World Junior Squash Championship: Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated India's World Junior Squash Championship 2026 team, including gold medallist Anahat Singh and bronze medal-winning men's junior team Aryaveer Dewan, Yusha Nafees and Gurveer Singh.
Anahat, 18, became the first Indian to win the World Junior Squash Championships women's singles title in Canada last week. This was her fifth participation in the competition and her second medal from the World Championships. She had won the bronze last year in Cairo.
Anahat defeated Egyptian second seed Ruqayya Salem 11-3, 11-7, 11-9 in the women’s final to claim the biggest title of her career so far. She became the first non-Egyptian player to win the World Junior Squash Championship title since Amanda Sobhy