{"id":29941,"date":"2025-12-03T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=29941"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:04:10","slug":"karachi-to-host-35th-national-games-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=29941","title":{"rendered":"Karachi to host 35th National Games in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Karachi will host Pakistan\u2019s biggest multi-sport event from 6 to 13 December 2025, as the Pakistan Olympic Association on Wednesday\u00a0confirmed the full 32-sport lineup for the 35th National Games.<\/p>\n<p>The event will bring together athletes from across the country in a sweeping programme that spans endurance sports, combat disciplines, precision events and crowd-favourite team competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The roster features Olympic mainstays such as athletics, swimming, gymnastics and fencing, alongside Pakistan\u2019s popular competitive events including kabaddi, tug of war, netball and boxing. Team sports\u00a0notably football, hockey, basketball, rugby and volleyball are set to draw large audiences across multiple venues in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Racquet sports including badminton, tennis, table tennis and squash complement the schedule, while strength-based contests such as weightlifting, wrestling and bodybuilding round out the Games\u2019 more physically demanding categories.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers said\u00a0the full schedule, venues and competition formats will be announced in stages, with results and highlights to be shared through NOC Pakistan\u2019s official platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The National Games, held periodically since 1948, remain one of the country\u2019s most significant multi-sport events, often serving as a stepping stone toward international selection.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi will host Pakistan\u2019s biggest multi-sport event from 6 to 13 December 2025, as the Pakistan Olympic Association on Wednesday\u00a0confirmed the full 32-sport lineup for the 35th National Games. The event will bring together athletes from across the country in a sweeping programme that spans endurance sports, combat disciplines, precision events and crowd-favourite team competitions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}