Pune, Sept. 12 -- Five sports competitions, in golf, mallakhamb, boxing, dirt track racing and pickleball, will be held as part of the 38th Pune Festival, organisers said at a press conference here.
Pune Festival President Krishnakumar Goyal, General Secretary and Chief Organiser of Cultural Programmes Dr Satish Desai, Trustee Mohan Tillu and Sports Committee Head Prasanna Gokhale provided details of the competitions.
The mallakhamb competition will be held on September 19 and 20 at Maharashtra Mandal on Tilak Road in association with the Pune District Mallakhamb Association.
More than 400 participants are expected to take part in pole and rope mallakhamb categories.
The prize distribution will be held on September 20.
The dirt track c...