Friday, February 21, 2025

Tournaments

Pittsburgh Squash Open: Joel Makin overcomes Youssef Ibrahim to title

Wales' Joel Makin claimed the 2025 Pittsburgh Open title after beating Egypt's Youssef Ibrahim in a 75-minute thriller at Steel City Squash in Pennsylvania.  The match started with a brutal...

Rankings beater Sam Todd makes hay at Chicago Open squash

As a wildcard and non seed, Britain's Sam Todd will certainly remember the last three weeks after the Briton claimed two successive titles in...

Squash World Cup 2025 returns to Chennai

The mixed-gender SDAT Squash World Cup will return to Chennai, India, this year with the event set for Dec 9-14. The SDAT Squash World Cup...

Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam earns first PSA Squash Tour title of season

Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam earned her first title of the 2024/25 PSA Squash Tour season after defeating No.2 seed Amanda Sobhy in a five-game thriller...

Paul Coll claims first title of season after Motor City Open win

He had to do it the hard way -- even if there was no top seed Diego Elias after the Peruvian’s withdrawal. World No.4 Paul...

Diego Elias loses cool after conduct strokes mar Tournament of Champions finale

The 2025 Tournament of Champions ended in controversy on Thursday night after Diego Elias was awarded two conduct strokes during a high-quality final which...

ToC Squash 2025: Old rivals set up title finales in New York

World No.3 Hania El Hammamy progressed to the final of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions for the first time in her career after...

ToC Squash 2025: Diego Elias holds off Joel Makin in physical battle

World No.3 Diego Elias completed the semi-final line-up at the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2025 after a hard-fought four-game victory over No.5 seed...

ToC Squash 2025: Tinne Gilis reaches QFs for first time

World No.5 Tinne Gilis held off a stirring fightback from Tesni Murphy to reach the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions quarter-finals for the first...

ToC Squash 2025: Diego Elias and Nour El Sherbini advance in New York

Past champions Diego Elias and Nour El Sherbini kickstarted their quests for silverware at the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2025 in successful style,...

Top seeds named for English Junior Squash Champs

Alex Broadbridge and Mariam Eissa have been named as the Under 19 top seeds for the MB Nottingham English Junior Championships (EJC) in Nottingham...

ToC Squash 2025: Gregoire Marche and Amanda Sobhy claim standout wins

France's Gregoire Marche and USA's Amanda Sobhy claimed highlight wins on day one of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2025 in New York,...

Satomi Watanabe hails biggest title, Marwan Elshorbagy claims Cleveland win

Satomi Watanabe and Marwan Elshorbagy have won the Squash in the Land 2025 titles, recording convincing wins over Amanda Sobhy and Tarek Momen respectively...

Rising British squash star Jonah Bryant falls short in Canada

While another rising British racket sport talent, Jack Draper, was going through give-gamers at the Australian Open tennis, Jonah Bryant was doing the same...

British Junior Open Squash: Team USA show future potential after breakthrough

While the 2025 British Junior Open produced more silverware for powerhouse Egypt, it was the performances from the USA which signalled a further shift...

British Junior Open Squash: India’s Anahat Singh on course for hat-trick

India's Anahat Singh stayed on course for a British Junior Open (BJO) hat-trick by reaching the quarter-finals on day two of the flagship platinum...

British Junior Open Sqush 2025: Top seed Ali Khalil shrugs off pressure

England's Ali Khalil shrugged off the pressure of being promoted to top seed by recording a rapid victory on day one of the 2025...

Jefri and Galal to headline 2025 British Junior Open 

Malaysia's Harith Danial Jefri and Egypt's Janna Galal have been named as U19 top seeds for the 2025 British Junior Open (BJO) in Birmingham...

Eyewitness: How Malaysian squash star Nicol David won 2006 women’s world title

David becomes Goliath - Richard Eaton reported on Nicol David's superb win in Belfast Nicol David sounded a bit surprised. ‘One hour and 36 minutes?’...

Egypt end with double gold at World Squash Team Championships

Egypt's women and men made history at Hong Kong Football Club with victories over the USA and England in the finals of the WSF...

World Team Squash 2024: USA women and Egypt to contest title

Egypt and USA will contest the WSF World Squash Team Championship final for the second consecutive time after Egypt cruised past Belgium and USA...

‘Absolutely amazed’: Squash volunteer recognised after 40 years of club service

A long-standing volunteer who arrived at a Norfolk club at the start of the squash boom era in the early 1980s and has been...

Hong Kong, China advance at WSF World Squash Team Championships

Hong Kong, China, enjoyed a perfect day on the home court of Hong Kong Football Club as their women's and men's teams reached the...

Nouran Gohar and Mostafa Asal claim 2024 Hong Kong Squash Open titles

Egyptians warmed up for this week’s WSF World Team Championships by claiming titles at the Milwaukee Hong Kong Squash Open on Sunday. Nouran Gohar and...

Squash unveils new U23 World Championship

A new major competition, a world championship for squash players aged 22 and below, is to be played in Karachi next year. The inaugural WSF...

Egypt to host 2025 World Squash Junior Championships

Egypt will host the 2025 World Squash Junior Championships, following ratification by the WSF board. The championships, which will be contested at New Cairo's Black...

Singapore Squash Open: Teen Orfi reaches first gold-level final

Egyptian teenager Amina Orfi reached her first ever PSA Gold-level final after the 17-year-old claimed victory over Malaysian World No.9 Sivasangari Subramaniam in the...

Squash Super League makes early gains with sell-outs

The Optasia Squash Super League has been given an early boost before its revamping starts in earnest on Friday, with the news that both...

London Open Squash 2024: Declan James and Nardine Garas claim titles

Declan James and Nardine Garas have won the London Open 2024, beating Simon Herbert and Millie Tomlinson in the respective finals at Cumberland Lawn...

Mohamed ElShorbagy wins 50th tour title at China Squash Open

Ahead of his men's final bid after a still superb career, top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy, whose last title came at the 2023 Black Ball...

Yorkshire Premier Squash: Doncaster continue to flout rules

Defending champions Doncaster are seemingly in an act of defiance after once again deliberately flouting new rules over professional squad players in the Yorkshire...

US Open Squash 2024: Farag and Gohar lift titles

World No.1 Ali Farag and World No.2 Nouran Gohar captured the Comcast Business U.S. Open titles after defeating Diego Elias and Nour El Sherbini. Gohar...

US Open Squash 2024: World No.1s to face world champions

World No.1s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag will face current World Champions, Nouran Gohar and Diego Elias, in the respective finals of the...

US Open Squash 2024: Mazen Hesham calls for more rests days

World No.5 Mazen Hesham produced a scintillating spell of attacking squash to overcome defending champion Paul Coll in five games and advance to the...

US Squash Open 2024: Fayrouz Aboelkheir continues seed shock

Unseeded Egyptian duo Fayrouz Aboelkheir and Youssef Ibrahim delivered the first major shocks of the Comcast Business U.S. Open Championships 2024 as they both...

US Open Squash boosted by title sponsor, Olivia Weaver form amid income loss

US Squash could be given a huge shot in the arm if Olivia Weaver is able to continue her run of recent good form...

Canadian Squash Open launches nation’s road to LA Olympics

The 2024 Canadian Women’s Open will offer the largest purse in Canadian history after upgrading to a silver level event. The Oct 27-31 event will...

Olivia Weaver and Joel Makin boost US Open Squash hopes

American Olivia Weaver boosted hopes of a home victory in the upcoming US Open by claiming her maiden Gold-level title at the Silicon Valley...

Silicon Valley Squash Open: Watanabe beats Orfi in five-game thriller

World No.12 Satomi Watanabe produced a fine performance to overcome 17-year-old sensation Amina Orfi in a five-game thriller at the Silicon Valley Open 2024,...

Silicon Valley Open: Marwan ElShorbagy beats brother Mohamed

World No.10 Marwan ElShorbagy delivered a superb performance to defeat older brother Mohamed in straight games and book his spot in the semi-finals of...

Qatar Classic Squash: Diego Elias holds off Mostafa Asal in thrill-fest

Doha -- There was no doubt who the crowd was rooting for. There was also no doubt who is the man to beat at...

Qatar Classic Squash 2024: Nour El Sherbini prevails in classic finale

Doha -- There couldn’t have been a more fitting finale – the world’s top two players, the world No.1 against world champion. Both players...

Qatar Classic Squash 2024: Asal and El Sherbini keep unbeaten record intact

Doha -- Defending champions Ali Farag and Hania El Hammamy were both dethroned today, albeit in contrasting fashion on a thoroughly intoxicating semi-finsls day...