Karachi:
Pakistan’s Nauman Khan became the Asia Junior Under 17 champion by defeating his Indian rival Ahmed Ryan Khalil to become the Asia Junior Under 15 champion.
Mahnoor Ali won silver medal in U-15 girls final, 33rd Asian Youth Squash Championship 2026 Pakistan won 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.
According to the reports received, in the finals of the under-17 boys’ championship held in Panzhihua, China, Nauman Khan won the gold medal after 40 minutes of the match with a score of 1-3 1-3.
In the under-15 boys’ final, top scorer Ahmed Ryan Khalil easily defeated Malaysia’s Dhuran Rothi Ran 0-3 to become the Asian Youth Champion, a match that lasted 29 minutes.
In the final of the girls under-15 event, 4th seed Mah Noor Ali lost easily to Xie Yuan of China, Mah Noor Ali had to settle for the silver medal 3-0 in 23 minutes.
It is worth remembering that last year Mah Noor Ali won the silver medal in the final game of girls under 13 years of age in the Asian boys championship, Pakistan won a total of 5 medals in the 33rd Asian boys individual competition, which were 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 3 bronze medals.
Pakistan’s Sohail Adnan won the bronze medal after being restricted to the U15 boys’ bronze medal in the semi-finals and Muhammad Umar Arif, who lost to his compatriot Nauman Khan, won the bronze medal by entering the semi-finals.
In the championship, team captain (retd) Irfan Asghar was the team manager and former world famous player Faheem Gul was the head coach.
