{"id":27404,"date":"2025-04-11T03:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27404"},"modified":"2025-04-11T03:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:49:57","slug":"pakistans-noor-zaman-wins-world-u23-squash-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27404","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Noor Zaman wins World U23 Squash Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250411-WA0005-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250411-WA0005-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250411-WA0005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250411-WA0005-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250411-WA0005-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250411-WA0005-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karachi : Pakistan\u2019s rising squash star, Noor Zaman, secured a historic victory at the inaugural WSF World Under-23 Squash Championships, defeating Egypt\u2019s Kareem El Torkey in a thrilling final at Karachi\u2019s DHA Creek Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After trailing 2-0 early in the match, Zaman staged a remarkable comeback, dominating the next three sets to clinch the title 3-2. His road to the final saw him overcome Malaysia\u2019s Ameeshenraj Chandaran in the semi-finals, where he advanced after his opponent retired while Zaman was two games up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This victory marks a significant moment for Pakistan squash, signaling a strong revival on the world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big win for Pakistan! Massive congratulations to Noor Zaman for making history as the first-ever Under-23 World Squash Champion from Pakistan! What an incredible achievement for him and a proud moment for the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAKISTAN SQUASH IS BACK! After a thrilling comeback, Noor Zaman has brought home the ultimate prize! The No.2 seed stunned everyone by turning the tables on Kareem El Torkey, winning 3-2 (5-11, 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6) in the U23 World Squash Championship Men&#8217;s Final! Pakistan is now the WORLD CHAMPION at Under-23 World Squash Championships 2025! This incredible comeback is a testament to the resilience and determination of our squash stars. We are proud to announce that Pakistan Squash is back on the world stage, and we&#8217;re here to stay! Congratulations to World Champion Noor Zaman on an epic win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi : Pakistan\u2019s rising squash star, Noor Zaman, secured a historic victory at the inaugural WSF World Under-23 Squash Championships, defeating Egypt\u2019s Kareem El Torkey in a thrilling final at&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[1168,563],"class_list":["post-27404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories","category-sports","tag-pakistan-squash-federation","tag-squash-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27406,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27404\/revisions\/27406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}