LAHORE: Pakistan Army will defend its National Basketball Championship title when the tournament’s 2018 edition kicks off with Pakistan Railways taking on Lahore Division at the Sports Board Punjab Basketball Courts here from Thursday.

Eight top teams have confirmed their participation in the five-day Championship. All matches are set to be played under floodlights. The teams have been placed in two groups with Army, Railways, Lahore and Faisalabad divisions in Group ‘A’ while Wapda, Navy, POF and Peshawar division are placed in Group ‘B’.

The final is on Jan 15.

Thursday’s matches: Railways vs Lahore Division, Wapda Vs Peshawar Division, Navy Vs Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Army Vs Faisalabad Division.

Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2018