Rod Gilmour
Rod Gilmour has written on squash since 2005, mostly for the Daily Telegraph in the UK and Squash Player Magazine. He has written three books on squash, including with James Willstrop for the acclaimed Shot And A Ghost, and Jahangir Khan: 555.
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Great squash duels: ‘Marine’ David Palmer and the Cairo comeback
'Winning finals are not all about playing your best squash, it’s about winning the match. Cairo was a good example: the match didn’t pan...
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The toughest squash tournament of all … qualifying for LA 2028 Olympics
Only two Egyptians will be able to qualify for the Olympic men’s and women’s competition when the sport makes its debut at Los Angeles...
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It’s time for the World Squash Championships to be held biennially
The last World Championships I can remember with clarity or with certainty who the winner was? Easy one, 2017, when Mohamed ElShorbagy beat brother...
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Annihilation and magic: How Jonathon Power won 1998 World Open Squash title
This was the tournament where I became world champion and world No.1. This was what it is all about, the relief of that moment...
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‘My mum got me playing squash after I couldn’t sleep at night’
Spain’s Iker Pajares talks fitness, how lack of sleep got him first playing squash and ‘nightmare’ glass courts on tour
 “It’s a real jungle on...
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How Nick Matthew won Commonwealth squash gold: From hospital bed to Glasgow title
It was a session we had done over a thousand times previously. Quite often, lessons with my coach David Pearson are not the most...
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Qatar Classic Squash 2025: Paul Coll and Hania El Hammamy prove class apart
Doha -- Paul Coll went back to doing court sprints during some 'dark times' as he sought to overturn a spectacular second round defeat...
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Qatar Classic Squash 2025: Clean sweeps set up riveting showdowns
Doha -- Casting aside the brouhaha of the first two world tour events, it has so far been a tournament of minimal fuss, few...
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Qatar Classic Squash 2025: Agony for Al-Tamimi as Jonah Bryant eyes history
Doha -- This was no way to end what had been a pulsating quarter-final and 70 minutes of scampering squash.
Amid outright anguish for Abdulla...
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A day watching the PSA World Tour: No glass floor and, largely, pure squash
Doha -- If you wanted bang for your buck, you got it in Riyals during a riveting second round day at the Qatar Classic...
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Jonah Bryant strikes first blow in Mohamed Zakaria rivalry after Doha thriller
Doha -- First blood, Jonah Bryant. This will be remembered -- should the rivalry develop as many predict it will over the next decade...
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‘I love being the one heading India squash’: Abhay Singh raises hopes with Doha run
India’s national squash champion on life on tour, working with James Willstrop and digging in
Doha -- “I am here to do damage and that’s...
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‘We need to be confronting the talking points in squash’
If you have watched the opening two World Tour events on PSA TV, you would have noticed a difference with the presentation. “We've got...
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Diego Elias remains tight-lipped over fines and outbursts
London -- For all his public outbursts on a squash court during 2025, the talismanic Peruvian Diego Elias remains guarded off it.
“I really have...
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Mohamed Elshorbagy continues to show verve and class
Squash can be a stressful experience for both player and on-looker. Take the Joel Makin and Mohamed Elshorbagy duel at the London Classic on...
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Squash players who create wet areas must continue play – or concede rally
World squash tour players will have to be further on their guard with more referee missives as the 2025/26 kicks off. In essence: keep...
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Squash players under TV microscope at US Open
Squash will be under the microscope when the US Open is streamed live for the first time on NBC’s subscription channel Peacock.
At the 2024...
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How Geoff Hunt beat Jahangir Khan and the cramps at Bromley
Hunt recalls his 1981 British Open final success at Bromley in four games over the Pakistani squash great
I may have been edging towards the...
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Squash at LA 2028 Olympics played over 10 days
Squash at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will be staged at night and over a prolonged 10 days of action.
LA2028 organisers have released the...
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Boxing clever on court: How Rodney Eyles won 1997 world squash final
Australian Rodney Eyles recalls beating Peter Nicol 15-11, 15-12, 15-12 to win 1997 men's title in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
As the years went on and...
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British Open analysis and TV cameras puts squash on right path
Was the recently-concluded British Open the best delivered squash tournament when you mix both aesthetics and - importantly in this age - TV? You’d...
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British Open Squash: World’s top four vie for titles amid box office hits
Has squash witnessed an atmosphere like it in the modern age? Joel Makin and Mostafa Asal proved the box office hit everyone wanted to...
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British Open Squash 2025: Joel Makin pumped up for Mostafa Asal meeting
Joel Makin overcame an unwanted early fist-pump from his opponent, Victor Crouin, which energised the Welshman into successive British Open semi-finals on Thursday night....
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British Open Squash 2025: Sarah-Jane Perry bows out in style
There was an almost carnival-like atmosphere on Wednesday at the British Open.
Not bad for an early afternoon crowd and a reception to savour...
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British Open Squash 2025: Mostafa Asal inches past rising Jonah Bryant
England’s Jonah Bryant came close to a seismic upset in the British Open to once again serve notice of his future potential in the...
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Mostafa Asal has ‘wonderful opportunity’ to be next superstar of squash
A door has opened for Mostafa Asal to potentially claim his place as the sport’s next superstar following the retirement of Ali Farag, according...
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British Open Squash 2025: Life without Ali Farag opens up draw
How long two years ago this month feels now, back to when Egyptian married couple Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb lifted the Manchester...
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‘I’m back!’: Mostafa Asal romps to first world squash title
‘Here I am, I'm back’, hailed Mostafa Asal as he admitted that the controversy in the run-up to the tournament had weighed on his...
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World Squash 2025: Can old guard of stars continue Chicago stage presence?
The 2025 World Championships kick off in Chicago on Friday once again backed by the sport’s biggest benefactor - the fourth time held in...
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Mostafa Asal ‘cheating’ videos has squash world talking and will get officials thinking
So, two years on this week from the ‘chop on the forehead’ controversy at the 2023 World Championships, Mostafa Asal heads to the sport’s...
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