no discrepancy in age
\n KARACHI
\nThe World Squash Federation (WSF) has given a clean chit to Pakistan\u2019s World Junior Squash champion Hamza Khan after Egypt had raised questions over his age.
\nThe WSF said on Friday that it found no evidence that Hamza Khan\u2019s age was different from the one listed on his official passport.
\nHamza had defeated Egypt\u2019s Muhammad Zakarya in the final to win the World Junior title in 2023.
\nFollowing Hamza\u2019s win, the Egypt Squash Federation questioned the age of the Pakistani player and requested WSF to investigate the matter.
\n\u201cAfter the Egyptian Squash Federation request, the WSF began extensive consultation with experts, including the WSF Medical Commission and the International Olympic Committee.\u201d
\n\u201cThis consultation found no evidence that the age of 2023 WSF World Junior Squash Champion Hamza Khan of Pakistan is different from the one listed on his official passport,\u201d the WSF statement said.<\/p>\n
The statement further added that it has been noted that Hamza Khan has competed in official international junior events for a number of years and has had the same date of birth registered on every occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe WSF has been advised that there is no medically recognised procedure that can measure an individual\u2019s age without a significant margin of error,\u201d the statement highlights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
no discrepancy in age KARACHI The World Squash Federation (WSF) has given a clean chit to Pakistan\u2019s World Junior Squash champion Hamza Khan after Egypt had raised questions over his age. The WSF said on Friday that it found no evidence that Hamza Khan\u2019s age was different from the one listed on his official passport. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-350250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n