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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...
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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...
Interviews
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...
Features
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...
Features
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...
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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...
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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...
Features
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...
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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...
Features
‘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...
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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...
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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...
Features
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...
Comment
‘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...
Interviews
‘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...
Coaching and Development
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...
Growing the game
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...
Interviews
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...
News
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...
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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...
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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...
Coaching and Development
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...
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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...
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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...
Features
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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
Comment
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...
Features
‘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...
News
Squash power plays, sudden death enhance 2023 World Tour Finals
The twists and turns of the best-of-three short format will be further enhanced at the PSA World Tour Finals with the addition of power...
Features
Nele Gilis closes in on Egyptian speed in season of career highs
She has admitted to playing and coming out the wrong side of a fair share of “3-0 choppings” against Egypt's best, but if ever...
Growing the game
Public courts bring squash back to North Devon
Organisers have hailed the only publicly available courts in North Devon, in the UK’s south west.
The Atlantic Racquet Centre in Bideford has opened two...
News
PSA World Tour Finals: Record prize fund up for grabs in Cairo
Egyptian duo Nouran Gohar and Hania El Hammamy will reignite their fierce rivalry at the upcoming CIB PSA World Tour Finals after both players...
Coaching and Development
Squash Matters: Distinguishing ‘growing pains’ in your active child
Most of us who are involved in sport will have come across boys or girls dealing with 'growing pains' in their knees or shins.
This...
Features
Meet England’s rising siblings spurred on by squash heroes
After a summer starring in the 5 Nations and European Championships, England’s next family of exceptional squash talents is already turning their attention towards...
Coaching and Development
How Open Squash is igniting New Yorkers’ passion for the sport
The key to turning a non-squash player into a passionate participant is to treat every potential new member of your club as “both a...
Growing the game
Club File: Welsh squash centre sees spike in new faces
A Welsh club is benefiting from its revamped junior and adult squash classes, with over 100 new faces trying the sport for the first...
Features
Coach’s view: How Ali Farag has cemented all-round game to land big prizes
Squash Mad speaks to Karim Darwish, Ali Farag's coach, on tactical changes, career longevity and comparisons with game's greats
Ali Farag may have just returned...
Fun Stuff
‘Gorgeous’ debut novel features squash, grief and growing up
Squash, grief and growing up are the themes of a new novel by debutante Chetna Maroo which is receiving critical acclaim.
Western Lane is set...