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Manchester Squash Open 2023: Nele Gilis and Satomi Watanabe carve upsets
Belgium’s Nele Gilis and Japan’s Satomi Watanabe scored seeding upsets on day three at the Manchester Open to set up a surprise semi-final clash...
Coaching and Development
Lichfield’s resurgence offers hope to ailing grassroots squash clubs
Lichfield Squash Club in Staffordshire, based at King Edward VI High School's two glass back courts, is celebrating a remarkable resurgence following the challenges...
Comment
‘How can squash survive? Courts need to be new and shiny, not old and cold’
“All the time I come across a number of people who have discovered squash late in life and they all say they wish they...
News
Court controversies: ‘If there is wrongdoing, people must be penalised’
Mazen Hesham wants to leave it up to the Professional Squash Association to decide on any action after the Egyptian broke his silence following...
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Manchester Squash Open 2023: Bernabeu sets up Farag meeting
World champion Ali Farag plays his first match since Chicago on Wednesday, with Iker Pajares Bernabeu hoping for another upset at the Manchester Open...
Features
County Scene: Delving deep inside the future of squash
We all know there remains a growing uncertainty on the future of squash. While the elite game forges a seemingly upward trajectory, grass roots...
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Eight squash courts part of vast new ‘urban sports cathedral’ in Bordeaux
Eight squash courts feature in a spectacular new five-storey 'sports cathedral' in the Brazza district of Bordeaux next to the Garonne river.
The UCPA Sport...
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‘Nouran Gohar must channel positive mindset to reclaim World No.1’
Australia great Sarah Fitz-Gerald believes that the only way Nouran Gohar can reclaim the World No.1 squash ranking from Nour El Sherbini is to...
Comment
Spain’s best squash player Borja Golan retires at 40
“Hey, guys!” is a phrase Borja Golan once uttered on court. Whether it was aimed towards the old three-way referee system or to the...
News
A fundraising squash night of Great Exhibitions in Edinburgh
It was a tale of ‘Great Exhibitions’ that Charles Dickens would have been proud of, as some of the biggest names in British squash...
News
James Willstrop and Nick Matthew lock horns on court once more
Nick Matthew believes James Willstrop is still a ‘huge threat’ on the world circuit, as the two old rivals and former World No.1s returned...
Fun Stuff
South Korean girl group IVE hit squash court in latest video
Top South Korean girl group IVE have hit the squash court for their latest single.
The six-strong K-Pop group are seen on what looks like...
News
World Squash 2023: Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag retain Chicago titles
Egyptian Nour El Sherbini is one title away from matching the great Nicol David’s feat of eight women’s world titles after claiming the 2023...
News
‘Extraordinary’: Mostafa Asal under fire after ‘chop on forehead’
Former World No.1 Mostafa Asal has become embroiled in yet more match controversy after clips were posted on social media of the Egyptian grabbing...
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World Squash 2023: Nouran Gohar survives marathon to reach final
World No.1 Nour El Sherbini became the first woman in the sport’s history to reach nine World Championship finals after the Egyptian defeated New...
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World Squash 2023: Karim Abdel Gawad sets up Ali Farag final
Just seven months after he was consigned to a wheelchair following treatment for a heel injury, Egypt’s World No.17 Karim Abdel Gawad reached the...
Fun Stuff
‘Squash addict’ bride has racket-themed wedding
When Richard Hayes popped the question to his 'squash addict' partner Laura, she naturally wanted to give the wedding a squash theme.
Guests on the...
News
World Squash 2023: Karim Abdel Gawad serves title warning
Egypt’s Karim Abdel Gawad, playing far beyond his current World No.17 status after a successful return from injury, brought an end to World No.1...
Features
How Amr Shabana became Egypt’s first world squash champion
Twenty years after he lifted the world title, Amr Shabana recalls his run to the final and how he struggled to adapt in the...
Comment
Why Squash Mad needs to be at heart of covering our sport
Coverage of squash has changed drastically. UK newspapers have led the way in the game over the years but the last decade has seen...
News
World Squash 2023: Mostafa Asal breaks Mazen Hesham resolve
World No.3 Mostafa Asal booked his spot in the World Championship last four after claiming a dramatic 3-2 victory against World No.9 Mazen Hesham.
Asal,...
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Teen sensation Amina Orfi: “I belong with the world’s top players”
Squash’s latest Egyptian phenomenon Amina Orfi has told Squash Mad she “belongs” with the world’s best players – at the tender age of 15.
The...
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World Squash 2023: Diego Elias survives scare to edge Saurav Ghosal
World No.1 Diego Elias was on the brink of elimination from the PSA World Championships before fighting back from two games down to beat...
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World Squash 2023: El Hammamy averts shock, Asal hits Makin
Egypt’s World No.3 Hania El Hammamy avoided a shock defeat against 15-year-old rising star Amina Orfi as she won a nail-biting five-game thriller at...
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Rising Egypt star Amina Orfi makes world squash history
Egyptian teenager Amina Orfi became the youngest player ever to reach the last 16 of the PSA World Championships on Friday. At the age...
News
World Squash 2023: Sobhy sisters aim to unite for US in Chicago
The Sobhy sisters carry home hopes in the World Championship second round on Friday.
Amanda, the fifth seed in Chicago, plays Hollie Naughton of Canada...
Growing the game
Zimbabwean teen hope takes up Egypt squash tutelage
A rising Zimbabwean teen has been training in Alexandria, Egypt ahead of the World Junior Squash Championships later this summer.
Ryan Gwidzima, 17, has been...
News
Mostafa Asal wins through in Chicago on world squash tour return
Mostafa Asal safely negoatiated his first tour match since March as fellow top seed Nouran Gohar also won through to the second round of...
Interviews
World Squash 2023: Ali Farag chases fourth title and place among greats
For one man, the 2023 PSA World Championships, presented by The Walter family, provides a chance to both create a unique piece of squash...
Comment
British Open 2023 staging in Birmingham was pure squash theatre
It was the Professional Squash Association’s COO Lee Beachill who first encountered Birmingham’s Rep theatre, widely considered the best indoor squash venue of them...
News
‘Mostafa Asal is like a cartoon character – and kids love the drama’
He was the first Egyptian man to be crowned world champion when he claimed the initial of four global titles as a 20-year-old but,...
Features
Edwin Clain: I had to explain rules of squash to my parents
Frenchman Edwin Clain was one of 12 players who grabbed a ticket for the 2023 PSA World Squash Championships. The biggest achievement of his...
Comment
World Squash 2023: ‘Nouran Gohar will be firing after British Open’
Rod Martin has dismissed any suggestion that World No.1 Nouran Gohar will suffer from a British Open hangover when she treads the board at...
News
French Open Squash receives sponsor and TV rights boost
The 2023 French Open, which will be played in August, has received a major boost after inking a headline sponsor and securing a TV...
Interviews
Curtis Malik: Sumner is in my heart with everything I do in squash
There are many quotes about overcoming personal tragedy. Yet perhaps that belonging to the relatively unknown American actor and multi-genre singer songwriter Val Uchendu...
Features
Young Scot Rory Richmond out to make the grade on court
The process of making the transition from the junior game to the senior ranks can often be a painful one, but for one of...
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Kilkenny squash back after barracks block return
Ireland’s Kilkenny Squash Club members are back playing their game after three years and fears their courts and club could be wound up after...
Interviews
“Emotionally, it wasn’t easy…” – Mohamed ElShorbagy on his switch to England
Watch: former world champion and world No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy tells Squash Mad about the 'tough decision' to switch from Egypt to England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlemqSww_dI
As he prepares...
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Wales’ Lowri Roberts celebrates first PSA squash title
Welsh player Lowri Roberts won her first PSA title at the PSA de Normandie this month - despite carrying an injury.
Roberts, the World No.116,...
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UK club Radlett pick up historic county squash treble
England’s Radlett Squash Club won an unprecedented treble after coming away with the Herts, Middlesex, and Herts Open Cup competitions last month.
The Radlett squad...