Saturday, December 21, 2024

Tournaments

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...

British Open Squash 2024: All-Egyptian women’s last four, men’s up for grabs

World Champion Nouran Gohar booked her spot in the semi-finals of the 2024 British Open after a ruthless performance saw her defeat England No.1...

British Open Squash 2024: Joel Makin upends distracted Diego Elias in style

First, Diego Elias complained about the floor and then he was shown the British Open door as Joel Makin advanced to the semi-finals on...

British Open Squash 2024: Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng reaches last eight in thriller

The British Open reaches the last eight stage with a Malaysian whose name isn’t Nicol David still in the draw at this stage for...

British Open Squash 2024: Joel Makin puts Youssef Ibrahim on canvas in classic

Birmingham -- Joel Makin uses boxing off-court in his pursuit to be the best in the game. On Tuesday, the teak-tough Welshman also had...

British Open Squash 2024: Ali Farag staves off two matches in one day

Defending men’s champion Ai Farag faced the possibility of playing two matches in one day after sustaining a blood cut injury at the British...

British Open Squash 2024: ‘Jonah Bryant one of brightest talents in English squash’

A player wearing goggles on a glass court in a major tournament is both a rarity and a sightly indication of rising star status....

Manchester Open Squash: Georgina Kennedy and Joel Makin take titles

Home hopes Georgina Kennedy and Joel Makin warmed up for the British Open by taking the Manchester Open titles on Sunday. Kennedy overcame top seed...

Hertfordshire seal Masters Inter County England Squash double

Hertfordshire secured a memorable weekend double at the 2024 Masters Inter County Championships finals after the county clinched the women’s O40 and O50 titles. Warwickshire,...

‘You could see his eyes, his body’: Late finish, cramp derails Mostafa Asal title bid

Mostafa Asal revealed that he finally got to bed at 7:30am on the morning of the World Championship final following his semi-final exertions. Asal beat...

World Squash 2024: Diego Elias and Nouran Gohar finally lift showpiece

Diego Elias and Nouran Gohar, two former World No.1s who had never lifted the sport’s showpiece title, finally prevailed in commanding fashion to win...

World Squash 2024: Cairo witnesses semi-final thrillers

It was after 2am in Cairo when Mostafa Asal finally cast aside Paul Coll to set up a brace of eagerly-anticipated finals on Saturday...

World Squash 2024: Egyptians ready to rule roost once more

World No.2 Nouran Gohar and World No.3 Hania El Hammamy will contest the latest chapter of their rivalry in the semi-final stage of the...

World Squash 2024: Mohamed ElShorbagy showing ‘The Beast that I want to see of myself

Mohamed ElShorbagy came from a game down to oust younger brother Marwan and book his spot in the quarter-finals of the CIB PSA World...

World Squash 2024: ElShorbagy brothers set up sibling showdown

Mohamed and Marwan ElShorbagy both won their second round matches to set up a sibling showdown at the World Championships. The all-English affair will...

World Squash 2024: Title holders kick start Cairo campaign

Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini kicked off their world title defences with respective wins over Todd Harrity and Jessica Turnbull at the Palm...

World Squash 2024: Will Egyptians rule the roost once more?

The first World Championship to be staged with squash as a newly-installed Olympic sport starts on Thursday in Cairo. How many of the main protagonists...

European Team Squash 2024: Belgium women make history, England men secure title

Belgium made squash history at the ESF European Team Championships in Zurich on Saturday as the formidable Gilis sisters earned the nation's first ever...