Category Archive: Sports

Oct
22
2008

Nawakille: A squash town you’ve never heard of

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Originally posted by Faisal Irfan Mian The small village of Nawakille (pop. few thousand) outside the frontier city of Peshawar in Pakistan boasts something that no other in the world can. Over the last half century, the village that does not have a single squash court, has produced six world number ones in the sport. …

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Sep
24
2008

Another unsung hero of Pakistan?

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Originally posted by Jehan Ara After all he is the only Pakistani to have won a medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. He suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Haider created history when he won the silver medal for Pakistan in the Long Jump competition. Haider covered the distance of 6.44 meters, equal to the Tunisian …

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