Mardan Sports Complex is located in

Mardan Mardān (Pashto and ; Urdu ; Pashto: ) is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). It is a fast-growing ...

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province of

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. The complex has facilities for all major sports such as Cricket, Football, Hockey, Swimming Pool, Basketball, Volleyball, Squash Court, Indoor Female Gymnasium, Climbing Wall and Open Air Gym.

History and development

Mardan Sports Complex is a multiple purpose sports complex located in Sheikh Maltoon Town Mardan. It was constructed in 2006 by Mardan district government with the help of

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...

.This sports complex was built on the cost of Rs. 33.4 Crore. Initially, facilities for

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and

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were made available. The swimming pool facility was then built in 2011 at the cost of Rs.50 million while in 2016, the

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constructed an international standard hockey turf at the sports complex at the cost Rs.67.69 million.

Sporting facilities

Mardan Sports Complex currently hold sporting facilities for the following sports. * Hockey Ground * Football Ground * Cricket Ground * Athletics track * Boxing * Swimming pool * Indoor facilities for Badminton * Table Tennis * Judo, wushu and taekwondo

References

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History and development

Sporting facilities

See also

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