Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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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 production line of Olympic wannabes...

Optasia Squash 2024: Paul Coll stuns Ali Farag, Japan’s Satomi Watanabe wins biggest title

Paul Coll rallied back from the brink of defeat to beat Ali Farag 3-2 while Satomi Watanabe earned her first World Tour title with...

Paul Coll and fiancée reach Optasia Squash Championships finales

Paul Coll and Nele Gilis, who are set to marry in Greece this summer, progressed to Sunday's finals of the Optasia Squash Championships. 2016 Champion...

PSA World Tour notebook: Tin laser to help stamp out ‘did it, didn’t it?’

Squash chiefs are starting efforts to tighten up potential controversies ahead of LA 2028 by using fledgling technology at their disposal during matches. Mechanical engineering...

Optasia Squash 2024: Mohamed ElShorbagy leads home hopes across draws

World No.7 Mohamed ElShorbagy ousted Scotland’s Rory Stewart in straight games to join three other English players in the quarter-finals of the Optasia Championships. ElShorbagy,...

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...

Masters squash grows with first international test series in New York

Like every good plan, the Trans-Atlantic Masters Squash Series (TAMS), which is being held for the first time in NYC this weekend, was hatched...

Roehampton Club to stage 2024 European Squash Cup of National Champions

Roehampton Club, in southwest London, will host the European Cup of National Champions, with competing teams from all over Europe. The European Club Championships is...

Makin and Gilis top seedings for inaugural German Squash Open

European duo Joel Makin and Nele Gilis have been confirmed as the top seeds for the inaugural German Open 2024. The event will take place...

Job vacancy: Squash coach, Hong Kong Sports Institute

The Hong Kong Sports Institute Limited (HKSI), the Government's delivery agent of elite sports training systems, has a vacancy for a squash coach. The HKSI’s...

Doncaster seal first ever Yorkshire Premier Squash League title

Doncaster sealed their first ever Yorkshire Premier League title after victory over defending champions Hallamshire gave them an unassailable 30-point lead with one match...

‘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...

Diego Elias wins Canadian Open and second PSA title of season

Diego Elias overvame a determined Mazen Hesham comeback to clinch the Canadian Men’s Squash Open at Calgary’s Bow Valley Athletic Club on Thursday night. The...

London Squash Classic 2024: Seeds and wildcards named

New Zealand’s Paul Coll and Egypt’s Nour ElSherbini have been given top billing for this month's inaugural London Squash Classic. The event will start at...

No Commonwealth Games? Squash should lead racket sports World Cup

“Out of time?” rang out The Guardian’s headline. The Commonwealth Games 'are coming to an end' was the top line in a recent BBC...

Squash added to Canada’s talent ID Olympic project

Squash’s Olympic inclusion will see potential future stars added to Canada’s talent identification programme. Developed in partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Olympic...

Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini claim Windy City Open titles

Ali Farag remained unbeaten in 2024 and won his sixth title of the season to claim the 40th Windy City Squash Open as fellow...

Will Egyptian squash stars change nations to compete at LA 2028 Olympics?

SquashMad can reveal that LA 2028 had initially proposed both a singles and doubles format for the Games before organisers landed upon a 32-strong...

National Squash League: US city team drafts, running clocks and fan led

If you’ve been a part of the squash social media ethos as of late (outside the trick shots), you’ve likely encountered promotions for an...

Voting to close on England Squash Awards

Nominations for the sixth annual England Squash Awards close on Sunday. The awards celebrate individuals and clubs across the country who have gone the...

Squash’s top photographer hopes to capture LA 2028 Olympics

Steve Line, squash’s top snapper, hopes to capture the sport’s history-making entrance at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics after doing so for 40 years...

Great squash duels: ‘Coping with world No.1 was horrendous’

England's Lee Beachill recalls beating Peter Nicol to win the 2004 US Open final in Boston Getting to world No.1 was the pinnacle for me....

The domestic homes courting squash

It is the ultimate luxury of having a squash court in a domestic home. And there is continued evidence of the wealthy keeping up...

Egypt to stage 2024 World Squash Championships

Nour El Sherbini will aim to match Nicol David’s record of eight world titles on home soil after Egypt was handed hosting rights for...

How Hamburg’s Kaifu Lodge fuses squash, fitness and fun

The mix of squash, fitness and a vibrant social scene has proven to be a successful recipe for Kaifu Lodge in Hamburg, Germany, since...

‘When Olympic cricket was mentioned, it was a big distraction for squash’

Professional Squash Association (PSA) chief executive Alex Gough says he got “goosebumps” watching the sport’s presentation bid to LA2028 chiefs, but revealed he feared...

Rising Egyptian star Amina Orfi wins maiden PSA squash tour title

Egypt's Amina Orfi, the 16-year-old rising star of women's squash, claimed her maiden PSA World Tour title after holding off a comeback from Tinne ...

Ali Farag in masterful touch to capture Houston Squash Open title

Ali Farag secured his fifth title of the season as he kept a lagging Mazen Hesham at bay in an all-Egyptian final at the...

Bow Valley to continue as Canadian Men’s Squash Open venue

The draw and schedule for the 2024 Canadian Men’s Squash Open, presented by AirSprint Private Aviation, has been released. Action kicks off on March 3,...

English Junior Squash 2024: Jonah Bryant and Amelie Haworth net U19 titles

Sussex’s Jonah Bryant and Hampshire’s Amelie Haworth captured the BU19 and GU19 titles respectively as the 2024 English Junior Championships came to an end...

Karim Abdel Gawad downs Marwan ElShorbagy in Pittsburgh

World No.6 Karim Abdel Gawad downed England's Marwan ElShorbagy in straight games to claim the Pittsburgh Squash Open title. The tournament was the top...

Ipswich to host largest grade squash tournament in East Anglia

Squash wonderkid Mohamed Zakaria, the 16-year-old Egyptian currently being tipped as the sport’s next superstar player, is targeting this month’s 12k Ipswich Sports Club...

Diego Elias motors to fourth successive title in Detroit

World squash No.2 Diego Elias captured his fourth consecutive Sturbridge Capital Motor City Open title and his first title of the season after a...

Essay: The power, precision and perplexity of squash

Hector Cappelletti normally writes about cricket, but here he visited St George's Hill to watch the then Channel VAS Championship. For a sport to reach...

Great squash duels: Thierry Lincou and doing the double in Doha

LONG READ: Thierry Lincou recalls his 2004 men's world triumph in Qatar to become the first Frenchman to win showpiece  The change of scoring to...

Birmingham squash boosted by mini court funding

Squash in Birmingham has been bolstered after being awarded £75,000 of National Lottery funding by Sport England to build state-of-the-art mini courts across five...

ToC Squash 2024: Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag capture titles

World No.1s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag came through 3-2 thrillers to capture the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions titles in New York. It had...

ToC Squash 2024: Rowan Elaraby storms into NYC semis

World No.12 Rowan Elaraby has reached a semi final of a Platinum-level event for the first time since 2022 after overcoming her Egyptian compatriot...

ToC Squash 2024: El Sherbini and Crouin march on in New York

Defending J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions champion Nour El Sherbini ended home interest after ousting USA's Olivia Weaver to progress to the semi finals,...

ToC Squash 2024: Egyptian rising star Amina Orfi battled into last eight

Egyptian rising star Amina Orfi battled back from 2-1 down against Tinne Gilis to advance to the quarter finals of the 2024 J.P. Morgan...

‘An honour’: Rob Owen to help shape England players to LA Olympics

Rob Owen, the coach who has taken Paul Coll to global heights as well as taking on a stable of other top talents, has...

ToC Squash 2024: Malak Khafagy sets up World No.1 date

Egyptian trio Salma Hany, Malak Khafagy and Yahya Elnawasany claimed impressive wins on day two of the 2024 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions as...

Why play squash? Here’s a welcome for all new players 

In a recent Squash Mad article, Mike Dale rightly worried about “the decay of our sport at participation level', writes Dan Regan. Even squash writing...