Netball: Sindh gear up for national event

KARACHI: Sindh are set to launch their title defence at the 10th National Women’s Netball Championship as the tournament gets underway from February 6 at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. The event will feature 11 teams: Pakistan Army, Wapda, Higher Education Commission, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Fata, Lahore Grammar School as well as the hosts. “There has been growth in the popularity of netball in recent years and we are attempting to capitalise on this trend, with different universities actively holding events to promote the sport among the youth in the country,” said Pakistan Netball Federation Secretary Mudassar Arain.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 1^st, 2012.