Qamar offers free services for squash

ISLAMABAD - Former squash champion Qamar Zaman offered his services for the promotion of squash in the country and to train players who have passion for squash. My services will always be available for the promotion of squash and will feel proud in training junior players who are playing at Benazir Bhutto Squash Complex who want to play game for the respect of country, former squash champion Qamar Zaman said on Wednesday. Recalling his win at British Open in 1975, he said, The happiest moment of my life was the one when I defeated Geoff Hunt of Australia in a battle which lasted for two hours and 17 minutes. The then prime minister Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto congratulated me on phone from America. I was full of joy and proud when Pakistani flag was hoisted in Wimble Centre London. He said he won 100 international matches and remained World Champion in 1975, 1978 and 1980. I was world no 2 for 11 times, which is still a record, he added. Answering a question, Qamar added that he was interested in the game of squash since childhood but, being poor, his father could not afford rackets and balls with which his son could play but this never dampened his spirit and zeal and he practiced with a taped broken ball.

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