Diamond Paints\/Master Paints secured a dramatic victory in the Allied Bank 97th Punjab Polo Cup in Lahore, edging FG Polo 5-4 in a tense final played under the Lahore Polo Club banner.<\/p>\n
The match was decided by a standout performance from Iranian forward Amirreza Behbudi<\/strong>, who netted a hat-trick to lead the champions, while teammate Facundo Retamar<\/strong> contributed two decisive goals to close out the contest for the historic 141-year-old trophy.<\/p>\n FG Polo mounted relentless pressure throughout the final as Raul Laplacette<\/strong> matched Behbudi with three goals and Marcos Rivarola<\/strong> added one, but Diamond Paints\/Master Paints held on to their narrow advantage as the final whistle blew in a match that kept spectators gripped until the end.<\/p>\n At the prize distribution ceremony, Amir Reza Behboudi<\/strong> was named Man of the Match for his three-goal display, and the best pony award went to Selina<\/em>, owned by Sufi Muhammad Haroon, recognised for outstanding performance on the day.<\/p>\n Earlier, the Lahore Polo Club team claimed third place with a convincing 7-3 win over BN Polo, rounding out a full day of competition that highlighted the depth of polo talent in the region and the continued prestige of the Punjab Polo Cup.<\/p>\n The final was attended by chief guest Husnain Mirza<\/strong>, Group Head CRBG Allied Bank Limited, alongside Lahore Polo Club President Malik Azam Hayat Noon<\/strong>, executive committee members, senior club patrons and a large gathering of families and polo supporters, underscoring the sport’s strong roots in Lahore.<\/p>\n Captain Mir Huzaifa Ahmed expressed pride after the victory, saying, “It is a matter of immense pride to have our names etched on the world\u2019s oldest historical trophy. The team worked incredibly hard, and despite the intensity of such a close competition, we remained focused and secured the win.” The result reinforces the significance of the Punjab Polo Cup in Pakistan’s sporting calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Diamond Paints\/Master Paints win the Allied Bank 97th Punjab Polo Cup 5-4, with Amirreza Behbudi as Man of the Match and a celebrated prize ceremony in Lahore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}