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‘I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather play top guys than Paris’
For many an elite level athlete the prospect of carrying home hopes of glory can be a load that proves an unbearable burden.
With Paris...
News
Paris Squash 2023: Katie Malliff upsets odds to beat local hope
World No.41 Katie Malliff scored the biggest upset on the opening day of the Paris Squash 2023 after beating French No.1 Melissa Alves 3-1...
News
World squash tour inks live data deal to boost broadcasting
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has inked a deal for the upcoming season which see a range of live stats and data-led graphics and...
Comment
British Nationals showed changing of guard in women’s squash
It may seem strange to suggest that a successful defence of a title amounts to a changing of the guard, but that is in...
Comment
How a double yellow dot ball left one father and son deflated
OPINION -- This is my mate Ady and his son Matthew pictured below. Along with my own lad Finlay, we go to watch Southampton...
Interviews
‘Mostafa Asal needs to be educated – he’s too exciting to be sidelined’
While Mostafa Asal’s latest ban was also accompanied by a £5,000 fine, following on from the matches at the last season’s World Squash Championships...
Comment
Let’s tidy up the rules on lets and strokes
Now, I know this may be controversial. But I am just going to come straight out with it. The rules on strokes and lets...
Fun Stuff
Teen actor Oliver self-funds squash holiday with Mostafa Asal!
Welsh teenager Oliver Jones has had an extraordinary summer. He’s spent the last four weeks living and training alongside Mostafa Asal in Alexandria, having...
Features
‘You’ve no money, let me get your coffees!’: How Paris Squash Open was born
Squash Mad sheds light on the making of Paris Squash 2023, an event that was long overdue and wants to become a regular feature...
News
PSA World Squash Tour Calendar 2023/24
PSA World Tour Calendar: August 2023 - June 2024
Dates Subject to Change
August 15-19 Windsor Cup (Bronze): Windsor, Canada
August 27 - September 2 Paris Squash (Platinum): Paris,...
News
British Squash Nationals: ‘Willstrop tactics’ aids ElShorbagy to title defence
England’s Jasmine Hutton and Mohamed ElShorbagy retained their British Nationals Squash Championships titles in differing circumstances against Welsh opponents on Saturday night.
Hutton captured her...
Features
Club File: Leicestershire outfit shows how squash and leisure centre can co-exist
While the dawning of squash’s 1970s golden era saw our game develop exponentially with courts being built in leisure centres throughout the UK, the...
News
British Squash Nationals 2023: Jasmine Hutton ousts Georgina Kennedy
Defending champion Jasmine Hutton has reached her third British National Squash Championships final after she came back from a game down to oust women’s...
News
British Squash Nationals 2023: Charlie Lee upsets the odds
Charlie Lee, England’s No.7 seed and now under the auspices of coach David Palmer, earned his place in the British National Squash Championships semi-finals...
Features
Squash’s best treasure trove collection on the move in Australia
“I’ve never refused anything,” says Bert Armstrong of his stunning, eclectic collection of squash memorabilia and artefacts amassed over the last 30 years.
We must...
Growing the game
Pittsburgh set to see $10m squash complex
Squash is showing its mettle in the US -- to the tune of a new $10 million complex in Pittsburgh’s steel city.
Steel City Squash...
News
British Squash Nationals 2023: ElShorbagy and Kennedy open with wins
Top seeds Mohamed ElShorbagy and Georgina Kennedy began their title challenges at the British National Squash Championships with respective opening round wins over World...
Comment
No one likes missing the season start in any sport, how will Asal cope?
While Mostafa Asal has twice returned to the fray after bans, fuelled by a sense of injustice or persecution, to reclaim his rightful place...
Features
Palmer on new recruit Lee: ‘He’s got the right attitude and work ethic’
Squash aficionados know all about the fierce fitness regime of former world champ David Palmer when he was strutting his stuff on tour.
He's since...
News
2023/24 season: PSA tour calendar revealed across five continents
The Professional Squash Association has announced its 2023-24 PSA World Tour calendar, with 36 events scheduled to take place across five continents between August...
Features
How to run a PSA Challenger Tour event at a local squash club
John Shaw, chair of Berkhamsted Tennis & Squash Club, on the challenges of hosting a PSA Challenger tour event
Just as tennis has the ATP...
Growing the game
Central Ireland club plans state-of-the-art squash facility – with padel
A club in central Ireland has been given the green light to build a new state-of-the-art squash centre.
Athlone Squash Club will consist of three...
Features
The impact of indoor v outdoor play on an athlete’s performance
Playing a sport indoors versus outdoors can significantly impact an athlete's performance in several ways. As squash looks for ways to grow -- perhaps...
Features
‘We shouldn’t have to choose between top-level sport and motherhood’
Does top-level sport require us to forget the individual, man or woman, in order to focus only on the athlete, asks CAMILLE SERME
As far...
Features
‘In Mostafa Asal, we have a great player who could be wonderful for squash’
James Willstrop says he will still be willing to offer his services to Mostafa Asal and help clean up The Egyptian's match play tactics...
News
Qatar Squash Classic returns to dual gender event
The QTerminals Qatar Classic will feature a women’s draw for the first time since 2015 when the PSA World Tour Platinum event takes place at...
Growing the game
Peter Nicol to launch new squash and pickleball concept in New Jersey
Nicol Squash, the business arm of the great Peter Nicol, is set to entwine squash and pickleball in a new venture for 2024.
Based in...
Features
Correct ages of Pakistan junior squash players under the spotlight
From the bizarre move of armpit testing to players paying for tests, the issue of whether Pakistan juniors are competing to their correct ages...
Features
‘Squash is riding a wave in the USA and ready to expand’
Amanda Sobhy says squash has moved away from being “a very lofty country club sport” in the USA and is ready to latch on...
News
Mostafa Asal handed three-month ban from PSA squash tour
Embattled Egyptian squash star Mostafa Asal will miss the opening PSA tournament of the season and won’t be eligible to compete again until October...
Features
Meet the coach who has made music talk – through squash
From time to time sport can throw up extraordinary tales that confound the normal parameters which shape it.
The ability to harness the cathartic powers...
Comment
Why the Commonwealth Games must survive – for squash’s sake
It is one year since Georgina Kennedy and Paul Coll had Commonwealth Games gold medals carefully placed around their necks amidst scenes at Birmingham...
Growing the game
‘Closing by stealth’: Another English squash facility’s future clouded in doubt
Fears are growing for the last remaining courts in the Berkshire borough of Wokingham as yet another UK council looks at taking squash away...
News
‘New challenges’: Mohamed ElShorbagy relishes Marwan decision
Mohamed ElShorbagy says his brother joining him as a fully-fledged Englishman will bring “something unique” to England Squash -- as the prospect of them...
News
Marwan ElShorbagy switches allegiance to England Squash
England Squash will now have two ElShorbagys as national members after Marwan joined brother Mohamed in switching allegiances from Egypt.
Bristol-based Marwan, 30 on Sunday,...
Features
‘Racketball has saved our club over the last five years’
While the aftershock of the pandemic continues to ravage squash, one Somerset Club has found racketball a welcome source of rejuvenation and new life.
Facing...
News
Gingell and Santamaria named first professional squash referees
Roy Gingell and Andrea Santamaria have been appointed as squash’s first ever full-time professional referees.
World Squash Officiating (WSO) - the organisation dedicated to the...
News
Malaysia and Egypt to clash in Women’s World Junior Teams final again
Malaysia and Egypt will meet in the final of the WSF Women’s World Junior Team Championship for the third time in succession.
Egypt, winners of...
News
World Junior Squash 2023: England upset seedings to deny Hong Kong, China
England, the fifth seeds, put in a spirited performance as they beat No.4 seeds Hong Kong, China to progress through to the semi-finals of...
Coaching and Development
How mighty Merthyr keeps squash vibrant in The Valleys
Merthyr Squash Club has a motley cast of players with nicknames such as The Pirate, The Butler and Trolleys. But don’t be fooled –...