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72nd Punjab Games trails to commence from 12th March

Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is all set to host as well as organize the 2019 edition of Punjab Games for which the trials in various sports will be held from 12th to 16th March in Lahore.

Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is all set to organize the much delayed Punjab Games into the 72nd year and is determine to make it yet another successful year for the games. 

The games, which are being held after a lapse of almost a decade, are now scheduled for the first week of April this year for which trials to select all divisional teams to feature in the 72nd Punjab Games will be held from March 12 to 16. The players of nine divisions of the province will compete in 29 disciplines at the games.

Punjab Games were last held in 2011. The Government of Punjab, which in the past was the main donor of Punjab Games, has not extended any support to the Punjab Olympic Association for the last eight years to organize these Games into further years. Sports Board Punjab (SBP) had sent a summary for the games estimating Rs. 30 million as its cost. 

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