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.
Features
‘How I got squash fit to beat Jahangir Khan’
“The person who beats Khan will be the person who out-Jahangir's Jahangir!” proclaimed Ross Norman, when asked what it would take to beat the...
Features
‘Players say ‘no way’ and get penalised – we shouldn’t make squash refereeing robotic’
Squash Mad speaks to top players and seeks their verdict on the referee rule changes sweeping onto the PSA World Squash Tour
Is there another...
Comment
Decision time: Olympics forces squash to find rules for the future
When we talk about squash seasons, do we just talk about the elite end given the growing PSA tier structure? For the 2023/24 season...
Features
Ross Norman: The Kiwi squash No.1 who ended Jahangir Khan’s unbeaten run
New Zealand's Ross Norman recalls how he was able to topple Jahangir Khan and claim the 1986 world squash title in Toulouse
Here’s a...
Features
Mostafa Asal timeline: The squash career of Egypt star
Egypt's Mostafa Asal had a junior career suggesting there would be a fine senior career ahead. Few could have believed the events which have...
News
India puts squash forward for 2036 Olympics Games ambition
Squash has been identified as one of the sports which will be put forward by India should the nation win the rights to host...
Features
Great squash duels: Jonah Barrington v Geoff Hunt
Jonah Barrington recalls his epic duels with Australian rival Geoff Hunt in the early 1970s
JONAH BARRINGTON (Ireland/England)
1972 British Open final, Abbeydale
Beat Geoff Hunt 0–9,...
Comment
British Open Squash Diary: Tour restructure slip, Jonah, Summit success
Squash Mad takes a sideways glance on this year’s British Open at Birmingham’s Rep Theatre
Tour restructure revealed on air
Covering every match at Birmingham Rep...
News
British Open Squash 2024: Mostafa Asal and Nouran Gohar lift titles after epics
At the very last, with one final soft touch from Mostafa Asal, Ali Farag stopped in his tracks.
It wasn’t out of fatigue - the...
Features
How the first of squash’s grudge rivalries was spawned
Dicky Rutnagur, one of the big hitters in squash journalism for magazines and newspapers for nearly 50 years until his death in 2013, analysed...
Features
Olivia Weaver: How philosophy, team changes and coaching has shaped US Squash star
Birmingham -- Sitting in The Rep lobby, it was perhaps no surprise to hear Danny Massaro discussing philosophers Sartre and Nietzsche. Squash Mad was...
Features
British Open Squash 2024: Joel Makin puts Youssef Ibrahim on canvas in classic
Birmingham -- Joel Makin uses boxing off-court in his pursuit to be the best in the game. On Tuesday, the teak-tough Welshman also had...
Features
British Open Squash 2024: Nouran Gohar and Diego Elias on life as world champions
Birmingham -- It’s been a tale of two different fortnights for squash’s pair of world champions since Nouran Gohar and Diego Elias lifted their...
Features
Katie Malliff: ‘I played lots of sports as a kid but I remember thinking squash had everything’
Katie Malliff started the year with her biggest tournament win in Ipswich and will end the season on the glass court theatre stage at...
Features
British Open Squash: the rollercoaster journey to Birmingham Rep
The venerable tournament has endured an up and down past since the turn of the century, until the calm years of being staged in...
Features
The making of Gina Kennedy: GB Squash No.1
Georgina Kennedy was born without her neck having to be supported in any way. Then, at four months old, she could sit unsupported. She...
Coaching and Development
Life at Bexley Squash Club: Home to Britain’s rising player Gina Kennedy
It’s not just the Gina Kennedy effect which makes Bexley Squash Club’s courts one of the most active in the UK. It’s about an...
News
Squash aims for European Games berth and Olympic qualification tickets
Squash hopes to be included in the European Games for the first time in 2027, as the sport aims for an iconic location in...
News
Game on! PSA inks Xbox deal for World Tour Squash Finals
Squash was handed a significant commercial boost on Monday after Xbox was revealed as the title sponsor for the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals.
The...
Features
The rise of Diego Elias: From being hit by police car to Peru’s world squash champion
When Diego Elias made history by winning the 2014 men’s world junior title in Namibia without dropping a game to become Peru’s first ever...
Features
Clash between two old stagers on Rotterdam plaster court is one of my favourite squash matches
Picking the right match to watch in the early stages of a bustling World Championship can be a tricky call at times. On the...
Comment
How ‘wish’ set by Sivasangari Subramaniam to be like Nicol David bore fruits
After breaking into the world’s top 50 for the first time eight years ago, in 2016, then Malaysian 18-year-old Sivasangari Subramaniam made a detailed...
News
London Squash Classic: Malaysia star Sivasangari Subramaniam ushers career high
Has Alexandra Palace seen such sporting precision, power and physique as the one served up by the first women’s London Squash Classic on Easter...
Features
Great squash duels: Nick Matthew v James Willstrop
James Willstrop recalls the classic Canary Wharf encounter in 2010 against his rival Nick Matthew
Canary Wharf Classic semi-final, London, 2010
Lost to Nick Matthew 11-7,...
Features
London Squash Classic: ‘More tournaments should be run like this’
The squash bug first hit Rory Gillen, squash’s latest tournament sponsor, in Freshers’ Week in the late 70s.
The Irishman was looking for a new...
News
Open Squash seeks $1m damages from CourtTech
Open Squash, the organisation which runs non-profit community squash centres in New York, is seeking damages of around $1 million from leading manufacturer CourtTech,...
News
US television chiefs tell squash to stop player chat with referees
In the first signs of change since squash was given Olympic status last October, 'strict' American TV bosses have told squash to cut out...
Interviews
Satomi Watanabe: ‘I want to see squash courts in every region of Japan’
Satomi Watanabe’s stellar and emotional win at the Optasia Championships was not only a shot in the arm for Asian squash but for the...
Interviews
Dimitri Steinmann on Swiss Olympic dreams, bans and speaking his mind
Wimbledon -- As a child growing up in Switzerland, Dimitri Steinmann could only watch 10 minutes of television every day. "I didn’t watch Teletubbies...
Features
‘Squash is primed to grow’: Cleveland promoter enthused on sport’s future
The Cleveland promoter behind the ongoing Squash in the Land says the sport is “primed to grow further” over the next few years following...
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