{"id":70259,"date":"2025-04-10T21:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70259"},"modified":"2025-04-10T21:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:39:22","slug":"noor-zaman-makes-history-wins-under-23-world-squash-championship-for-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/noor-zaman-makes-history-wins-under-23-world-squash-championship-for-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Noor Zaman makes history, wins under-23 World Squash Championship for Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Noor Zaman from<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> has made history by becoming<\/span> the Under-23 World Squash Championship<\/a> title holder<\/span> in an<\/span> exhilarating<\/span> five-set battle<\/span> against Egypt\u2019<\/span>s Kareem El Torkey.<\/p>\n

Played<\/span> in Karachi, El Torkey jumped<\/span> to<\/span> an<\/span> early<\/span> lead<\/span> in<\/span> the first two games, but Zaman remained<\/span> dialed<\/span> in<\/span> and charged<\/span> back<\/span> with<\/span> poise<\/span> and<\/span> control<\/span> to take<\/span> the title<\/span> in front of local<\/span> supporters<\/span>.<\/p>\n

This represents<\/span> a major<\/span> milestone<\/span> for Pakistani squash as<\/span> memories of past glory<\/span> in the sport during the Khan squash family era come<\/span> to<\/span> mind<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Noor Zaman’s path<\/span> to the final was remarkable<\/span>, given<\/span> the dominant<\/span> semi-final<\/span> <\/a>he<\/span> played<\/span> against Malaysia’s Ameeshenraj Chandaran to<\/span> get<\/span> there<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zaman<\/span> took<\/span> two encouraging<\/span> games with<\/span> scorelines<\/span> of<\/span> 11-6 and 11-2, then<\/span> was up<\/span> in<\/span> the third game<\/span> 6-4 when Chandaran was<\/span> forced<\/span> to withdraw<\/span> through<\/span> injury<\/span>.<\/span> El Torkey‘<\/span>s<\/span> journey<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> as<\/span> easy<\/span> against a<\/span> fellow<\/span> Egyptian<\/span> Ibrahim Elkabbani, as<\/span> El<\/span> Torkey<\/span> won<\/span> 3-1.<\/p>\n

Noor<\/span> Zaman<\/span>‘<\/span>s<\/span> accomplishment<\/span> has resulted<\/span> in<\/span> jubilation<\/span> across the<\/span> country<\/span>;<\/span> Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> shared<\/span> his<\/span> congratulations<\/span> to<\/span> Zaman and the people<\/span> of<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> for<\/span> the achievement<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Along<\/span> with<\/span> Zaman’s success<\/span>, Pakistan also<\/span> performed<\/span> well<\/span> in the Plate Event at<\/span> the Under-23 World Squash Championships 2025,<\/span> where<\/span> Muhammad Ammad won the men’s final over<\/span> Karam<\/span> Michael of Canada, and<\/span> Amna Fayyaz lost to Yeheni Kuruppu of Sri Lanka in the women’s final.<\/p>\n

Excitement<\/span> around<\/span> squash has<\/span> peaked<\/span> among<\/span> fans<\/span> in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> see<\/span> the sport picking<\/span> up<\/span> again<\/span>, and<\/span> many hope<\/span> to<\/span> see<\/span> more titles awarded<\/span> in the coming<\/span> years<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Noor Zaman from Pakistan has made history by becoming the Under-23 World Squash Championship title holder in an exhilarating five-set battle against Egypt\u2019s Kareem El Torkey. Played in Karachi, El Torkey jumped to an early lead in the first two games, but Zaman remained dialed in and charged back with poise and control to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":70260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5415,27714],"class_list":["post-70259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif","tag-under-23-world-squash-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70261,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70259\/revisions\/70261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}