Ludhiana, Aug. 1 -- The sub-junior Punjab state basketball championship began at Guru Nanak Stadium on Friday even as one of the venue's two indoor basketball courts remained under repair, less than a year after the facility was inaugurated.

The championship was shifted to Guru Nanak Stadium after the original venue became waterlogged following recent heavy rain.

"The matches were originally scheduled to be held at Kirpalsagar Academy, Rahon, but persistent waterlogging caused by heavy rainfall forced us to shift the venue," said Punjab Basketball Academy general secretary Teja Singh Dhaliwal.

Players competed on one court while repair work continued on the other after defects emerged in the imported maple wooden flooring, once again r...