Saturday, December 14, 2024

Tournaments

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 played out a thriller with...

‘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...

Qatar Squash Classic: Olivia Weaver comes through tough Coll test

Doha -- Top seeds Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini both won on Thursday to make it to the last four of the QTerminals...

Qatar Squash Classic 2024: Joel Makin makes top five steps … as new British No.1

Doha -- The Golden Tiger is purring. Joel Makin, with his boxer’s talk, has aims to reach the world’s top five and beyond. First...

Qatar Classic Squash 2024: 10 years on, Nour El Sherbini remains at peak of powers

Doha -- As if we didn’t know already but Nour ElSherbini still has a remarkable stranglehold on the PSA Squash Tour. There are no...

Qatar Squash Classic 2024: Nouran Gohar elusive title remains on track

Egypt’s former World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad sent Qatari No.1 Abdulla Mohd Al-Tamimi out of his home event earlier today as he booked his...

Mostafa Asal: James Willstrop saved my squash career

Doha -- Mostafa Asal hailed James Willstrop “for saving my squash career” as the Egyptian beat an even younger player, the precocious talent of...

How mountainbiking Swiss Alps propelled Nicolas Mueller to Qatar Squash Classic highs

Doha -- Nicolas Mueller spent two weeks in the mountains surrounding St Moritz over the summer putting in the altitude training hard yards. “You...

The ‘brutal Catch-22’ of world squash tour’s 32 draws laid bare in Doha

Doha -- The ball was zipping off the front wall on Court 2 at the Khalifa Tennis & Squash Complex from the moment Jasmine...

‘Huge milestone’: Amina Orfi, 17, breaks top 10 as junior and exam taker

Doha -- No matter who she plays, Amina Orfi, with her slender build and glasses outlining her as still a junior, continues to belie...

Jonah Bryant wins biggest title of career at Budapest Squash Open

Jonah Bryant won the biggest title of his career after beating English compatriot Declan James to the Budapest Open title. The 19-year-old from Brighton beat...

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,...

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...