{"id":23284,"date":"2025-11-03T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/direkart.com\/ddu\/?page_id=23284"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:43:42","slug":"sport-and-recreation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/direkart.com\/ddu\/sport-and-recreation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport and recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23284\" class=\"elementor elementor-23284\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad36b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fad36b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46d6694 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46d6694\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1926538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1926538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"centered-heading\">\r\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 36px;\">Sports and Recreation\r\n<\/h1>\r\n  <div class=\"underline-container\">\r\n    <span class=\"underline-short\"><\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"underline-long\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7654019 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7654019\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a321c32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a321c32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/direkart.com\/ddu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sport-center.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-23310\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5fd4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b5fd4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-491db16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"491db16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dbc707 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0dbc707\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1383ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1383ef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"centered-heading\">\r\n  <h3>Overview\r\n<\/h3>\r\n  <div class=\"underline-container2\">\r\n    <span class=\"underline-short\"><\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"underline-long\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c869bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c869bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f717c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96f717c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PlaygroundEditorTheme__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">DDU is dedicated to the provision of recreational and competitive sports for students, staff and faculty. A broad range of sporting events basketball, handball, tennis, athletics, table tennis, chess involve mass participation through the fan activities. Sports include inter-years, and inter-faculty sports competitions.<\/p><p class=\"PlaygroundEditorTheme__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">Each campus encourages indoor and outdoor activities and clubs help to offer more opportunities to students who are especially passionate about sports. The university also engages students in other extracurricular activities suitable to their desires and preferences including creative arts, volunteering and other areas of passion. Many clubs are formed based on taste and values and help to make university life fun. 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