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium.
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🔮 The boxing draws were also held on Sunday, with Commonwealth bronze medallist Fatima Zehra set to begin her medal quest against Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan in the women’s 60kg category.

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Pakistan’s men’s hockey team opened their Asian Games campaign in emphatic fashion on Sunday, dismantling Thailand 9-0 in a pool ‘B’ encounter that quickly turned into a procession at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium. asserted
that → open → Stadium
Ahmed Nadeem helped himself to a hat-trick, while Sufyan Khan struck twice from penalty corners as Pakistan controlled the match from the first whistle and never allowed Thailand a meaningful chance. asserted
Pakistan → help → chance
Moeen Shakeel opened the floodgates in the eighth minute, with Ammad Butt doubling the lead four minutes later. asserted
Butt → open → lead
Nadeem got his first in the 20th, before Sufyan Khan struck twice in two minutes to leave Thailand reeling. asserted
Khan → get → Thailand
Rana Waheed (31st) and Abdul Hanan Shahid (34th) got on the scoresheet in a relentless third quarter, and Ahmed completed his hat-trick with goals in the 37th and 43rd minutes to put the finishing touches on the rout. asserted
Ahmed → get → rout
In the pool on Sunday, Pakistan’s campaign got off to a disappointing start, with all three of the country’s contestants failing to advance from their heats at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre. asserted
three → get → Centre
Hamza Asif finished second in his 100m freestyle heat in 53.97 seconds, behind Mongolia’s Ninjin Enkhbaatar, who touched in 53.41. asserted
who → finish → 53.41
He went out in 25.19 seconds at the halfway mark but faded over the closing length. asserted
He → go → length
Overall, Hamza placed 35th among 43 swimmers. asserted
Hamza → place → swimmers
In the women’s 50m breaststroke, national champion Hareem Malik finished last in her heat clocking 36.52 seconds. asserted
Malik → finish → seconds
Mishael Aisha Hyat suffered the same fate in her heat, finishing in 37.02. asserted
Hyat → suffer → 37.02
Overall, Hareem was placed 22nd and Aisha 24th among 25 swimmers. asserted
Aisha → place → swimmers
The boxing draws were also held on Sunday, with Commonwealth bronze medallist Fatima Zehra set to begin her medal quest against Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan in the women’s 60kg category. asserted
Zehra → hold → category
Maria Rind received a bye in the preliminary round of the women’s 51kg category. asserted
Rind → receive → category
In the men’s competition, Sumama Rehman will open his campaign against Meroj Sufijonov of Tajikistan in the 55kg category, while Irfan Khan faces Gichae Kim of South Korea in the 90kg division. asserted
Khan → open → division
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