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Qatar Q-Terminals Squash Classic 2024: Egypt duo aim to continue sizzling season starts

Mostafa Asal and Nour ElSherbini will head into the Qatar Q-Terminals Classic both unbeaten on 10 matches apiece and looking for a hat-trick of...

NASH Cup Squash 2024: Mohamad Zakaria and Katie Malliff lift titles

The first ever PSA Tour Copper event ended in fittingly dramatic style, as teenage sensation Mohamad Zakaria fought back from 2-0 down to win...

Paris Squash Open 2024: Unbeaten Egypt duo Nour El Sherbini and Mostafa Asal

Egyptian duo Nour El Sherbini and Mostafa Asal were crowned Paris Squash 2024 champions after they claimed respective wins over current women’s World Champion...

Squash remains upbeat of 2026 Commonwealth Games inclusion

With a trimmed-down version of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2026 announced on Tuesday, squash faces an anxious wait - so to the...

Paris Squash 2024: Egypt teen Fayrouz Aboelkheir scores strunning upset

Egyptian teenager Fayrouz Aboelkheir delivered a stunning performance beyond her years to defeat World No.6 Georgina Kennedy in five games and advance to the...

Paris Squash 2024: Home hopes take plaudits

Home hopes Gregoire Marche and Baptiste Masotti stole the spotlight on the opening day at Paris Squash 2024. In front of enthusiastic home crowds,...

Camille Serme attempts squash comeback ahead of LA 2028 Olympics

Camille Serme, the former world No.2, is coming out of retirement, with the long-term aim of qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics. The 35-year-old will...

Egyptian Squash Open 2024: Asal and El Sherbini topple home rivals

Egyptian duo Mostafa Asal and Nour El Sherbini have been crowned the 2024 CIB Egyptian Open champions after No.3 seed Asal took down men’s...

Egyptian Squash Open notebook: Loose panels, retirements and landmarks

The CIB Egyptian Open became professional squash’s first Diamond-tier event in Giza. This has been the first major title on offer during the 2024-25 professional...

Ugly scenes mar Egyptian Squash Open as Mostafa Asal beats Mohamed ElShorbagy

England No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy appeared to offer his hand mid-match during a torrid and forgettable quarter-final with Egyptian Mostafa Asal at the Egyptian Open...

Egyptian Squash Open 2024: Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini send title warnings

Egyptian World No.1s Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini sent out statements of intent as they produced much-improved performances on home court to reach...

Fares Dessouky falls foul of new world squash referee directives

Fares Dessouky became the first player this season to fall foul of the continued tightening of the rules when it comes to conduct and...

Egyptian Squash Open 2024: World No.1s survive early scares

World No.1s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag both survived scares as they fought back to reach the quarter-finals of the 2024 CIB Egyptian...

Squash to use AI to find ‘accurate outcomes’ to referee decisions

Some referee decisions in the world game will be decided by technology in real-time after the sport’s officiating body signed a deal with a...

PSA squash tour set for ‘busiest season ever’

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) is set for its “busiest season ever of professional squash” as the 2024-25 PSA Squash Tour kicks off in...

PSA World Squash Tour 2024/25 season: Schedule and dates

The 2024/25 PSA Tour season is set to be the 'busiest ever' after a season of good news for the sport.   AUG 26 - SEP 06 CIB Egyptian...

2025 English Squash Juniors set for ‘innovative change’

The 2025 English Junior Championships will embark on an “innovative change”, with only the top 50 ranked players will be eligible to enter the...

History made at World Squash Masters 2024

Australia's Geoff Davenport and England's Ann Manley re-wrote WSF World Masters Squash Championships history in Amsterdam with landmark victories to become the most decorated...

PSA Squash Tour: player suspensions, fines and warnings revealed

There were 70 cases of suspensions, fines or warnings across the PSA Tour 2023/24 season, while Egypt's Sayed Fawzy will miss the the start...

England Squash launches new membership scheme

England Squash has launched its new membership scheme designed to provide "value and greater choice" to a broader range of players - from complete...

Englishman Nick Taylor appointed US Squash head coach

Nick Taylor has been appointed US Squash head national coach and takes over the role from Ong Beng Hee, who was the first to...

British Nationals Squash 2024: Georgina Kennedy and Joel Makin take titles

Georgina Kennedy won her first British National title, while Joel Makin dethroned two-time champion Mohamed ElShorbagy in a five-game, 85-minute thriller at St George’s Hill...

British Nationals Squash 2024: Top seeds set up finals showdown

No.2 seed Sarah-Jane Perry battled past a resilient Emily Whitlock to reach her fifth British Nationals final and No.1 seed Mohamed ElShorbagy also progressed...

British Nationals Squash 2024: Emily Whitlock proves too good for Jasmine Hutton

Emily Whitlock played with composure, accuracy and grit to oust defending champion Jasmine Hutton and reach the British National Championships last four. From the off,...

British Nationals Squash 2024: Curtis Malik advances in tough Jonah Bryant encounter

Weybridge -- They stood two or three deep in the gallery upstairs and peered round the corner downstairs on Court 1 at St George’s...

PSA revamps world squash tour and eyes $18m prize money by 2028

The CIB Egyptian Open and the British Open will be the two top-tier events for next season following a Professional Squash Association tour restructure,...

Glasgow tipped to stage 2026 Commonwealth Games

The 2026 Commonwealth Games could yet be staged after all, with Glasgow tipped to be the host. A scaled back version of the Games has...

Paris Olympics: What can squash learn from Breaking ahead of LA 2028?

Paris -- They celebrated 51 years of hip hop culture and after two days of competition their Olympic inclusion was over. Breaking (never breakdancing)...

Chris Dittmar: Humidity chambers and a burning desire to beat the Khans

Twice before - in 1983 and 1987, Chris Dittmar had fought for the world squash title and lost. Twice in the 1989 final, that...

LA 2028 Olympics: ‘The challenge for squash is to make sure it’s not a one-off’

Olympic expert Michael Payne, former head of marketing at the IOC for 20 years, shares his views on what squash has in store as...

Squash heads to Paris 2024 Olympics as ‘new sport’ observer ahead of LA 2028

Squash chiefs will be on the ground in Paris in a fact-finding mission ahead the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The PSA and WSF representatives have...

World Junior Squash 2024: Egypt claim historic team double

Egypt enjoyed a perfect day in Houston as their women's and men's teams captured the 2024 WSF World Junior Team Championships, the first in...

‘How I got squash fit to beat Jahangir Khan’

“The person who beats Khan will be the person who out-Jahangir's Jahangir!” proclaimed Ross Norman, when asked what it would take to beat the...

World Junior Squash: Egypt team blunder paves way for epic South Africa victory

An administration blunder led to Egypt being toppled by South Africa at the 2024 WSF World Junior Team Championships. South Africa beat top seeds Egypt...

World Junior Squash 2024: Amina Orfi and Mohamad Zakaria make history for Egypt

Amina Orfi won an unprecedented third consecutive title and Mohamad Zakaria became the youngest ever male champion as Egypt struck double gold at the...

Decision time: Olympics forces squash to find rules for the future

When we talk about squash seasons, do we just talk about the elite end given the growing PSA tier structure? For the 2023/24 season...

World squash tour reaches record $10m in prize money

PSA World Tour players benefited to the tune of over $10m of prize money in the recently-concluded 2023/24 season. The record total represented an 18.3%...

British Nationals Squash Championships 2024 set for Weybridge

The British Nationals Squash Championships return to St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club in Weybridge next month, with the best of British squash talent...

Mostafa Asal timeline: The squash career of Egypt star

Egypt's Mostafa Asal had a junior career suggesting there would be a fine senior career ahead. Few could have believed the events which have...

Teams in mad dash to reach World Junior Squash on time after Houston hurricane

So excited is Pakistan’s Hamza Khan ahead of the defence of his world junior title that he claimed to be training at midnight in...