Thursday, January 16, 2025

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Pakistan snubs World Team Champs and blames players

‘We can’t afford to send a team to America just for a joyride’ By ALAN THATCHER - Squash Mad Editor Squash in Pakistan slumped to a...

Amanda Sobhy and Diego Elias win PanAm gold medals

Diego dazzles in home triumph By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent USA's Amanda Sobhy and Peruvian Diego Elias, both ranked eight in the world,...

Harris halts Vail to win a third National Racketball title

Exeter aces tee up four titles By ALAN THATCHER, MARK FULLER and JENNI ASHFORD Mike Harris clinched a hat-trick of National Racketball titles when he beat...

Top two Ali Farag and Mohamed ElShorbagy in line for Shanghai showdown

Egyptian superstars to continue rivalry in new season opener By SEAN REUTHE Top Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Mohamed ElShorbagy – the men’s World No.1...

It’s number three for Ivan Yuen and Low Wee Wern at the Malaysian Nationals

Three is the charm for Ivan and Wee Wern By KNG ZHENG GUAN and ALEX WAN - Squash Mad Asian Correspondents Three is the magic...

Washington to welcome Men’s World Teams

US to host event for the first time By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Defending champions Egypt are likely to be favourites for the...

New PSA Tour structure results in record prize money

  Prize money total more than $7.5m By SEAN REUTHE - Squash Mad Correspondent The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has today announced that a record prize money...

England name squad for World Juniors

Todd and Lazarus spearhead England challenge in KL By DONNA HELMER - Squash Mad Correspondent National Coach David Campion has named the England squad which will...

Nantes champions Declan James and Nele Gilis face tough draws

Giants Rosner, Coll, Serme and Perry are top seeds in French Open By SEAN REUTHE and JAMES ROBERTS Defending champions Declan James and Nele Gilis...

Opportunity to become the Amateur French Open Squash Champion

Opportunity to become the Amateur French Open Squash Champion By JAMES ROBERTS - Squash Mad Correspondent Squash fans heading to France this September to watch the...

Sweet sixteen for Greg Marche

French ace back up to career-best ranking By SEAN REUTHE  France’s Gregoire Marche has risen two spots to a joint career-high ranking of No.16 in the...

Millie Tomlinson breaks into world top 20

Millie makes major rise in rankings as Nicol David bows out By SEAN REUTHE  England’s Millie Tomlinson has broken into the top 20 of the PSA...

WSF stars’ visit to Kenya ‘not just a four-day thrill’

Nicol David, Camille Serme and Borja Golan lead Ambassadors’ visit  By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent "It's not just a four-day thrill," said Gakuo...

Camille Serme headlines French Open draw

Rösner and Coll are top men’s seeds in Nantes  By SEAN REUTHE French No.1 Camille Serme will headline the Open de France - Nantes 2019 Presented...

India’s Veer Chotrani steals show at Asian Juniors in Macau

Malaysia bags five titles but it is India's Veer Chotrani who steals the show in the Macau By ALEX WAN - Squash Mad Asian Bureau...

The Big Interview: 11 points with Mohamed Abouelghar and the team behind his rise up the rankings

Wael El Hindi and an international support team give Abou the edge  By ALAN THATCHER - Squash Mad Editor Mohamed Abouelghar came very close to a...

U.S. Open Tickets on Sale as FS Investments Renews Title Sponsorship

Support for SquashSmarts as sponsorship helps access, equality, community and excellence By SEAN REUTHE  Tickets are now available for the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash...

Nicol David, Camille Serme and Borja Golan headline WSF trip to Kenya

Kenya set to welcome WSF Squash Ambassadors By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Kenya is set to welcome the WSF Ambassador Programme this week...

Egyptian aces are top seeds in World Juniors

Asal out to keep trophy as El Hammamy bids for a first win By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Almost 200 players representing 30...

Cam and Donna’s double delight in Gold Coast

Clean sweep for Aussies in World Doubles By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Australian cousins Cameron Pilley and Donna Lobban struck double Doubles gold...

Aussies go for triple gold in World Doubles

All-Australia on finals day in Gold Coast By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Hosts Australia are guaranteed gold medals in all competitions after dominating...

Cousins lead Australia to World Doubles semi-finals

Aussies aim for clean sweep in Gold Coast By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Host nation Australia will head into the knockout stage of...

Top seeds shine on day two of World Doubles

Busy day as Pilley and Cuskelly power through  By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent The tournament's top seeds flexed their muscle on day two...

Aussies power through on day one of World Doubles

Pilley and Cuskelly lead home charge By HOWARD HARDING - Squash Mad International Correspondent Hosts Australia made a perfect start to the WSF World Doubles Squash...

It’s easy for squash players to pick up, it’s fun and sociable: Why I love padel, by Elliot Selby

‘Squash players will love the social side of padel, which is not always the case with tennis’ By ELLIOT SELBY  Following Saturday’s introductory article about the...

Clubs that offer squash and padel serve up a double winner

New courts spring up across the UK as Andy Murray invests in padel By ALAN THATCHER - Squash Mad Editor Squash clubs investing in adding padel...

Bridegroom Karim Gawad ends up the best man in Cairo

Raneem roars back to win women’s title  By SEAN REUTHE in Cairo Egypt’s Raneem El Welily and Karim Abdel Gawad are the 2018-2019 CIB PSA World...

Momen gets The Bullet as Abouelghar reaches World Tour Finals showdown against Gawad

Serme sinks Gohar to fly the flag for France (and the rest of the world) By ALAN THATCHER and SEAN REUTHE Mohamed Abouelghar gained his first...

World champions Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini crash out in Cairo

Abouelghar powers through with seven Egyptians in last eight By SEAN REUTHE in Cairo  Men’s World No.1 Ali Farag and defending women’s champion Nour El Sherbini...

Devon dominate at Racketball inter-counties

Nottingham host 19 teams on tough weekend By ALAN THATCHER and MARK FULLER Much as the team at Squash Mad detest the ridiculous name thrust on...

Joy of six as Egyptians dominate in World Tour Finals

Hot and humid in Cairo as ElShorbagy turns up the power By SEAN REUTHE in Cairo The penultimate day of group stage action at the...

Raneem El Welily and Mohamed ElShorbagy qualify for Cairo semi-finals

Tesni Evans battles back for big win over Joelle King By SEAN REUTHE in Cairo  Egyptian duo Raneem El Welily and Mohamed ElShorbagy have become the...

Record numbers expected as Edgbaston hosts Head Racketball National Champs

By DONNA HELMER (Squash Mad Correspondent) A record numbers of players are expected to turn out for the newly merged HEAD 2019 National Racketball Championships...

Sarah-Jane Perry sinks reigning champion Nour El Sherbini in Cairo

Shock on day one of PSA World Tour Finals  By SEAN REUTHE in Cairo  The opening day of the 2018-2019 CIB PSA World Tour Finals saw...

Ali Farag and Raneem El Welily voted PSA Players Of The Year

  Services to Squash Award goes to Tim Garner By SEAN REUTHE in Cairo Egyptian World No.1s Ali Farag and Raneem El Welily were crowned the 2018-19...

James Willstrop interview: I still love playing and training

France holds special memories for Marksman James Interview by Jérôme Elhaïk – Squash Mad Correspondent After having had a tough run (with two five-game matches), James...

Dynamic Duo Dazzle in the Domain of the Dictionary

Dynamic Duo Dazzle in the Domain of the Dictionary By JAMES ROBERTS - Squash Mad Reporter Lichfield being my hometown and a place where I still...

Superstars clash in PSA World Tour Finals in Cairo

Nour meets Nour in repeat of women’s world final By SEAN REUTHE PSA World Championship finalists Nour El Sherbini and Nour El Tayeb have been drawn...

Moving from a theatre to a chateau, Nantes also switches to best-of-three format

Nantes changes name to French Open and upgrades to PSA Silver status By SEAN REUTHE The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have announced today that the Open...

The Komodo ends an illustrious career after a great 2018 at the Commonwealth and Asian Games

The village boy who ended up with a Commonwealth Games bronze and Asian Games gold call its quits - Nafiizwan Adnan By ALEX WAN -...