Sports Board Punjab (SBP), on Tuesday, announced the list of disciplines for upcoming 72nd Punjab Games scheduled to be held at Nishtar Park Sports Complex from April 3 to 6, 2019. All the participating male and female teams, under the directives of Director General Sports Punjab Nadeem Sarwar, are undergoing hectic training under the supervision of qualified coaches. Around 3000 male and female players will take part in 30 games during the mega event. Male players will take part in 21 games, female athletes in seven disciplines while special children will also show their sports skills in two games.
Following is the list of games:
Games for male players: Archery, athletics, bodybuilding, karate, wrestling, boxing, kick-boxing, badminton, baseball, cycling, football, gymnastics, hockey, kabaddi, tennis, pentathlon, roller sports, squash, swimming, weightlifting and volleyball.
Games for female players: Taekwondo, wushu, table tennis, athletics, basketball, handball and volleyball.
Games for special children: Athletics and cycling.