In an interview for Canada’s the Sports Network in 2010, Pakistan’s top female squash player, Maria Toor Pakay, explained, “Girls don’t get any rights. They cannot go out of the house. They cannot do ...

It was in 2009 when the world first learned about Maria Toor Pakay – the brave, talented 22-year-old Pashtun female squash player, who hails from the tribal region of South Waziristan – an area that ...

KARACHI, July 10: Fourteen-year-old Maria Toor, after toppling second seed Saima Shaukat in the semifinals the day before, went on to down top seed Muqaddas Ashraf in three straight games in the final ...

Editor’s Note: “Real Sports: Pakistan’s Maria Toor Pakay,” reported by HBO’s Mary Carillo, premieres at 2200 ET on February 19 on HBO. Chingaiz Khan was an unknown quantity when he arrived for a ...

LONDON: World number one Nicol David will have a surprising first round opponent when she begins her campaign to win back the British Open title here on Tuesday. The legendary Malaysian will take on ...

Matthew Bannister meets Maria Toor Pakay, the Pakistani squash player who needed army protection to play the sport at home. Show more Maria Toor Pakay is so passionate about sport that she once ...

India's ace squash player Dipika Pallikal thrashed Maria Toor Pakay of Pakistan in straight sets to storm into the second round of the qualifiers at the WSA Carol Weymuller Open Gold 50 event. "I ...

Maria Toor Pakay is so passionate about sport that she once disguised herself as a boy to enter a weightlifting competition. She comes from Waziristan - the ultra conservative region of Pakistan which ...