Karachi-Sports in Karachi-Karachi and Commonwealth Games 2018

Karachi

Amongst the Commonwealth nations bidding for the hosting of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Karachi in Pakistan is one. Karachi is listed among the various Commonwealth venues who participated for speculated potential bids for hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games. There are also many other venues in the list of speculated potential bids of the Games that include Adelaide, Cape Town, Lusaka, Sheffield, Accra, and Wellington, just to name a few.
The city of Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan, which is also the provincial capital of Sindh province. Karachi also boasts being world’s one of the largest cities, situated on the northern shores of the Arabian Sea.

The city has been the original capital of Pakistan and still remains the economic and cultural hub of the nation.
Sports in Karachi, Pakistan
In Karachi, cricket is the most popular sport that is mostly played in the small grounds all around the city. There is gully-cricket being played in the city’s narrow by-lanes. The prime venue for cricket matches in the city’s National Stadium. Crocket matches are also hosted in other places like the A.O. Cricket Stadium, UBL Sports Complex, the Karachi Gymkhana Field, the KCCA Cricket Ground, and the DHA Cricket Stadium.
Besides cricket, Karachi is also known for other sports events such as table tennis, hockey, golf, snooker, boxing, football, horse racing, and squash. Sports like volleyball, basketball, and badminton are games that are popular in schools, colleges and universities. Karachi has the country’s largest football stadium, the Peoples Football Stadium, where the SAFF Cup Football Tournament 2005 and also the Geo Super Football League 2007 were held.

Karachi, as a bidder for hosting 2018 Commonwealth Games, boasts facilities required for hockey (the UBL Hockey Ground, the Hockey Stadium of Pakistan), polo, and squash (Jehangir Khan Squash Complex). Moreover, the sporting clubs in Karachi also provide sporting facilities to the members including sports like badminton and tennis courts, swimming pools, squash courts, gymnasiums, jogging tracks, etc.
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2018 Bidders for Commonwealth Games