After a long time a good number of upcoming talented players turned up for the two-day trials to select teams for six different games to be part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Under-21 Peshawar District Games got under way here at Qayyum Sports Complex on Thursday.

A total of 3600 players have made their registration well before the trials in six different games part of the first phase of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U-21 Games to be commencing from February 7-18, 2020.

According to District Sports Officer, Anwar Kamal Burki said that the turn-out was satisfactory and hopefully good teams would be constituted for the forthcoming Tehsil Games.

He advised the players to come and participate in the trials open for all in the following Games included athletics, football, hockey, tug of war, kabaddi and volleyball.

Special Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar Ashfaq Khan formally inaugurated the football trials by kicking the football into the Qayyum Sports Complex ground. Squash legend Qamar Zaman, Director Operation Syed Saqlain Shah, Deputy Director Sports Azizullah Jan, Assistant Commissioner Ehsam-ul-Haq, Assistant Commissioner Miss Mena Zahir, PTI District Leader Kulsoom Kundi, former international athletes Habib Ur Rehman, officials and players were also present during the March Past of the teams.

District Sports Officer Peshawar Anwar Kamal Barki said for the first time in the history of Peshawar so many players have come for trials which is complimentary.

Trials will be organized in a full transparency and only those players would be short-listed who have some potential of the game, he said.

Taj Mohammed of tuf of war, Badminton's Amjad Khan, Kabaddi Arbab Naseer and Sultan Bari, Hamid Khan, Coach Faisal Javed and Tariq Khan were also present.