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Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD:-PSF Junior Squash Circuit No 2 Tournament started at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad on Monday. Finals will be played on July 1, 2022 at the same venue.  The tournament includes Boys U-11, 13, 15, 17, 19 & Girls U-19 age categories.  An amount of Rs 600,000 will be distributed as prize money amongst the players. The first event of the Junior Circuit-2022 was held in March-22 wherein, a group of 198 players participated from all over the country. Results: Boys’ Under-11: Maaz (Bal) beat Saim Paul Victor (KP) 3-0, Joshou Tariq (Pb) beat Atif Ali Naz (KP) 3-0, Mustafa Khan (Pb) beat M Saad Butt (Pb)  3-0, Abdul Rafay (Bal) beat Daniyal Owais (PAF) 3-0,  Salman Adnan (Pb) beat Jasim (Pb) 3-0, Ibrahim Ahmed (Pb) beat Salman Tahir (Pb) 3-2, Raheel Masih (Sindh) beat Attai Mustafa (Pb) 3-1, Ahmed Safwan Gul (PAF) beat Rayyan Khan (Pb) 3-0, Ahmed Naz (PAF) beat Zadran Khan (KP) 3-0, Hammad Adil (KP) beat M Taha Khan (KP) 3-0, Ayyan (Pb) beat Ahmed (Bal) 3-0, Aziz Ali Naz (KP) beat Sudais Nazir (KP) Walk Over, Muhammad Faizan (KP) beat Muhammad Ayan (Pb) Walk Over, Syed Yoza (Sindh) beat Abdul Hadi (PAF) 3-0, Abdul Kabeer (PAF) beat Sameer Khan (KP) 3-0, M Rayyan Zaman (KP) beat Hassan Ali (Pb) 3-1, Mustafa (KP) beat Abdullah Khan (KP) 3-1, Anas Rafay (KP) beat Safdar (KP) 3-0, Muhammad Hamza (KP) beat Muhammad Hammad (Pb) 3-0, Golden Arif (Pb) beat Abdullah Khan (KP) 3-0, Abdul Rehman (Pb) beat Abdullah Anique (Pb) 3-0, Ayan Mehboob (KP) beat Ajman Ibrahim (KP) 3-0, and Muhammad Luqman (KP) beat Shahzain Khawaja (Pb) 3-0. Boys’ Under-13: Danish Sikandar (KP) beat Kabeer Khan (Pb) Walk Over, Umar Usmani (Sindh) beat Hassan Khan (KP) 3-0, M Fawad Khan (PAF) beat Saif Ullah (Bal) 3-0, Safi Ullah (Bal) beat Muhammad Umar (KP) 3-0, Arslan Farman (KP) beat Suleman Khan (Sindh) 3-0, Ayan Mansoor (Pb) beat Tauseef (Pb) 3-0, Qadeer Khan (Pb) beat Ayan Khan (Pb) 3-0,  Sameer Khan (Pb) beat Ahmed Javed (Pb) 3-0, Rayyan Bahadur (PAF) beat Muhammad Ansar (KP) 3-0, Abdullah Shah (KP) beat Khizar Hayat (KP) 3-0 and M Inshal Abbas (Pb) beat Owais Jan (KP) 3-2. Boys’ Under-15: Mohammad Dawood Ahmed (Pb) beat Farat Khan (Bal) 3-0, Mohammad Raza (Bal) beat Haroon (KP) Walk Over, Yahya Asad (PAF) beat Mohammad Muzammil (Pb) 3-0, Ali Bakhshish (KP) beat Abdul Ahad (KP) 3-0, Rohan Mehd (KP) beat Saif Zaman (Pb) Walk Over, Ali Usmani (Sindh) beat Sanan Gohar (KP) 3-0, Is-Haq Arshad (KP) beat Adil Javed (Pb) 3-0, Faseeh Ur Rehman (Pb) beat Abdul Rehman (KP) Walk Over, Muhammad Anas (KP) beat Luqman Khan (Pb) 3-1, Asmat Ullah (Bal) beat Arman Shah (KP) 3-1, Raheel (KP) beat Moiz Khawaja (Pb) 3-0 and Nahil (Pb) beat Adbul Ahad (Sindh  Walk Over. Boys’ Under-17: Mohammad Zubair (Pb) beat Mir Khawja (Pb) 3-0, M Arslan Ali (Pb) beat Huzaifa Adeel (KP) Walk Over, Noor Khan (PAF) beat Haji Nawaz Khan (Pb) 3-0, Shayan Ali (PAF) beat Shamlan Gul (KP) 3-2, Shamil Khan (Pb) beat Omar Safraz (Sindh) 3-0, Saim Asif (Pb) beat Waqif (KP) 3-0, Hikmatyar Khan (Pb) beat Shayan Ikram (KP) 3-0, Salahuddin Ayaz (Pb) beat Anas Khan (Bal)  3-0, Ammad Ahmed (KP) beat Mufariq Ali (KP) 3-0, Mustafa Asghar (Pb) beat Abdul Rehman (KP) 3-0, Huzaifa Jahanzeb (KP) beat Edwin Jamir (KP) 3-0, Ahmed Kamran (Pb) beat Muhammad Raza (KP) 3-0, Hassan Shamir (Pb) beat Ibrahim Mansoor (Pb) 3-0, Hassan Fareed (KP) beat Abdul Moiz (KP) 3-0 and Rana Zohaib Ali (Pb) beat M Abdullah (Pb) 3-0. Boys’ Under-19:  Talha Bin Zubair (Pb) beat Shayan (KP) 3-0, Shahzad (KP) beat Arslan Shariq (Pb) 3-0, Hamza Shaukat (Pb) beat Abu Bakar (KP) 3-0, Waqar (Bal) beat Nabeel Ahmed (KP) 3-0, Shayan Adnan (Sindh) beat M Abbas (KP) 3-0.  Girls’ Under-19: Hafsa Yousaf (KP) beat Mahin Zafar (KP) 3-0, Luiza Aftab (PAF) beat Maliha Shah (KP) 3-0, Zarlish Safdar (KP) beat Maryam Zahra (KP) 3-2, Sunzil Safdar (KP) beat Iqra Shah (KP) 3-0, Ronaq Saleem (KP) beat Mahnoor Fazal (KP) Walk Over, Zohra Abdullah (KP) beat Laiba Khan (Sindh) 3-0, Tayyaba Abbas (Pb) beat Rania Qazi (KP) 3-1, Nimra Batool (Sindh) beat Syeda Sarah (Sindh)  3-0, Sehrish Ali (KP) beat Afsah (KP) 3-0,  Fajar Hamid (Pb) beat Hafsa Umar (KP) 3-1, Mahnoor Ali (KP) beat Neha Natan (KP) 3-0.

Sports Bulletin Report PEHAWAR:-Mohammad Ammad and Hikmatyar have won the titles of KP-All Pakistan National Juniors Squash Championships Under-19 & Under-17 respectively after beating their rivals in the finals at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex Peshawar on Saturday. Results (Finals): Under-19: Mohammad Ammad (KP) beat Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) 3-1 (8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-8) (48 mints) Under-17: Hikmatyar (PB) beat Huraira Khan (KP) 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7) (44 mints)

Sports Bulletin Report PESHAWAR:-Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) and Mohammadd Ammad set to meet in the Under-19 final of the KP-All Pakistan National Juniors’ Squash Championship after winning their respective semifinals at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex Peshawar on Friday. In the first semifinal Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) outclassed Mohammad Azaan Khalil (KP) in straight games 3-0 in just 28 minutes. The final score-line was 11-5, 11-5 and 11-8). Later in the second semifinal Mohammad Ammad (KP) outplayed Varun Asif (PB) in similar style in straight games in only 28 minutes. The final score-line was 11-6, 11-5 and 11-6. Earlier, in the first semifinal of the Under-17, Hikmatyar (PB) thrashed Moeen ud din (PB) 3-0 and comfortable reached in the final in just 20 minutes with the score-line of 11-6, 11-2 and 11-8. In the second semifinal Huraira Khan (KP) defeated Zain Ramzan (PB) 3-1 after 40 minutes a long and well contested match of the day. The last two games were beautiful blend of powerful drives and classic drop shorts. The final score-line was 11-5, 11-6, 11-13 and 15-13. Results Under-19 (semifinals): Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) beat Mohammad Azaan Khalil (KP) 3-0 (11-5 11-5 11-8) (28 mints) Mohammad Ammad (KP) beat Varun Asif (PB) 3-0 (11-6 11-5 11-6) (28 mints) Results Under-17 (semifinals): Hikmatyar (PB) beat Moeen ud din (PB) 3-0 (11-6 11-2 11-8) (20 mints) Huraira Khan (KP) beat Zain Ramzan (PB) 3-1 (11-5 11-6 11-13 15-13) (40 mints)

Sports Bulletin Report PESHAWAR:-Top seed Mohammad Azaan Khalil, Mohd Ammad, Mutahir Ali Shah and Varun Asif jumped into the top-four stage of the Under-19 fixture of the KP-All Pakistan Juniors’ Squash Championship after defeating their opponents at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex Peshawar on Thursday. The semifinals will be played on Friday (June 24) at the same venue. On Thursday, first three quarterfinals of Under-19 category finished in straight games, as the winners stormed into the semifinals. However, the last quarterfinal was a well contested five games match in which both players from Punjab Varun Asif and Mohammad Azlan Khawar exhibited top quality squash and amused sizeable spectators. Varun got rid of his challenger Mohammad Azlan 3-2 with the final score-line of 4-11, 16-14, 11-5, 6-11 and 11-7. Results: Under-17 (Quarterfinals): Huraira Khan (KP) beat Shayyan Ali (KP) 3-1 (11-6, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6) Moeen ud Din (PB) beat Noor Khan (PAF) 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 15-13, 16-14) Hikmatyar (PB) beat Yashwa Yousaf (PB) 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-2) Zain Anwar (PB) beat Zuraiz Naeem (PB) 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-9) Results: Under-19 (Quarterfinals): Mohammad Azaan Khalil (KP) beat Mehmood Mehboob (PB) 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-6) Mohd Ammad (KP) beat Junaid Khan (PB) 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-6) Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) beat Khakan Malik (PB) 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 13-11) Varun Asif (PB) beat Mohammad Azlan Khawar (PB) 3-2 (4-11, 16-14, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7).

Sports Bulletin Report PESHAWAR:-Khakhan Malik, Mohammad Azaan, Mutahir Ali, Varun Asif, Mohammad Ammad, Junaid Khan, Mehmood Mehboob and Mohammad Azlan moved into the quarterfinals of KP-All Pakistan Juniors’ Squash Championship’s Under-19 event after winning their respective matches at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex Peshawar on Wednesday. Results (Under-19): Khakhan Malik (PB) beat Mohammad Hanif (KP) 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9) Mohammad Azaan Khalil (KP) beat Sheraz Akbar (KP) 3-2 (13-11, 11-6, 11-13, 8-11, 11-8) Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) beat Asher Butt (PB) 3-0 (11-7 11-5 11-8) Varun Asif (PB) beat Nouman Khan (KP) 3-2 (11-8 5-11 9-11 11-8 11-5) Mohd Ammad (KP) beat Fahad Sharif (KP) 3-1 (6-11 11-6 11-8 11-7) Junaid Khan (PB) beat Ahad Shoukat (PB) 3-2 (10-12 11-5 11-6 8-11 11-9) Mehmood Mehboob (PB) beat Hamza Zahid (KP) 3-1 (10-12 11-6 11-7 13-11) Mohammad Azlan Khawar (PB) beat Fawad Hussain (KP) 3-2 (11-9 8-11 11-9 11-13 11-6) Results (Under-17): Zain Anwar (PB) beat Mohammad Babar (PB) 3-0 (13-11 11-5 11-9) Yashwa Yousaf (PB) beat Umer Sarfarz (Sindh) 3-0 (11-2 11-7 11-7) Huraira Khan (KP) beat Talha Khan (PAF) 3-0 (11-3 11-5 11-2) Hikmatyar (PB) beat Ibrahim Mohib (KP) 3-0 (11-5 11-8 11-6) Shayyan Ali (KP) beat Kumail Tariq (PB) 3-0 (11-3 11-3 11-1) Zuraiz Naeem (PB) beat Labeeb Butt (PB) 3-2 (6-11 11-9 11-8 8-11 12-10) Noor Khan (PAF) beat Waqif (KP) 3-0 (11-4 11-4 11-5) Moeen ud din (PB) (3-0) Rana Zohaib (PB) (11-5 12-10 13-11).

Shakil-ur-Rehman PESHAWAR:-Boys Under-17 and Under-19 KPL Pakistan Junior Squash Championship started at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex Peshawar under the banner of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Squash Association. Provincial Secretary Sports Tahir Orakzai was the special guest on the occasion along with squash legends Qamar Zaman and Mohibullah Khan. Chief Organizer and Chief Referee Munawar Zaman, Deputy Director Azizullah Jan, Associate Secretary Squash Association Sajjad Khalil, Finance Secretary Wazir Mohammad and other personalities were present on this occasion. More than 70 players from all provinces are participating in the All Pakistan competitions. 64 players are in the qualifying round while 32 players will participate in the main draw and the prize money for the winners of these competitions has been fixed at Rs 200,000. He said that other junior players including Noor Zaman are also working hard and hopefully our junior players would become future champions. "We keep trying in our meager annual budget. The grant is very low and our number of annual tournaments has reached 30." He said that the minimum prize money for each tournament should be Rs 500,000 for which the government should take steps and the sponsors should also come forward as a single racket, ball, shows, stings and diet is everything that is expensive for the player.

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD:-Promising Pakistan squash player, Noor Zaman has won the title of Under-19 Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship 2022 and claimed gold medal after beating Joachim Chuah from Malaysia 3-1 in the final at Pattaya, Thailand on Sunday. According to available information from abroad, Noor Zaman won the championship match with the score-line of 11-9, 10-12, 11-5 and 11-9, as the match lasted for 52 minutes. Pakistani teenagers squash players took part in Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 categories competitions. Noor Zaman was only player, who grabbed the title.

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD:-Noor Zaman has booked his berth in the semifinal of the Under-19 discipline of the 29th Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship after beating Edward Thng from Singapore in straight games 3-0 at Pattaya, Thailand. The final score-line was 11-8, 11-4 and 11-6, as the match lasted 25 minutes.  According to Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF), Noor Zaman will meet Andrik Lim from Malaysia in the semifinal on Saturday at the same venue. Rest of Pakistani players lost their matches and started their packing to fly back to home. Nouman and Ahmed Khalil failed to show impressive performance in the Under-13 quarterfinals. Results: Boys’ Under-13 (Quarterfinal): Sim Yeak Wei from (Malaysia) beat Nouman Khan (Pakistan) 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-3 (24 minutes) Mohammad Raziq Putra (Malaysia) beat Ahmed Khalil (Pakistan) 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 (38 minutes) Boys’ Under-15 (Quarterfinal): Aqil Mirza (Malaysia) beat Mubeen Khan (Pakistan) 5-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 (29 minutes) Boys’ Under-19 (Quarterfinal): Noor Zaman (Pakistan) beat Edward Thng (Singapore) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 (25 minutes)

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD:-Pakistani lad Noor Zaman moved into the quarterfinals of Boys’ Under-19 fixture of the ongoing 29th Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship at Pattaya, Thailand. According to Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF), around 200 players from 14 Asian countries, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand are playing in various age categories. Results: Boys’ Under-13:  In 2nd round of the championship, Nouman Khan (PAK) bt Toma Ikeda (JPN) 11-6, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10 (29 Min).  He would play against Sim Yeak Wei from Malaysia in the Quarter Finals on 17 Jun, 22.  Mr Ahmed Khalil (PAK) bt Agastya Bansal (IND) 11-7, 12-10, 11-2 (24 Min). He would play against Mohammad Raziq Putra from Malaysia in Quarter Finals on 17 Jun, 22. Boys’ Under-15: In the 3rd round of the championship, Mubeen Khan (PAK) bt Matheesha Wijesekara (SRI) 14-12, 11-5, 11-6 (23 Min). He would play against Aqil Mirza from Malaysia in the Quarter Finals on 17 Jun, 22. Boys’ Under-17:  In the 3rd round of championship, No 2 Seed, Harith Danial (MAS) bt Usman Nadeem (PAK) 11-5, 11-8, 13-11 (30 Min). Boys’ Under-19: In the 2nd round of championship, Noor Zaman (PAK) bt Samuel Lau (SIN) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3 (13 Min).  He would play against Edward Thng from Singapore in the Quarter Finals on 17 Jun, 22. GU-15. In the 2nd round of championship, Whitney Wilson (MAS) bt Luiza Aftab (PAK) 11-3,  11-0, 11-2 (10 Min) whereas, No 2 Seed Zhe Sim Ong (SIN) bt Amna Malik (PAK) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 (12 Min).

Sports Bulletin Report Pattaya (Thailand):-The 29th Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship is being played at Pattaya, Thailand. Over 200 players from 14 Asian countries including Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand are playing in various age categories. 15 members contingent Pakistani contingent including 8 male players, 5 female players and 2 officials are participating in the regional squash championship. Luiza Aftab of Pakistan overcame Sri Lankan opponent Kumudi Ekanayake 3-2 with the score-line of 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 and 11-5. Results: Boys’ Under-13: Nouman Khan (PAK) got Walk Over against Wanchana Ruengrach (THA) Ahmed Khalil (PAK) beat Lokkesh Wigneswaran (MAS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (16 Min) Boys’ Under-15: Azan Ali (PAK) and Mubeen Khan (PAK) got Bye Mubeen Khan beat Kul Oon Jayden (MAS) 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-8 (41 Min) Aryaveer Dewan (IND) beat Azan Ali (PAK) 11-8, 18-16, 7-11, 4-11, 11-1 (37 Min) Boys’ Under-17: Abdullah Nawaz (PAK) and Usman Nadeem Butt (PAK) got Bye Usman Nadeem beat Abdullah Khalifa (QAT) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (13 Min) Jooyoung Na (KOR) beat Abdullah Nawaz 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (39 Min) Boys’ Under-19: Noor Zaman (PAK) got Bye  Jujin Ikeda (JPN) beat Anas Ali Shah (PAK) 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5 (54 Min). Gorls’ Under-15: Luiza Aftab (PAK) beat Kumudi Ekanayake (SRI) 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5 (23 Min) Amna Malik (PAK) beat Warisara Chujit (THA) 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 (20 Min) Girls’ Under-17: Vicky Lai Yue Ying (SIN) beat Mehwish Ali (PAK) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8 (20 Min) Goh Zhi Xuan (MAS) beat Sana Bahadar (PAK) 11-3, 11-4, 11-0 (12 Min) Girls’ Under-19: Pooja Arthi Raghu (IND) beat Mariam Malik (PAK) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (20 Min).