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El Gouna Squash 2025: Nouran Gohar and Mostafa Asal claim titles

World No.1s Nouran Gohar and Mostafa Asal have claimed the El Gouna International Squash Open 2025 titles, beating first-time Platinum finalist Amina Orfi and four-time World Champion Ali Farag. ...

Universal Studios to host squash at Los Angeles 2028 Olympics

Squash's Olympic debut will take place at Courthouse Square for LA 2028 - as the sport goes from stage to screen and World Squash...

El Gouna Squash 2025: Mohamad Zakaria breaks new ground to serve more notice

It was a day of firsts for Egypt’s latest rising teenager as 17-year-old Mohamad Zakaria became the youngest male player to reach a Platinum...

Olympic squash draws: ‘I would make all 16 players qualify’

When the surprising news of cutting the LA Olympic 2028 squash competition draws in half was released, fans were quick to draw opinion. Here,...

World Squash plays it calm after 2028 LA Olympics draw cut

The reaction from squash chiefs came some 36 hours after the sport was given a streamlined draw from 32 to 16 players across men...

U23 World Squash 2025: Zaman lifts Pakistan with searing title win

Pakistan's Noor Zaman launched a heroic comeback and Egypt's Fayrouz Aboelkheir asserted her dominance as the duo made history by becoming the first ever...

LA Olympics 2028: A team affair as squash handed brutal 16-strong singles draws

A penny or piastres for Egyptian players' thoughts. Squash will be the smallest outright sport at Los Angeles 2028 after the International Olympic Committee...

U23 World Squash Championships kicks off in Karachi

The inaugural edition of the U23 World Squash Championships got off to a rip-roaring start at DHA Creek Club as 20 top quality matches...

Salma Hany, Leonel Cardenas claim Manchester Open 2025 squash titles

Egypt’s Salma Hany and Mexico’s Leonel Cardenas have claimed the Manchester Open 2025 titles after beating top seeds Georgina Kennedy and Aly Abou Eleinen...

Mostafa Asal returns to world squash No.1 with Optasia win

World No.1-to-be Mostafa Asal and World No.3 Hania El Hammamy lifted the Optasia Championships after delivering one-way wins on Sunday. Asal successfully ensured he would...

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...

Optasia Squash 2025: Paul Coll and Satomi Watanabe keep title bids alive

Defending champions Paul Coll and Satomi Watanabe kept their title hopes alive at the Optasia Championships 2025 after recording thrilling five-game victories on quarter-finals...

Optasia Squash 2025: Jonah Bryant shows future talent against Egypt’s wise head

The Optasia Championships DJ has a penchant for spinning 90s house classics down at The Wimbledon Club. Jonah Bryant wasn’t even born then, but...

World Squash Championship 2025 draws released

The draws for the 2024-2025 PSA World Championships have been released as the biggest prize in professional squash is once again up for grabs...

German Squash Open 2025: Amanda Sobhy and Victor Crouin land titles

USA's Amanda Sobhy and France's Victor Crouin claimed the titles at the German Open 2025 - Presented by Sportwerk, overcoming defending champion Georgina Kennedy...

British Open squash finds title sponsor in GillenMarkets

Dublin-based wealth management firm GillenMarkets has been named as the title sponsor of the upcoming British Open, which will return to the spectacular Birmingham...

After 15 years, Pontefract crowned Yorkshire Premier League squash champs

Pontefract were crowned Yorkshire Premier League champions for the first time in 15 years after Wednesday night's victory at Woodfield sealed the title with...

Karim Gawad, Olivia Weaver take Australian Squash Open titles

Karim Abdel Gawad of Egypt and Olivia Weaver of the USA have been crowned the Easy Times Brewing Co Squash Australian Open champions after...

‘Truly special’: England O70s squash masters hails dream run

Has there been a run like it in the masters game? When retired police officer Stuart Hardy won gold in the over 70s category...

Dublin to host expanded International Trans-Atlantic Masters Squash Series

Dublin will host the second Trans-Atlantic Masters Squash Series (TAMS) between England, Ireland, USA and Canada at the iconic Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in...

Indian Squash Open returns to Mumbai

The JSW Indian Open – India's first ever PSA Squash Copper Event - will take place from March 24-28 at the Bombay Gymkhana in...

Paul Coll adds gloss to record squash crowd in New Zealand

Paul Coll and Amina Orfi were crowned New Zealand Open champions after the Kiwi overcame Marwan ElShorbagy and the Egyptian beat Satomi Watanabe in...

US Squash rallies with fellow Olympic sports, athletes to benefit by $200k

US Squash has joined forces with USA Fencing, USA Cycling, US Sailing and US Rowing to forge a strategic initiative around sports sponsorships ahead...

With Aadya Budhia success, Ranchi aims high as growing India squash outpost

Ranchi -- Every Sunday, Puneet Pareek gathers his cohort of budding players to watch back PSA matches where juniors stand up and explain what...

World Squash inks Head deal

World Squash has announced a new partnership with sports equipment specialists Head. Head works with a number of the world's best players, including men's former...

‘Goosebumps’: Squash at theatre marks a New Zealand first

It took some logistics given this was a first for squash in New Zealand, but this week Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal became the latest...

Mohamed ElShorbagy wins Canadian Squash Open in 80th tour final

An eye-watering set of statistics rang out as world No.8 Mohamed ElShorbagy picked up his second title of the 2024/25 PSA Squash Tour season...

World Squash Championships 2025 set for Chicago with £1.3m prize money

Chicago’s Lakeshore Sport & Fitness will host the PSA World Championships in May, with over one million dollars in prize money. The sport’s showpiece returns...

England Squash inks adidas deal

England Squash has announced a new partnership with global sportswear giant adidas that sees them become the squash governing body’s official clothing and shoe...

U23 world squash winners to qualify for world championships

The winners of the U23 World Squash Championships will automatically qualify for the PSA World Championships. The inaugural U23 World Squash Championships are taking place...

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...

A PSA ban is surely only outcome for Diego Elias after ToC conduct

Fine lines in squash. What if Diego Elias had only brushed the sidewall instead of his racket jamming into the glass and the thud...

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...

‘The strength of squash is to make sure it is part of a larger ecosystem’

Who can blame squash administrators during the boom years in Australia for not engaging the wider community as part of long-term sustainability and growth?...