Annie and Leo call their quits over the Covid-19 lockdown period By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Hong Kong’s most decorated pair of siblings, Annie and Leo Au, both called time on their careers after a combined 28 years on tour – elder sibling Annie joining the tour in 2004 and Leo [...]
‘Turning professional was not for me’ says Hall of Famer Anil Nayar By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor I was expecting a book about squash. But the life story of former Indian and American national champion Anil Nayar is not just about squash. It’s a book about kindness, sportsmanship, honesty and decency. These are [...]
Heavy metal comes to squash: ‘Building a steel court is just the start of the dream – now we want to create an Iron Workers League to take squash beyond the Ivy League’ By ROBERT PACEY – Squash Mad Correspondent The world of squash is waking up to an alternative lifestyle for the game. With the [...]
Smack and whack, it’s good to be back! By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor Squash players in the UK returned to the courts at the weekend as the lockdown restrictions were lifted. After months of home-made courts in the [...]
Former IT man James Singh builds open-source programme for developing squash at Giffnock By ANDY WESTON – Squash Mad Correspondent Giffnock’s James Singh worked as an IT specialist but when the opportunity arose to switch career and become a full-time [...]
US Open moves to new home in 2021 By MATT COLES – Squash Mad Correspondent US Squash and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) have announced that the 2020 U.S. Open Squash Championships, scheduled for November 14-21 in Philadelphia, has been [...]
‘I had to stop training because of a rib injury but I can’t wait to start playing again’ By ANDY WESTON – Squash Mad Correspondent It’s been a contrasting lockdown for Scotland’s top two male squash players. For Greg Lobban [...]
Clubs instructed to fully engage in assessing the risks and managing a safe return to play By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor England Squash have published a comprehensive – and cautious – set of guidelines to enable squash [...]
Keeping squash alive at grassroots level is huge for coach Jane Martin By ANDY WESTON – Squash Mad Correspondent As a player Jane Martin was one of the best, reaching a career-high world ranking of eight back in the 1990s. [...]
Clubs must hold pilot trials to satisfy safety rules before a full reopening By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor Squash clubs appear to have been given permission to reopen in a restricted fashion on July 25 following today’s government [...]
Brighton’s famous footballers were all part of the Corals family By BEN HUTTON – Squash Mad Correspondent Coral Squash and Badminton, Coral Sport and Fitness, Coral Health and Fitness, along with many others, will be the official name. We all [...]
‘I’m proud of my sport but the old stereotype persists that squash is a game for rich white men’ By ANDY WESTON – Squash Mad Correspondent It’s the 100th day of lockdown when we speak to squash player Lisa Aitken, [...]
Organisers hope to move Mauritius Open to June next year By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have confirmed that the Necker Mauritius Open 2020 Presented by Beachcomber has been cancelled due to the global [...]
WSF and PSA join forces to promote World Squash Day as the game gears up for a massive relaunch By JAMES ROBERTS – Squash Mad Correspondent As squash courts reopen in many countries following the COVID-19 lockdown, the sport will [...]
‘I’ve been dreaming of this since I was a kid’ says new No.1 Nouran Gohar By ALAN THATCHER and SEAN REUTHE Egypt’s Nouran Gohar is the new women’s World No.1 for the first time following the retirement of Raneem El [...]
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