The ongoing National Wrestling Championship in Gujranwala descended into chaos on Saturday after altercations between wrestlers spiraled into physical brawls, involving team officials and supporters in the crowd, forcing the suspension of matches for the day. (More Sports News)
The i♏ncident began with a minor dispute between Wapda’s Irfan Bhola and the Higher Education Commission’s I♔brahim over a referee’s decision to award a point to the former.
Footage of the melee at the Jinnah stadium on TV channels showed the two wrestlers arguing after the point was awaꩵrded and later they started gr♚appling and punching each other.
In a few minutes players and officials of both teams were seen going after each other as the brawls spread between sཧupporters as well in the crowds with footage showing punches and kicks being thrown freely.
An organizer said security had to be called in 🍌to control the chaotic situation and to avoid any serious injuries to anyone.
“The matches are susp🌳ended anꦉd will resume later,” he said.
Gujranwala is famous for producing world class wrestlers and is known a💮s the city of P🍌ehalwans.
