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SPORTS

Sports Office was established in Muzaffargarh in 1970 in a room of Yadgar
Club, Muzaffargarh. It was shifted to the Faisal Stadium in 1983. In 2013, a
project of constructing state of the art Sports Gymnasium in Muzaffargarh
was initiated. The Sports Office was shifted to the Gymnasium in 2016 upon
its completion. The District Sports Office is headed by 1 District Sports
Officer in BPS-17, assisted by Tehsil Sports Officer in BPS-16 at all tehsil
headquarters; at the moment the posts of Tehsil Sports Officer for Kot Addu
and Jatoi are lying vacant though.

In addition to the Faisal Stadium and Sports Gymnasium in the city, the
Office also manages a sports ground each at Tehsil Kot Addu and Khairpur
Sadat in Tehsil Alipur. Work on establishing a football stadium in Khangarh,
a cricket stadium in Alipur, and a cricket stadium as well as multipurpose
hall in Jatoi is currently in progress.

The District Sports Committee functions under the chairmanship of the
Deputy Commissioner, and undertakes sports competitions as per the sports
calendar issued annually by the Youth Affairs, Sports, Archeology and
Tourism Department, Lahore. The Sports Calendar for the year 2019
includes schedule of 11 games for boys and 6 games for girls.

SPORTS COMPETITIONS
A number of provincial and national events have held at Muzaffargarh in the
past, the details of which are as follows:

Year Event
1 1984 National Hockey Championship
2 1988 National Kabaddi Championship
3 1990 All Pakistan Football Championship
4 1997 All Pakistan Squash Championship
5 2004 Pakistan vs India Kabaddi Match
6 2016 All Punjab Rugby Championship
7 2018 All Punjab Badminton Championship
PROMINENT PLAYERS

More than 50 players from Muzaffargarh have represented Pakistan
internationally in various disciplines and have been able to win gold, silver
and bronze medals. Following two of those warrant special mention:

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