Competitions at the 10th National Games, to be held in Karnali Province, will begin on November 24.
According to the schedule approved by the games’ technical committee, six sports will get underway on November 24. They are men’s and women’s cricket, men’s football, men’s and women’s handball, women’s basketball, tennis and swimming.
Of the 32 sports at the games, 23 will be held in Surkhet. These are athletics, cricket, football, hockey, volleyball, kabaddi, karate, badminton, full-contact karate, table tennis, wushu, taekwondo, gymnastics, boxing, handball, squash, basketball, archery, weightlifting, rugby, cycling, esports and sepak takraw.
The remaining sports will be held elsewhere. Tennis and kho kho will be played in Bardiya, judo and wrestling in Salyan, bodybuilding in West Rukum, ITF taekwondo in Dailekh, and chess in Kalikot. Swimming and shooting will take place in Nepalgunj.
While two districts of Lumbini Province have been given events, no sport has been allocated to Humla, Jumla, Jajarkot, Mugu or Dolpa in Karnali Province.
The games will be formally inaugurated at the Surkhet Stadium on December 2. The closing ceremony is scheduled for December 13.
