Tag: Maria Toorpakai Wazir
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Pakistan’s Toorpakai Appointed to IOC Women in Sport Commission
London, May 4, 2017: Pakistan squash star Maria Toorpakai Wazir has been appointed to the International Olympic Committee’s Women in Sport Commission in a role that will see her assist the IOC in the development and implementation of their women and sport policy. Maria Toorpakai Wazir, who hails from the highly conservative South Waziristan, is…
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Maria Toorpakai Wazir Wins Maiden Homeland Title
Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 5, 2015: The first WSA World Tour squash event to be held in Pakistan for almost seven years produced the dream result when Peshawar powerhouse Maria Toorpakai Wazir won the title against expectations after overcoming the event’s top two seeds. The Bannu-born 24-year-old was seeded seven in the Bahria Town International Women’s Squash Tournament, the WSA Challenger 10 championship which attracted…
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Chinappa chases down El Torky for Winnipeg win
Winnipeg – Canada, Feb 03, 2014: India’s Joshana Chinappa picked up the eighth WSA World Tour title of her career when she outlasted Egypt’s Heba El Torky in the final of the Winnipeg Winter Club Women’s Open, the WSA Tour 15 squash event in its fifth year at the Winnipeg Winter Club in Winnipeg, Canada.…
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Olivia & Sabrina Create US Open History
US Open History, Drexel University, USA, Oct 11, 2013: For the first time in the history of the event, five home players will compete in the main draw of the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Championship after impressive straight games victories by New Yorkers Olivia Blatchford and 16-year-old Sabrina Sobhy in the qualifying finals of…