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Khelo India Youth Games: Tamil Nadu’s R Pooja Arthi and Madhya Pradesh’s Tavneet Singh Mundra have been given top billing in the girls’ and boys’ sections of the squash competition at the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG).

Squash will be making its debut in the sixth edition of the national-level KIYG to be held from January 19 to 31 in Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Madurai, with over 6,000 under-19 school-going sportspersons from across India competing in 26 different disciplines.

The squash event will be conducted at the Indian Squash & Triathlon Academy in Chennai between January 20 and 24 and comprises boys’ and girls’ individual and team events.