Friday, February 21, 2025

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Pittsburgh Squash Open: Joel Makin overcomes Youssef Ibrahim to title

Wales' Joel Makin claimed the 2025 Pittsburgh Open title after beating Egypt's Youssef Ibrahim in a 75-minute thriller at Steel City Squash in Pennsylvania.  The...

Rankings beater Sam Todd makes hay at Chicago Open squash

As a wildcard and non seed, Britain's Sam Todd will certainly remember the last three weeks after the Briton claimed two successive titles in...

Squash World Cup 2025 returns to Chennai

The mixed-gender SDAT Squash World Cup will return to Chennai, India, this year with the event set for Dec 9-14. The SDAT Squash World Cup...

Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam earns first PSA Squash Tour title of season

Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam earned her first title of the 2024/25 PSA Squash Tour season after defeating No.2 seed Amanda Sobhy in a five-game thriller...

Paul Coll claims first title of season after Motor City Open win

He had to do it the hard way -- even if there was no top seed Diego Elias after the Peruvian’s withdrawal. World No.4 Paul...

Diego Elias loses cool after conduct strokes mar Tournament of Champions finale

The 2025 Tournament of Champions ended in controversy on Thursday night after Diego Elias was awarded two conduct strokes during a high-quality final which...

PSA Ghosting set to give squash players chance to train against top pros

Billed as the world’s first digital sports court, interactiveSquash has added another string to its bow after revealing successful testing of augmented reality (AR)...

ToC Squash 2025: Old rivals set up title finales in New York

World No.3 Hania El Hammamy progressed to the final of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions for the first time in her career after...

Squash shorts: ESF goes crypto, World Squash rebrands

The European Squash Federation (ESF) has become the first major sports federation in Europe to embrace cryptocurrency by adopting Bitcoin into its operations. ESF will...

ToC Squash 2025: Diego Elias holds off Joel Makin in physical battle

World No.3 Diego Elias completed the semi-final line-up at the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2025 after a hard-fought four-game victory over No.5 seed...

ToC Squash 2025: Tinne Gilis reaches QFs for first time

World No.5 Tinne Gilis held off a stirring fightback from Tesni Murphy to reach the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions quarter-finals for the first...

ToC Squash 2025: Diego Elias and Nour El Sherbini advance in New York

Past champions Diego Elias and Nour El Sherbini kickstarted their quests for silverware at the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2025 in successful style,...

Top seeds named for English Junior Squash Champs

Alex Broadbridge and Mariam Eissa have been named as the Under 19 top seeds for the MB Nottingham English Junior Championships (EJC) in Nottingham...

ToC Squash 2025: Gregoire Marche and Amanda Sobhy claim standout wins

France's Gregoire Marche and USA's Amanda Sobhy claimed highlight wins on day one of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2025 in New York,...

Satomi Watanabe hails biggest title, Marwan Elshorbagy claims Cleveland win

Satomi Watanabe and Marwan Elshorbagy have won the Squash in the Land 2025 titles, recording convincing wins over Amanda Sobhy and Tarek Momen respectively...

Rising British squash star Jonah Bryant falls short in Canada

While another rising British racket sport talent, Jack Draper, was going through give-gamers at the Australian Open tennis, Jonah Bryant was doing the same...

Investment firm partners Squash Super League, PSA signs French TV deal

The reborn Optasia Squash Super League has been given a boost after Aspect Capital was unveiled as its latest sponsor. Aspect Capital, a global investment...

European Squash Federation launches TV digital arm

The European Squash Federation (ESF) has teamed up with leading sport streaming platform provider Sportall to launch its own digital platform, European Squash TV. European Squash...

British Junior Open Squash: Team USA show future potential after breakthrough

While the 2025 British Junior Open produced more silverware for powerhouse Egypt, it was the performances from the USA which signalled a further shift...

Diego Elias probed for code of conduct, Mostafa Asal signs deal

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has confirmed that Diego Elias is under investigation for a breach of the PSA Code of Conduct. It related to...

British Junior Open Squash: India’s Anahat Singh on course for hat-trick

India's Anahat Singh stayed on course for a British Junior Open (BJO) hat-trick by reaching the quarter-finals on day two of the flagship platinum...

British Junior Open Sqush 2025: Top seed Ali Khalil shrugs off pressure

England's Ali Khalil shrugged off the pressure of being promoted to top seed by recording a rapid victory on day one of the 2025...

Jefri and Galal to headline 2025 British Junior Open 

Malaysia's Harith Danial Jefri and Egypt's Janna Galal have been named as U19 top seeds for the 2025 British Junior Open (BJO) in Birmingham...

Eyewitness: How Malaysian squash star Nicol David won 2006 women’s world title

David becomes Goliath - Richard Eaton reported on Nicol David's superb win in Belfast Nicol David sounded a bit surprised. ‘One hour and 36 minutes?’...

Egypt end with double gold at World Squash Team Championships

Egypt's women and men made history at Hong Kong Football Club with victories over the USA and England in the finals of the WSF...

World Team Squash 2024: USA women and Egypt to contest title

Egypt and USA will contest the WSF World Squash Team Championship final for the second consecutive time after Egypt cruised past Belgium and USA...

‘Absolutely amazed’: Squash volunteer recognised after 40 years of club service

A long-standing volunteer who arrived at a Norfolk club at the start of the squash boom era in the early 1980s and has been...

Hong Kong, China advance at WSF World Squash Team Championships

Hong Kong, China, enjoyed a perfect day on the home court of Hong Kong Football Club as their women's and men's teams reached the...

Nouran Gohar and Mostafa Asal claim 2024 Hong Kong Squash Open titles

Egyptians warmed up for this week’s WSF World Team Championships by claiming titles at the Milwaukee Hong Kong Squash Open on Sunday. Nouran Gohar and...

ElShorbagy brothers reveal ‘moment to treasure forever’ with documentary

England Squash has released a documentary about the ElShorbagy brothers' first ever appearance together for their adopted nation - ending with the pair facing...

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