Malaysia New Asian Kings
Malaysian made history when ending Pakistan's 19-year-old reign as Asian squash champions in Hong Kong. The hosts, however, claimed the women's title beating Malaysia 2-1. India finished fourth among men and fifth among women. India's men reached only as far as the last eight, while Mekhala Subedar was the lone Indian in the women's last eight.

Otters Club Open
Results all finals: Men: Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Manish Chotrani 9-2,9-1,9-7 Boys U-19: Junaid Nathani bt Mihir Kapoor 9-6,9-6,9-7. Boys U-17: Vishal Kapoor bt Yashwardhan Singh 10-8,6-9,9-2. Boys U-15: Saurav Ghoshal bt Karan Singh 9-3,9-2,9-1 .Boys U-13: Sandeep Jangra bt Nikhil Seth 5-9,9-7,9-3,9-10,9-4. Boys U-11: Vir Seth bt Nitin Chauhan 9-1,9-5,9-6. Women: Mekhala Subedar bt Deepali Anvekar 9-2,5-9,5-9,9-7,9-0. Girls U-17: Vaidhei Reddy bt Rhea Bhandare 9-4,9-2,9-0. Professionals: Chandrakant Pawar bt Santosh More 9-7,9-5,9-6.

Alisha, Vishal,  Vaidehi & Saurav win Singapore titles: 28-6-2000
Results: Girls U-13: Alisha Mashruwala beat Nabila Arifin (Mal) 9-5,4-9,9-3,9-6. Girls U-15 : Vaidehi Reddy beat Lim Yoke Wah (Mal) 9-6,9-6,6-9,9-3.Boys U-15: Saurav Ghosal beat Karan Singh. Boys U-17: Vishal Kapoor beat Joel Ong (Sin) 9-0,9-4,9-O.Boys U-19: Bikram Uberoi lost to MubashirGul (Sing) 3-9,0-9,3-9

Joshna Chinappa Retains Squash Title: 19-6-2000
INDIA'S Joshna Chinappa retained the girls U-15 title defeating compatriot Vaidehi Reddy 3-2 in the Pepsi All Star International Junior Squash Championship, at Kuala Lumpur. The 13-year old Chennai girl, who was the top seed, overcame a strong challenge from her rival before clinching the final 6-9,9-7,6-9,9-3,9-1. Joshna had earlier outplayed Sally Lou of Malaysia 9-7,10-8,9-2 in the semi-

Jahangir Khan toast of the Millennium

The gurus of squash gathered at Karachi in March to felicitate Jahangir Khan, who was adjudged PIA's Sportsman of the Millennium award. Top sportsmen from around the world flew in to honour Jahangir. The father of the modern game, Hashim Khan, flew in from Denver, Hashim's brother Azim and former world champion Ross Norman from London, Chris Dittmar from Adelaide, Rahmat Khan, Jahangir's cousin and his former coach, from Mumbai, Pakistani sports icons Qamar Zaman, a former British Open champion, Jahangir's father Roshan, cricketers Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Zaheer Abbas, were also there to pay their to tribute. Following are some of the tributes paid to the living legend:

Hashim Khan: He (Jahangir) is the best in the world. The only playerto win the British Open ten times.

Geoff  Hunt: Jahangir is the greatest thing that    has happened to sport in Pakistan and a great sportsman to emulate.

Chris Dittmar: He had the highest level of skill and a work ethic that took our sport to a new level of discipline. I lost to him a lot but it was a pleasure in a way because I played against the best.

Ross Norman: The one time I did beat him was an experience you would remember for the rest of your life. With my fellow professionals we would sit around and discuss how to beat this guy and we didn't come up with any answers. I was the lucky one.

Rahmat Khan: He had it all in his mind - honesty, will and sheer hard work. At the end of a training session when I asked him if that was enough he always wanted to

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Arif Paul 5th in AMERICAN SQUASH
The American Squash season ended with the universities placed in the following order: 1. Trinity University 2. Harvard 3. Princeton 4. Yale 5. Western Ontario 6. Williams 7. Denison 8. Darthmouth 9. Brown 10. Cornell.

Indians in the top 20: Ranked 5th Arif Paul (Denison), 7th Akhil Behl (Trinity)13th, Deepak Abraham (Harvard), 14th Awish Jayaswal (Denison), 20th Parth Doshi (Williams College),

Ahram PSA Masters 31 -3-2000:
Nicol (Sco) bt Jonathon Power (Can) 15-1315-715-6

Mega Italian Open 3-4-2000:
Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 15-10 15-12,15-0.

Women's Winterthur Life Challenge Cup 3-4 2000:
Janie Thacker (ENG) beat Senga Macfie (SCO) 2-9, 6-9 10-8, 9-5,9-0.

WISPA Women's Grand Prix Finals 7-4 2000:
Owens (Aus) beat Cassie Campion 9-1,5-9,5-9,9 2,9-2.

Duffield Morson International. 9-4-2000:
Bradley Ball (Suffolk) beat Paul Lord (Cheshire) 15-14, 8-1517-1415-12

Atlanta Open 10-4-2000:
Juha Raumolin (FIN) beat Nick Matthew (ENG) 3-1513-15 15-1115-915-8.

Women's Com4Net Munich Open 17-4-2000:
Sarah Gerald (Aus) bt Carol Owens (Aus) 9-7,9-5,9-0.

Milo Open 17-4-2000:
Men: Ong Beng Hee (MAS) beat Kenneth Low (MAS) 15-11, 8-15, 15-8, 15-11.

Women: Rachael Grinham (AUS) beat Nicol David (MAS) 9-2, 9-4, 9-6.

European Junior Championships Germany: 19-4 2000:
Men: Gregory Gaultier (FRA) beat James Willstrop(ENG) 9-7,9-6,4-9,9-4.

Women: Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) beat Amina Helal (ENG) 9-2,9-3,9-7.

Corona Tercel Mexican Open 29-4-2000:
Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus) beat Rachael rinham (Aug) 9-7,9-6,9-2.

(NZ). Women's Carcassone City Open May 2000:
Sue Wright (ENG) bt Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 8-10,9-6,4-9 9-3 9-2

Canadian National Championships. Toronto. 6- 5-2000:
Jonathon Power beat Graham Ryding 3-0

WISPA Dallas Open 7-5-2000:
Cassie Campion (Eng) bt Leilani Joyce 9-3,4-9,9-2,9-2

Bright Lights Las Vegas Open 15-5-2000:
Cassie Campion (Eng) bt Leilani Joyce 9-5, 9-5, 6-9,1-9, 9-3.

San Fransisco International Challenge. USA. 22-5-2000:
Tania Bailey(ENG) bt Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 9-3, 5-9, 9-1,9-4.

European Junior U-17 Team Championships. Vantaa. Finland:
Favourites England retained the European Junior U-17 Team Squash Championships title in Finland, beating second seeds Germany in the final for the third successive year. England's James Willstrop, Ashley Flathers and Laura-Jane Lengthorn achieved their 3-0 victory with straight-games wins in each of the three rubbers, with Willstrop and Lengthorn celebrating their second successive appearances in victorious England teams in the European U-17 team event San Francisco heading

Italian Open, Bolzano, Italy,  27-5-2000:
Mark Chaloner(ENG) bt Omar Elborolossy (EGY) 15-10 15-617-14.

Heliopolis Open,  Cairo,  Egypt,  3-6-2000:
Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt Stewart Boswell (AUS) 15-118-15 15-5 15-13.

Hi-Tec Czech Open. Brno. Czech Republic: 4-6-2000:
Final: Stephen Meads (ENG) bt(2) Mike Corren (AUS) 10-1517-1615-515-12.

SUPERSERIES FINALS: 11 -6-2000:
Peter Nicol beat Simon Parke 13-15,15-9,15-12,12-15, 15-12.

Dunlop 'Test' series:18-6-2000
Lamb's club in London saw the first of a series of Great Britain v Rest of the World Test matches. Illness and injury deprived the rest of the world of Jonathon Power and Sarah Fitz-Gerald, so some of Dunlop's rather more British retained players competed for the 'away' team. The same players competed at Bristol in the second match, while match 3 saw a change in personnel and format (with Tania Bailey 'defecting' to the RoW team!). The series concluded in Milan on Sun 18th, with the RoW team scoring a 3-0 win over Europe.

YTL Open. Malaysia: 25-6-2000
Men's Final: Kenneth Low (Mas) bt Mansoor Zaman (Pak) 15-2,15-10,10-15,11-15,15-10

Women's Final: Carol Owens (Aus) bt Nicol David (Mas) 9-1,9-5,9-2

Japan Open, Chiba City: 27-6-2000
MEN'S FINAL: Tommy Berden (NED) bt Shahier Razik (CAN) 15-8,15-9,12-15,15-10

WOMEN'S FINAL: Ellen Petersen (DEN) bt Choy Lin Kuan (MAS) 9-5,9-2,9-0

Pelayo Open. Barcelona. Spain: 4-7-2000
FINAL: Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt Mike Corren (AUS) 12-15,15-11,15-5