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University Sports League 2020 Trophies unveiled at GCU

he University Sports League
(USL) 2020 kicked off here as
Ttrophies for the tournaments Page 8
were unveiled at a ceremony at the
Government College University (GCU).
Former test cricketer Saeed Ajmal,
Olympian Samiullah Khan, Punjab
Higher Education Minister Raja Yasir
Hamayun Sarfraz, Punjab Higher
Education Secretary Sajid Zafar Dall
and GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr
Asghar Zaidi unveiled the trophies for
the winners of USL.
Other legendary sportsmen, including
Pakistan hockey team head coach
Khawaja Muhammad Junaid, volleyball
team ex-captain Muhammad Naseer
and Pakistan's first woman athlete who
competed at Olympics in 1996,
Shabana Akhtar were also present.
Addressing the ceremony, the minister students to interact and learn from each
hoped the USL would become the He announced that USL would become other's experiences.
finest sports nursery for producing and an annual feature of Punjab's sports VC Prof Zaidi asked students to play for
grooming sportsmen for Olympics and calendar and help promote sporting the glory of sports and of their alma
national teams. culture among the youth of their mater and never use unfair means to
He said as many as 381 teams from 59 province and provided them with healthy achieve vain glory which ultimately
universities were participating in 10 activities around the year. proved short-lived and fruitless.
games, including athletics, cricket, “I am sure that once this idea takes off, it Olympian Samiullah Khan said USL was
squash, tennis, volley ball, badminton, will also provide a new revenue stream a great idea as Pakistan desperately
football, hockey and basketball at the to the academic institutions through needed a system and a nursery for
USL. sponsorships and alumni funding,” the producing sportsmen and sportswomen.
He said scholarships and cash awards minister concluded. Philanthropist Sabahat Rafique
worth Rs19 million would be awarded Mr Dall regretted lack of integration announced r upees one million
to the best sports persons of the USL among universities in Punjab and added scholarship/cash award for the best
2020. He added that the winners would that the USL would also provide a sportsmen and sportswomen of the
also be offered foreign tours and platform to varsity teachers and USL.
trainings.