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World Junior Squash Championships hit by IT issues and ‘inequitable’ criticism

The World Junior Championships has been blighted by technical issues and has prompted criticisms that its format is "inequitable." All play on Court 6 and...

World Junior Squash 2023: Wai Sze Wing takes out English seed

Wai Sze Wing provided the shock of the tournament at the World Junior Squash Championships, while the top seeds continued their progress and the...

World Junior Squash 2023: Rowan Damming surives early scare

The opening day of the 2023 WSF World Junior Squash Championships saw the seeded players navigate tough challenges, hosts Australia with two players progress to...

Defending champion Gina Kennedy ‘absolutely devastated’ at Victoria 2026 cancellation

Defending women's singles champion Gina Kennedy says she is "absolutely devastated" that Victoria has pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Australian state...

Hammer blow for squash as Aussies scrap 2026 Commonwealth Games

Squash has received a huge blow with the shock news that Victoria has pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Australian state has...

Danny Massaro: Dream Power will help you reach your targets

How many times have we heard a successful sportsman or woman celebrate a major achievement by uttering these words: "This is a dream come...

Squash continues aim for pro referees and ‘free-flowing sport’

Lee Drew, the head of World Squash Officiating (WSO), wants to professionalise refereeing as he bids to develop a global message of communication and...

Simon Parke on nose bleeds and dealing with pressures as top junior seed

Simon Parke believes that experience can be the key for Jonah Bryant as he attempts to become only the fourth Englishman to win the...

UK National Racketball Championships set for Birmingham

Mike Harris and Amber Marshall will aim to retain their stranglehold on the National Racketball men’s and women’s titles this weekend. As top seeds, Devon’s...

How to deal with Mostafa Asal? Man up and learn how to beat him!

Mohamed ElShorbagy says he cannot wait to go into battle with Mostafa Asal again next season - and has advised Asal's other rivals to...

Amanda Sobhy on junior squash cauldron: ‘Just enjoy the experience’

With the 2023 WSF World Junior Championships looming, US star Amanda Sobhy has revealed just how important her 2010 coronation was to launching her...

British National Squash Championships head to Surrey for 2023 edition

The British National Squash Championships will head to Weybridge, Surrey for the first time in the event's near 50-year history next month. Tickets for the...

Exclusive: Mostafa Asal’s new coach Mohamed Elkeiy on movement, referees and ‘that’ racket grab

Mohamed Elkeiy is undaunted by what some might call the hardest job in squash – cleaning up Mostafa Asal’s game. Asal’s entourage has turned to...

Court Watch: Meet the founder behind ‘Wikipedia of squash’ app

In today’s modern climate, one where sports are striving for eyeballs, there must be hundreds of squash courts cast into the shadows and hidden...

Dutchman Rowan Damming on Asperger’s Syndrome and world squash hopes

It is hard enough trying to negotiate the perilous rite of passage from the junior to the senior ranks at world class level in...

World Junior Squash 2023: Bryant and Damming seeded to meet in final

England’s Jonah Bryant and the Netherlands’ Rowan Damming are seeded to renew their rivalry in this year's WSF World Junior Squash Championships final. The English...

Mostafa Asal to fly to UK for workshops with Willstrop and Drew

Mostafa Asal will fly to the UK later this month to work on his movement with former world squash No.1 James Willstrop -- and...

Belgium squash star Nele Gilis inspired by Nicol David drive

A "very clever man" is how rankings climber Nele Gilis describes her British coach Rob Owen. Now, the Belgian is aiming to make further...

PSA World Squash Tour: Male players account for 80% of disciplinary breaches

The Professional Squash Association meted out nearly 50 suspensions, fines and warnings following one of the most controversial men's game seasons in history. Following a...

‘Raising the bar’: How French entrepreneur built squash super club Annecy

The standard at the recent French League play-offs was the highest for almost 20 years in both men's and women's draws. For the second...

Paul Coll and Joelle King land more New Zealand national title success

New Zealand’s top two men and women players enjoyed more national success at the weekend. Joelle King, 34, equalled the great Susan Devoy’s record with...

Jahangir Khan hopeful of overdue Pakistan squash and sports revival

Jahangir Khan says that hosting more PSA Satellite events and offering more multi-sport facilities can raise the sporting standard in Pakistan, a nation “brimming...

How Karim Gawad watched SquashTV all over the house after ‘squash starvation’

The great and the good of the men’s game may have gathered in Cairo for the CIB PSA World Tour Finals last week, but...

‘Older he got, better he became’: Masters pay tribute to Mark Cowley

The squash world has paid tribute to distinguished player and Masters advocate Mark Cowley who died recently after a long battle with Covid and...

‘Mostafa Asal needs major squash title sooner rather than later’

Jahangir Khan believes that Mostafa Asal’s sole focus for next season must be on winning a squash major, with a big summer ahead working...

Taking squash to the people – one club at a time

Despite the work of many passionate people in pockets of the world, squash participation tragically continues to nosedive. Some clubs are managing to buck...

Manhattan school opens up squash courts for public use

Prime New York real estate is usually reseved for members or the elite -- especially in Manhattan. However, Spence School is bucking the trend as...

Belief in reserve: How Colombia’s ‘Iron maiden’ Catalina Pelaez defied rankings

There have been many magical moments of drama and emotion in the women’s game this season, but few can have matched the one which...

World Tour Finals 2023: Nouran Gohar and Mostafa Asal battle to history

The longest ever recorded women’s match on the PSA World Tour was witnessed in Cairo on Sunday, as Egypt’s Nouran Gohar beat compatriot Hania...

World Tour Finals: Diego Elias muscles in on Egyptian title tilts

World No.2 Diego Elias has become the first South American to reach the title decider of the season-ending CIB PSA World Tour Finals as...

World Tour Finals: Nour El Tayeb battles into Cairo semi-finals

Egypt’s World No.6 Nour El Tayeb has reached the last four of the CIB PSA World Tour Finals for the first time in three...

Running on empty: Sport England figures show further squash decline

Squash participation in England has fallen by just over 10% since the year before the pandemic, official figures reveal. Statistics in the latest Sport England...

World Tour Finals: Elias and Gohar book last four places

No.1 seeds Diego Elias and Nouran Gohar booked their places in the last four of the World Tour Finals after they defeated Frenchman Victor...

PSA World Tour Finals: More conduct strokes for Mostafa Asal

Defending champion Mostafa Asal and Diego Elias played out a 90-minute, best-of-three encounter which saw conduct strokes and plenty of mid-court traffic issues in...

Inside the mind of PSA pro: ‘Ranking points and form are key at Tour Finals’

INTERVIEW: Former world champion Greg Gaultier on PSA ranking points, power play thoughts and World Tour Final memories Greg Gaultier believes that the ramifications of...

Power play makes its mark at PSA World Tour Finals

World Champions Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag claimed opening day wins at the CIB PSA World Tour Finals as they came from behind...

Bay of Plenty set to benefit from World Squash Team Champs

The Bay of Plenty, New Zealand is set to stage one of the largest sporting events in the region when the WSF Men’s World...

Squash’s latest foes for Los Angeles 2028 Olympic bid hopes

Cricket is a “formidable” opponent to squash’s hopes of inclusion at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, according to the World Squash Federation. However,...

Can Mostafa Asal’s new coach calm Egyptian squash star?

It is, of course, early days in their new player-coach partnership, but recent signs suggest that the controversy which has blighted Mostafa Asal could...

‘Was I down? Not one bit’ – Declan James charts comeback trail

It is the injury that every squash player fears -- and last November it happened to Declan James. The rupturing of an Achilles during a...