Saturday, February 22, 2025

Tournaments

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...

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...

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...

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.   AUG 26 - SEP 06 CIB Egyptian...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

British Open Squash 2024: Mostafa Asal and Nouran Gohar lift titles after epics

At the very last, with one final soft touch from Mostafa Asal, Ali Farag stopped in his tracks. It wasn’t out of fatigue - the...

British Open Squash 2024: Mostafa Asal ensures all-Egyptian finales

While three main protagonists duly booked their slots in the British Open finals, it was left to Mostafa Asal, in a fractured and tense...