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| Pakistan women's Kabaddi team take part in a practice match. —Photo by AFP |
Pakistani girls travel to India to participate in the 2013 Kabaddi World Cup - it is the first time ever that Pakistan fielded an international women's team in the sport.
It has traditionally been seen as a macho sport but now Pakistan is sending a women's team to the November 30-December 14, 2013 World Cup in India.
Kabaddi is hugely popular in the Punjab provinces of India and Pakistan, where it originates, and is played in countries around the world with South Asian populations. It is a tag-wrestling sport involves players trying to tag an opponent before making it back to their half of the field.
For 24-year-old Sayeda Fareeda Khanum, who comes from a conservative, religious family where she fought for years to be allowed to compete in sports, it is a dream come true.
“I have been sports crazy since childhood and was selected for national events in various sports many times, but I was never allowed by my family to attend a training camp outside college or university,” she said.
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“I have been sports crazy since childhood and was selected for national events in various sports many times, but I was never allowed by my family to attend a training camp outside college or university,” she said.
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