Chandigarh, January 27:
Central Civil Services Cultural and Board are organising the All India Services Hockey, Basketball, Chess (Men and Women) and Cricket (Men) tournament from 17th to 28th February 2026 in Delhi.
Trials for selection of Punjab players for these tournaments will be conducted on January 29 at 11:00 am. Trials for the men’s and women’s hockey teams will take place at Surjit Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar, while selection trials for basketball and chess teams will be organised at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. Similarly, trials for the men’s cricket team will be held at the Practice Ground, PCA Stadium, Sector-63, SAS Nagar.
The spokesman of the sports department further informed that in these trials security services personnel/para-security organizations/central police organizations/police/RPF/CISF/BSF/ITBP and NSG etc., autonomous parties/undertakings/public sector Banks including central ministry run banks, excluding casual/daily workers, temporary office workers, newly recruited employees who have been in regular services for less than 6 months, Government employees (regular), government officials (regular) of different departments can participate only after receiving NoC from their departments. The cost of travel, accommodation and food in this tournament will be paid by the player personally.
