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No happy birthday for Alex Fuller as she falls to wild card Menna Hamed on day one at new Zed Open in Cairo
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
Tournament wild card Menna Hamed claimed the biggest upset on the opening day of the inaugural CIB Zed Squash...
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Australia is awarded the 2023 WSF World Junior Squash Championships
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Correspondent)
The World Squash Federation (WSF) board has awarded the 2023 WSF World Junior Squash Championships to Squash Australia following...
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Experience-based treats for fans available as U.S. Open tickets go on sale
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The world's top ten men and women, including defending champions Mostafa Asal and Nouran Gohar, are confirmed for the...
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Hong Kong, Zurich, Nantes and Singapore are back on the calendar in the first half of the new PSA season
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The PSA World Tour calendar has been published for the new season, with 13 events set to take place...
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Daryl Selby tops the draw at Lexden Open, sponsored by Anglian Flight Centres
By MIKE HEGARTY (Squash Mad Correspondent)
The 2022 edition of the Lexden RFC Open PSA Satellite tournament kicks off on Thursday August 25. Sponsored by...
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PSA announces switch to weekly ranking lists
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The Professional Squash Association has announced that the world rankings will now be calculated and published weekly starting next...
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Amazing England end 22 years of hurt to beat Egypt in thrilling World Junior Team final
“We’ve known each other for eight years, we’re all best mates and it’s special to do it together,” says Jonah Bryant
By JANE BALL (Squash...
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England face Egypt as top two seeds contest World Junior final
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
Defending champions Egypt came through a nail-biting contest with No.3 seeds Pakistan as they reached their ninth consecutive WSF...
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Nick Matthew’s Exclusive Commonwealth Games Review: So much more to come from golden girl Gina Kennedy
Experience, consistency and composure from James Willstrop and Declan James brought us another gold in the doubles
By NICK MATTHEW (Squash Mad Special Columnist)
England’s blend...
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England meet Malaysia in World Junior Championship semi-finals
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
England meet Malaysia in today’s semi-finals of the WSF Men's World Junior Team Championship in Nancy, France.
The No.2 seeds...
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‘Retired’ Games star Daryl Selby is back in action with gold medal winner Declan James in Canterbury this weekend
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England’s Commonwealth Games doubles finalists Declan James and Daryl Selby will be back on court this weekend in the...
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Uganda hero Mike Kawooya seriously injured on return from Commonwealth Games
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Popular Uganda squash captain Mike Kawooya is in hospital with a broken leg suffered soon after his return home...
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Hosts France storm through to second round of WSF Men’s World Junior Team Championship
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
WSF Men’s World Junior Team Championship hosts France put in a solid performance as they overcame Ukraine to top...
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Size Matters: The pain in Spain stays mainly on the brain (and the glutes) as we warm up for the World Masters
‘It felt like the walls were closing in as we discovered some mystery court dimensions, but we still had a gas...’
By ORLA O’DOHERTY (Squash...
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Rowan Damming downs Finnlay Withington to become first Dutch player to win a World Junior title
Amina Orfi fights back from two games down to beat Salma El Tayeb in all-Egyptian women’s final
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
Rowan Damming became...
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Finnlay in World Junior Final: Rare all-European battle to come as Withington meets Holland’s Rowan Damming
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
England’s Finnlay Withington survived a fightback from Pakistan’s No.1 seed Hamza Khan to become the first English player to...
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Finnlay Withington meets top seed in World Junior semi-finals after winning all-English battle
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
England’s Finnlay Withington meets top seed Mohammad Hamza Khan of Pakistan in the semi-finals of the men’s World Junior...
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Day of shocks in World Juniors in Nancy as British champion Torrie Malik falls to India’s 14-year-old Anahat Singh
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
It was a day of upsets and history in the WSF World Junior Championships in France as French 9/16...
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England’s Asia Harris meets top seed after surviving scare in World Juniors
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
England’s Asia Harris narrowly avoided a surprise defeat in the 2022 WSF World Junior Championships in Nancy when she...
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Marwan ElShorbagy and Joelle King are top seeds as Nantes event returns to the PSA calendar
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Commonwealth Games medal winners Joelle King, Declan James and Saurav Ghosal are in action alongside World Games champion Victor...
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2022 WSF World Junior Championships under way in Nancy
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
The WSF World Junior Squash Championships made a triumphant return today after a three-year absence due to the COVID-19...
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Commonwealth Games: Joelle King equals record as Willstrop and James win men’s doubles gold
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
New Zealand’s Joelle King has equalled Rachael Grinham’s record as the most decorated female squash player in Commonwealth Games...
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Commonwealth Games: Second gold for Paul Coll as he and Joelle King win mixed doubles final
All-England final in men’s doubles: Willstrop and James v Waller and Selby
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Paul Coll powered to a second Commonwealth Games...
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Squash Junkies descend on Amsterdam for the game’s ultimate social gathering
The biggest squash party on the planet at the Meersquash club that Paul Coll and Nele Gilis call home
By MIKE HEGARTY (Junkie addict and...
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Commonwealth Games Doubles: Paul Coll bids for another gold and thanks team-mate Joelle King
“Joelle is incredible; she has the most energy out of all of us and she just keeps lifting everybody,” says Coll
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Commonwealth Games Doubles: Alison Waters leads England into two semi-finals
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Alison Waters leads Team England into two semi-finals in the Commonwealth Games doubles. She is partnering Sarah-Jane Perry in...
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Olympic Games 2028: Squash is one of nine sports on bidding process shortlist
LA entry list likely to focus on ‘engaging the best athletes’ rather than a global spread
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Squash is among nine...
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Commonwealth Games Doubles: Husband and wife Greg and Donna Lobban on rival teams
Mixed fortunes on a busy day for England’s golden girl Gina Kennedy
By ALAN THATCHER and JANE BALL
All of Wednesday’s medal winners were back in...
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Golden girl Gina Kennedy hopes to inspire a new generation of females to take up squash
South London’s squash Lioness thanks Bexley coach Ben Ford for her success
By ROD GILMOUR (Squash Mad Correspondent in Birmingham)
Gina Kennedy’s price for winning a...
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The battle for gold: ‘I was getting a bit lost out there and I was cramping up at the end,’ admits champion Paul Coll
‘We both knew it was going to be a battle – at the end my quads and calves were going and the calf cramped...
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Commonwealth Games Live Blog: Gold for England New Zealand after two epic finals
It’s gold for Gina Kennedy and Paul Coll, and bronze for Sarah-Jane Perry and Saurav Ghosal
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
After five days of...
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Joel Makin has a major point to prove as he bids to stop Paul Coll in his quest for gold
Gina Kennedy is in the final, and there is so much more to come from this determined, likeable Lioness of an athlete
By ALAN THATCHER...
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A dream is set to come true as Gina Kennedy has her heart set on gold in Birmingham
By ROD GILMOUR (Squash Mad Correspondent)
There were times in the aftermath of Gina Kennedy’s physical win over SJ Perry, the 2018 finalist, where the...
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Commonwealth Games Live Blog: Semi-finals day at the University of Birmingham
Hollie Naughton and Gina Kennedy stun top seeds Joelle King and Sarah-Jane Perry to reach the women’s final
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England’s Gina...
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James Willstrop needs to summon up another mighty performance to get past Joel Makin
Defending men’s champion reveals that he was inspired by watching Lucy Turmel’s incredible effort against Joelle King
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Four British players...
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Commonwealth Games Live Blog, Day 4: Quarter-finals at the University of Birmingham
James Willstrop battles back to stop Rory Stewart after top seeds Joelle King and Paul Coll overcome Lucy Turmel and Adrian Waller
By ALAN THATCHER...
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World champion Ali Farag heads unchanged men’s top 20
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
Egypt’s world champion Ali Farag heads up an unchanged top 20 after the PSA Men’s World Rankings for August...
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Nouran Gohar remains on top of PSA women’s rankings for a fifth month
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
Egypt’s Nouran Gohar has stayed at World No.1 for a fifth successive month after the PSA Women’s World Rankings...
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Rory Stewart roars back to rock Patrick Rooney in one of the most incredible matches in Commonwealth Games history
Day Three review from the University of Birmingham
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Scotland’s Rory Stewart produced the performance of a lifetime to roar back...
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BBC answers furious complaints from squash fans about lack of coverage from the Commonwealth Games
EXCLUSIVE by ROD GILMOUR (Squash Mad Correspondent)
The BBC has assured squash fans of coverage of their sport after an outpouring of dissatisfaction at no...