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National Sports Contest of Provincial Teams Goes on
Pyongyang, October 8 (KCNA) -- The National Sports Contest of Provincial Teams goes on at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium, drawing bigger attention of sports fans and other people.

There were group league matches of ssirum, Korean wrestling, and semifinals of basketball, volleyball, table-tennis and tug of war on Sunday and Monday.

The spectators enthusiastically cheered the players.

The ssirum team matches brought together more than 90 players who were selected from each province.

Diverse techniques displayed by the players aroused applauses from spectators.

High scores were registered by teams of North Phyongan, South Hamgyong and South and North Hwanghae provinces in the league matches.

Taeryonggang and Chongchongang teams secured final berths in the men's basketball event in the provincial sports division and South Phyongan Province and Nampho City teams in the women's volleyball event, Kangwon Province and Nampho City teams in the table-tennis event and North Phyongan Province and Jagang Province teams in the tug of war event in the mass sports division.

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