LAHORE: The Asian Individual Squash Champ­ion­s­hips for men and women, scheduled to be held in Islamabad between August 25-29 have been deferred till December 14-18, due to the Covid-19 situation, according to a press release issued by the Pakistan Squash Federation here on Friday.

The Asian Squash Fede­ration (ASF) has also postponed two other major championships, which were to be held in Kuala Lumpur — The Asian Squash Team Cham­pionship for Men & Women and the World Men’s Team Championship and now these will be held from Nov 16-20 and Dec 7-11 respectively.

Published in Dawn, June 19th, 2021

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