In Squash, India’s Anahat Singh scripted history at the World Junior Championships 2025 in Cairo, Egypt, claiming a bronze medal in the women’s singles event, the country’s first in 15 years. The 17-year-old from Delhi battled hard but lost 11-6, 14-12, 12-10 in the semi-final against home favourite Nadien Elhammamy yesterday.

Anahat’s bronze is a monumental moment for Indian squash, as she becomes the first Indian girl since Dipika Pallikal in 2010 to reach the podium at the junior worlds. It also marks a long-awaited breakthrough for the prodigious teenager, who had fallen in the quarterfinals three years in a row, each time to an Egyptian opponent. Seeded second in the tournament, Anahat had stormed into the semi-finals with a straight-games win over Malika Elkaraksy of Egypt, 11-6, 13-11, 11-5.