Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Tournaments

Diego Elias motors to fourth successive title in Detroit

World squash No.2 Diego Elias captured his fourth consecutive Sturbridge Capital Motor City Open title and his first title of the season after a...

ToC Squash 2024: Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag capture titles

World No.1s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag came through 3-2 thrillers to capture the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions titles in New York. It had...

ToC Squash 2024: Rowan Elaraby storms into NYC semis

World No.12 Rowan Elaraby has reached a semi final of a Platinum-level event for the first time since 2022 after overcoming her Egyptian compatriot...

ToC Squash 2024: El Sherbini and Crouin march on in New York

Defending J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions champion Nour El Sherbini ended home interest after ousting USA's Olivia Weaver to progress to the semi finals,...

ToC Squash 2024: Egyptian rising star Amina Orfi battled into last eight

Egyptian rising star Amina Orfi battled back from 2-1 down against Tinne Gilis to advance to the quarter finals of the 2024 J.P. Morgan...

ToC Squash 2024: Malak Khafagy sets up World No.1 date

Egyptian trio Salma Hany, Malak Khafagy and Yahya Elnawasany claimed impressive wins on day two of the 2024 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions as...

‘I nearly quit’: Mostafa Asal hails first title of season after third ban

Mostafa Asal and Nour El Sherbini claimed the first PSA World Tour titles of 2024, winning their respective finals at the SmartCentres Kinetic Florida Open. Asal...

Dutch Squash Federation looks for event boost after Olympic inclusion

Dutch Squash Federation has appointed Arjan Janssen as Squash Bond Nederland associate director and says the sport’s Olympic inclusion is an “extra boost” as...

Hong Kong to host first combined World Team Squash Championships

Finally. After years of standalone events, the WSF Men’s and Women’s World Team Championships will be a combined tournament for the first time in...

New city additions add sparkle to squash’s 2024 calendar

A new year - the first as an Olympic sport - brings some fresh additions to the professional squash calendar in 2024, which includes...

British Junior Open Squash 2024: Egypt create history with perfect 10

Egypt swept the board for the first time across all 10 age categories at the British Junior Open on Sunday. Mohamed Zakaria and Fayrouz Aboelkheir...

British Junior Squash Open 2024: Draws revealed for Birmingham showdown

The draws for the 2024 British Junior Open (BJO) in Birmingham have been released with Egypt’s Mohamed Zakaria and Fayrouz Abouelkheir headlining the Boys...

World Squash Teams 2023: Egypt men win hat-trick of titles

Egypt won their third consecutive WSF Men’s World Team Championship on Sunday after holding off England in the final in Tauranga, New Zealand. This win...

Squash World Teams 2023: England and Egypt men in title battle

England and Egypt will contest the final of the Men’s World Team Championship final for the fifth time in a row since 2011. In the...

World Team Squash 2023: Swiss make history in Tauranga

Switzerland made national sporting history as they overcame USA to reach a first ever WSF Men’s World Team Championship semi-final, where they will join...

ToC 2024: Egyptians top billing for New York showpiece

Egyptian world champions Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini have been named as the No.1 seeds for the 2024 Tournament of Champions, which will...

World Team Squash 2023: USA men end New Zealand home hopes

USA broke home hearts in Tauranga’s Mercury Baypark Arena with a hard-fought victory over New Zealand as they reached the last eight of the...

World Team Squash 2023: Simon Rösner rolls back years for Germany

Yannick Omlor and Simon Rösner delivered a seedings upset for Germany as they helped their side beat No.8 seeds Hong Kong, China, to top Group H...

Couple Paul Coll and Nele Gillis lift New Zealand Open titles

Soon-to-be husband and wife Paul Coll of New Zealand and Nele Gilis of Belgium have been crowned the New Zealand Open squash champions after...

Amanda Sobhy on achilles nightmare: I’m coming back stronger… again

A career spanning 15 years on tour yields an abundance of ups and downs, especially one as demanding as squash. However, few could have foreseen...

PSA round-up: Coll and El Hammamy capture Hong Kong Squash titles

A "stoked" Paul Coll and Hania El Hammamy were crowned the TTI Milwaukee Hong Kong Squash Open 2023 champions, defeating Ali Farag and Amanda...

Hong Kong Squash 2023: Amanda Sobhy ousts World No.1

US No.1 Amanda Sobhy produced a fine performance to oust World No.1 Nour El Sherbini and progress to the final of the TTI Milwaukee...

Hong Kong Squash Open: Mohamed wins ElShorbagy battle

Mohamed ElShorbagy battled through the pain barrier to avenge the defeat at the VITAGEN Singapore Open to his brother Marwan to reach the semi...

Hong Kong Squash 2023: Nour El Sherbini survives local scare

World No.1 and seven-time World Champion Nour El Sherbini avoided a potential upset against World No.57 Chan Sin Yuk after the Egyptian won 3-2...

‘We can make Premier Squash League bigger and better in 2024’

England Squash has admitted to “disappointment” that the Premier Squash League was postponed with just four teams on the roster, but hopes that fresh...

Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam claims biggest title to date

Egypt’s Aly Abou Eleinen and Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam became Hong Kong Football Club Open champions after they claimed respective wins over men’s No.3 seed...

Upsets as Hong Kong Football Club Open reaches final hurdle

Egyptian 16-year-old Amina Orfi came from behind to defeat No.1 seed Georgina Kennedy in a five-game thriller and progress to the Hong Kong Football...

Ali Farag and Nele Gilis claim Singapore titles

Nele Gilis defeated sister Tinne in a brutal five set clash, while Ali Farag overcame Diego Elias in a final for the third time...

QSF 4 2023: Momen, Crouin headline Doha event

Egypt’s Tarek Momen and French No.1 Victor Crouin will headline the QSF 4 2023, which is due to take place between November 23-27 in...

Malaysia Squash Cup: Double Egyptian title success

Egyptian duo Karim Abdel Gawad and Nour El Tayeb became Malaysia Squash Cup champions after they claimed respective wins over men’s top seed Mostafa...

Malaysia looks to next squash gen with homegrown satellite plan

Malaysian squash hopes that a 12-strong run of homegrown tournaments, run by  a passionate sports agency, will help bring on the next generation of...

Egypt juniors pay to play at British Junior Open

Egypt’s young production line of talent will have to pay to play at the British Junior Open in January. That’s according to Egypt Squash Federation...

Newly-married Olivia Fiechter and Diego Elias win Pan American gold

Olivia Fiechter, who married just a fortnight ago and now plays under her Weaver surname, came back from two games down to beat US...

Student makes engineering final with squash laser innovation

An innovation which could revolutionise squash has been shortlisted for a national award after being designed by a British squash loving student. Mechanical engineering graduate...

Hong Kong Squash Open returns outdoors for finals

The Hong Kong Squash Open will use the city’s outdoor colour when the November event takes place. The 2024 tournament will be played beside...

Hong Kong players urged to raise ranking with Olympics in mind

Second seed Lee Ka Yi upset the odds to win the Hong Kong Championships 2023 national women's title at the weekend. Yi beat top seed...

Australian Open Squash 2024 set for prominent Sydney location

The Australian Open is set to be elevated to an “unprecedented audience” for the 2024 event with the glass court placed in Martin Place,...

Squash next gen eye British Junior Championships success

Rising British juniors will aim to take the first steps towards Olympic aspirations when the ProAir Engineers British Junior Championships take place in Yorkshire...

British Open Squash 2024 handed June date for Birmingham Rep

The British Open will return to Birmingham next year after a June date was set for The Rep Theatre. The 2024 event will be staged...

Premier Squash League players blast decision to postpone start

Premier Squash League players lambasted the decision to scrap the start to the new season until next year as a “disgrace” - with only...