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1 week ago | dawn.com | Anushe Engineer

DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 31, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem and compatriot Muhammad Yasir have made a slow start at the men’s javelin final of the Asian Athletics Championship, with the duo standing at 6th and 8th place respectively after the first throw.

1 month ago | defence.pk | Anushe Engineer

Pakistan dominates squash courts with 4 gold, 1 silver at Australian Junior Open​Anushe EngineerApril 17, 2025 From L to R: Mahnoor Ali, Sehrish Ali and Mehwish Ali pose with their medals after the finals of the Australian Junior Open on Thursday. — Photo via authorThe Pakistan flag was flying high at the Melbourne squash courts as the nation’s young stars bagged four gold medals and one silver at the Australian Junior Open on Thursday.

1 month ago | dawn.com | Anushe Engineer |Jawed Naqvi

Pakistan dominated the squash courts in Melbourne as sisters Mehwish, Sehrish and Mahnoor Ali advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Junior Open on Tuesday. Top seed Mehwish is looking to defend her U-17 title after setting up a semi-final with Australian Tina Ma, who won the U-15 title at last year’s edition of the Australian Junior Open. Mehwish won her quarter-final in straight games after dominating Hong Kong’s Maeghan Wang 11-6, 11-3, 11-2 at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre.

1 month ago | dawn.com | Anushe Engineer |Khurram Abbas |Khurram Husain

Noor Zaman stormed to victory on Thursday in front of a full-house crowd as he beat Egypt’s Karim El Torkey 3-2 in the men’s final of the U23 World Squash Championship in Karachi. Zaman defeated Malaysia’s Ameeshenraj Chandran yesterday to reach the final after Chandran retired during the third game of the last-four while trailing 6-11, 2-11, 4-6. Torkey, who defeated seed Ibrahim Elkabbani, was up by two games in the final with Zaman looking for reprieve, narrowly took the game from the Egyptian.

1 month ago | dawn.com | Anushe Engineer

KARACHI: Noor Zaman is a step away from Under-23 World Squash Championships glory after seeing off the challenge of Malaysia’s Ameeshenraj Chandran in front of a roaring home crowd and a beaming grandfather, former squash world number one Qamar Zaman, at the Creek Club here on Wednesday. Chandaran had ousted home hope Hamza Khan in the quarter-finals but it was a different story against Noor as he retired during the third game of the last-four while trailing 6-11, 2-11, 4-6.