ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Thursday finalised its schedule of under-17 Inter-Provincial Youth tournaments. The programme was give final shape in a meeting chaired by the head of PSB Brig. Arif Mahmud Siddiqui which was attended by representatives of Punjab, NWFP, AJ&K, Sindh, FATA, Northern Areas and Islamabad Sports Board.

Arif stressed upon the participants to ensure that only genuine under-17 players take part in the tournaments.

The tournament schedule:

Athletics (men/women) June 2006 Abbottabad; swimming (men) June 2006 Islamabad; boxing April/May 2006 Quetta; taekwondo (men) December 2005 Peshawar; taekwondo (women) December 2005 Islamabad; table tennis (men/women) January 2006 Karachi; badminton (men/ women) January 2006 Karachi; tennis January 2006 Bahawalpur; basketball May 2006 Muzaffarabad; football May 2006 Gilgit; hockey (men/women) January 2006 Lahore; volleyball (men) June 2006 Swat; volleyball (women) November 2005 Islamabad.