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Shopping bag packing and race nights, Scotland crowdfund to world squash juniors
By any account, 2023 has been a stunning year for rising squash star Robyn McAlpine.
The girl from Scotstoun, Glasgow created Scottish history when she...
Canary Wharf Classic
Canary Wharf Classic 2023: Makin wins bruiser with Asal to set up Coll final
Joel Makin and Paul Coll will meet in the GillenMarkets Canary Wharf Classic final in a repeat of their Commonwealth Games gold medal duel after...
Features
How Baptiste Masotti prescribed squash as his career calling
LONDON -- Every so often, the answer to where players first started out in the sport yields an unexpected answer. Baptiste Masotti, who played...
News
Canary Wharf Classic 2023: Mostafa Asal keeps World No.1 rivals at bay
LONDON -- This was a quarter-final night where Mostafa Asal largely let his squash do the talking as he kept hold of his World...
Features
Ros Atkins: ‘Squash just has this fabulous combination of skills I love’
BBC News presenter Ros Atkins, a self-confessed squash lover, has been following Fares Dessouky for years and loves the Egyptian’s flexibility and power
I was...
News
Canary Wharf Classic 2023: Mohamed ElShorbagy beats James Willstrop
In a battle of two former World No.1, Mohamed ElShorbagy overcame 39-year-old James Willstrop in a three-game contest to reach the quarter finals of...
News
Asal and Crouin continue war of words at Canary Wharf Classic
World No.1 Mostafa Asal's public war of words with France's Victor Crouin continued at the Gillen Markets Canary Wharf Classic.
The pair clashed in the...
Features
‘Wars at the Wintergarden’: Top 3 Canary Wharf Squash Classic matches
Sunday marks the 20th anniversary edition of the Canary Wharf Classic, sponsored by GillenMarkets. And to mark the moment we are delving through the...
News
‘Squash fans let players know what they like and it works a treat’
The Canary Wharf Classic is set for an electric week in its 20th running, with three players vying for the World No.1 spot and...
Coaching and Development
What held a top athlete back from becoming squash World No.1?
Jesse Engelbrecht is a former top 50 squash player and claims that his mental side of the sport held him back from fulfilling his...
News
Nick Matthew leads Hallamshire to first ever Yorkshire Premier League squash title
Nick Matthew led Hallamshire to the 20222/23 Yorkshire Premier League title for the first time in the club’s history on Wednesday night after a...
Growing the game
‘It really makes an impression when you see all these women on court’
In these straightened times, it is not often that Squash Mad gets to report on a boom story for our sport but that is...
Growing the game
Nicol David Organisation receives boost for squash and tutoring project
The Nicol David Organisation (NDO) has welcomed a big Malaysian sponsorship boost to the tune of RM1 million (£185,000), as the squash great’s non-profit...
News
ElShorbagy and Gohar power to Black Ball Squash Open titles
Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nouran Gohar are the 2023 Black Ball Squash Open champions after achieving respective wins over Tarek Momen and Hania El Hammamy...
News
ElShorbagy wins epic to deny close friend Elias world No.1 spot
Mohamed ElShorbagy put in a sensational performance at the Black Ball Open to scupper Diego Elias' hopes of becoming squash's new world No.1.
World No.4...
News
Squash club marks event in memory of teen who died of heart attack
Berkhamsted Squash Club marked the 10th anniversary event last month in memory of Harry Faulkner, the teenager who died of a heart attack during...
News
Mohamed ElShorbagy set for first British Open squash tilt as Englishman
Three-time British Open champion Mohamed ElShorbagy will compete at the ‘Wimbledon of Squash’ as an English player for the first time when the event...
Growing the game
Welsh squash club fights back after closure threats
A Welsh club says it has “risen from the ashes” following a successful squashathon after nearly being forced to fold.
Cardigan Squash Club on the...
News
Dessouky conquers Asal and delivers parting shot
Fares Dessouky caused a major shock at the Black Ball Open on Friday as he sent World No.1 Mostafa Asal crashing out in round...
Interviews
Sarah-Jane Perry: My base is strong and I’m ready to challenge
Sarah-Jane Perry has revealed that she will be using her greatest triumph as a major source of encouragement when she opens her account in...
News
US Squash chief defends pursuit of racquetball courts
US Squash CEO Kevin Klipstein has defended the governing body’s strategic seizure of racquetball courts as “good business sense” and part of the “long-standing...
News
Will this sport ever make it into the Olympics?
By Oliver Morgan
There is no doubt that squash is a popular sport and has found particular favour in countries such as the USA, the...
Interviews
Squash closes in on first professional referees
The man responsible for driving the high standard of squash officiating across the world has revealed that the sport is “not far off” having...
Interviews
Mohamed ElShorbagy: ‘When we played it was war, now Gaultier can take me to top’
Mohamed ElShorbagy is rattling off the opening five Platinum events on the PSA tour. He notes that in the past these were titles shared...
News
Amina Orfi’s stunning run ended by Tinne Gilis in Squash On Fire Open final
Fifteen-year-old Amina Orfi's incredible run at the Squash On Fire Open in Washington DC was finally brought to an end in the final by...
Comment
Why revamped World Cup has place on squash calendar
There will be a squash World Cup in Chennai, India, this year. That is about as much as we know at this stage, other...
News
Revamped Squash World Cup set for June date in Chennai
The Squash World Cup in Chennai is set to take place in June with a revamped format featuring four-strong teams and best of five...
Interviews
Wales No.1 Joel Makin: ‘I want to be beating the world’s best’
Joel Makin is ready to add to the late-blooming big trophy winners of the past. After putting a bumpy period behind him when illness...
Coaching and Development
Nick Matthew named Berkshire School Director of Squash
Three-time world champion Nick Matthew has been named Director of Squash at Berkshire School in New England, USA.
Since retiring from the professional circuit in...
Growing the game
‘Squash has taken Singapore to a world standard – We need new courts’
Squash Mad speaks to former Singapore No.1 on players of yesteryear and the future of the sport on the sovereign island
Zainal Abidin, a multiple...
Interviews
World Squash Officiating denies referees told to avoid ‘yes lets’
Lee Drew says there is a “misconception” among players that squash officials have been instructed to avoid awarding lets on the PSA World Tour.
A...
News
Mostafa Asal has John McEnroe qualities on court, says squash great
Former world squash champion Ross Norman has compared Mostafa Asal to John McEnroe for his ability to turn controversy into a source of match-winning...
Comment
‘We need answers’: Sydney squash club feels council squeeze
Former Australian world champion Michelle Martin has long since battled to save squash courts from meddling councils and developers with little interest in the...
ESR
Warwickshire to the fore at English Junior Squash Championships
Warwickshire took top honours at the English Junior Championship Finals at St George's Hill, with Torrie Malik and Jonah Bryant continuing their county title...
News
Joel Makin lands Canadian Open squash title
Joel Makin admitted there was “no hiding place” as he fought for the Oxford Properties Canadian Men's Open title against Victor Crouin before the...
Interviews
Greg Gaultier on Nour El Sherbini, Prague and chasing British Open titles
Greg Gaultier says that Nour El Sherbini’s priority for the second-half of the season will be to claim a fourth British Open squash title.
In...
Features
‘Ali Farag has tough road back to World No.1 but he has the armoury’
Ross Norman believes Ali Farag’s chances of reclaiming squash's World No.1 ranking are no better than 50/50.
The three-time world champion returned to competitive squash...
News
‘We will help Scottish squash clubs get players active again’
Accessibility, diminishing courts and finding ways to engage youth are in-tray necessities these days for squash chiefs. The same can be said for Scottish...
News
Diego Elias bags world tour hat-trick in Pittsburgh
Diego Elias' 2023 continued in sytle at the weekend as he landed his third title of the year to remain undefeated on the world...
News
USA’s Olivia Fiechter scores career high title at DAC Pro Squash Classic
The USA's Olivia Fiechter produced a spectacular performance to beat England's Georgina Kennedy in the final of the DAC Pro Squash Classic and win...