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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Coaching and Development
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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
Commonwealth Games
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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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%...
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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...
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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...
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British Junior Open Squash 2025 set for Birmingham once again
The world’s very best junior squash players will converge on Birmingham at the turn of the year when the British Junior Open returns from...
Coaching and Development
England Squash appoint Stuart Crawford as national coach
England Squash hope Stuart Crawford can be “transformational” after he was revealed as the national governing body’s new national coach.
Crawford, who will take over...
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Nouran Gohar and Ali Farag lift Xbox PSA World Tour Squash Finals
Women’s World Champion Nouran Gohar and Men’s World No.1 Ali Farag have won the 2023-24 Xbox PSA World Tour Finals after contrasting matches with...
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India puts squash forward for 2036 Olympics Games ambition
Squash has been identified as one of the sports which will be put forward by India should the nation win the rights to host...
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Nele Gilis becomes first Belgian to reach PSA World Tour Finals last four
World No.5 Nele Gilis has become the first Belgian in history to qualify for the last four of the Xbox PSA World Tour Finals...
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PSA World Squash Tour Finals: World No.1’s book last four berths
World No.1s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag have qualified for the semi-finals of the Xbox PSA World Tour Finals after respective wins over...
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World squash appoints police officer as full-time referee
World Squash Officiating has appointed Jason Foster onto the panel of full-time professional referees on the PSA World Tour.
Foster, an 11-time National Police Champion,...
Features
Great squash duels: Jonah Barrington v Geoff Hunt
Jonah Barrington recalls his epic duels with Australian rival Geoff Hunt in the early 1970s
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1972 British Open final, Abbeydale
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