{"id":14576,"date":"2021-08-04T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T10:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2021-11-09T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T11:38:48","slug":"sbp-curtails-independence-day-sports-events-due-to-surge-in-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/sbp-curtails-independence-day-sports-events-due-to-surge-in-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SBP curtails Independence Day sports events due to surge in COVID 19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE,  Sports Board Punjab (SBP) in the wake of growing coronavirus pandemic, has curtailed Independence Day sports events under the direction of Punjab Government.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by Director General SBP Adnan Arshad Aulakh, here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He informed that as per the revised schedule, now the Independence Day sports events will be staged from Aug 6 to 21, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports Board Punjab will organize Independence Day Male and Female Archery Championship at Bhurban Stadium, Murree on Aug 6 and 7, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The teams from all nine divisions will feature in Independence Day Archery Championship. The competitions of 70m Individual and 30m Team Event will be contested during the two-day Independence Day Archery Championship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said that gymnastic competitions of male and female athletes will be held on Aug 9 outside NPSC Gymnasium Hall. \u201cThe male and female cycling events will be organised at Cycling Velodrome on Aug 13.<\/p>\n<p>The male and female football and hockey events will be staged at Punjab Stadium and National Hockey Stadium respectively on Aug 14,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Director General Sports Punjab further said that Punjab Stadium will host male and female pentathlon contests on Aug 21, 2021. \u201cThe Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) will be implemented fully during the competitions\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE, Sports Board Punjab (SBP) in the wake of growing coronavirus pandemic, has curtailed Independence Day sports events under the direction of Punjab Government. 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