Posted by: newseditor May 6, 2018Comments Off on Young athletes shine at KP U23 Games 2018370 Views
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PESHAWAR: As many as 3,000 young athletes are participating in the third edition of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inter-regional Under-23 Games 2018, which kicked off on Saturday.
The three-day event will feature competitions in 43 different sports; 17 for women and 26 for men. The sporting events will be held at Peshawar Sports Complex, Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex, Peshawar University, Peshawar Board and Hyatabad Sports Complex.
On the other hand, women athletes will take part in cricket, hockey, basketball, volleyball, netball, squash, badminton, table tennis, athletics, baseball, judo, taekwondo, handball, and wushu.
KP government has spent a whopping Rs183million for the games, according to Director General (DG) Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Junaid Khan.
The winners will be awarded a scholarship for their schooling.
The opening ceremony of the event was held at Qayyum Sports Complex Peshawar. Here are some highlights of the event: