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French Open Squash receives sponsor and TV rights boost
The 2023 French Open, which will be played in August, has received a major boost after inking a headline sponsor and securing a TV...
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Wales’ Lowri Roberts celebrates first PSA squash title
Welsh player Lowri Roberts won her first PSA title at the PSA de Normandie this month - despite carrying an injury.
Roberts, the World No.116,...
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Eain Yow Ng and Jasmine Hutton win Irish Squash Open titles
Top seeds Eain Yow Ng and Jasmine Hutton captured the Cannon Kirk Gillen Markets Irish Open titles at the weekend.
Malaysia’s No.1 Ng was in...
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RAC win Premier Squash League title as Paul Coll comes back from brink
Paul Coll came from two games down against former world champion Nick Matthew to help RAC claim consecutive titles in England's Premier Squash League.
Leaders...
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First-timers Inverness reach European clubs after national success
In one of the most staggering success stories in Scottish Squash history, Inverness Squash Club have been crowned Women’s National League Champions in the...
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Supreme Ali Farag turns from doubter to bag first British Open Squash title
Birmingham -- At a venue fit for squash, Ali Farag produced one last hour-long effort of Ramadan-induced endurance on Sunday. The Egyptian won 13-11,...
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British Open Squash 2023: Brilliant Nour El Sherbini powers to fourth title
Birmingham -- It started with a cross-court volley kill from Nouran Gohar and ended with a stinging forehand drive by Nour El Sherbini. In...
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British Open Squash 2023: Diego Elias sets up Ali Farag final showdown
Birmingham -- Relief was palpable for Diego Elias on Saturday night. The mind whirling after being installed as World No.1 and the euphoria back...
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British Open Squash: Ruthless Nouran Gohar races to familiar final
Birmingham -- Laura Massaro tells the story from a decade ago when a 15-year-old raw teenager, Nouran Gohar, with power hitting already in the...
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British Open Squash: Paul Coll on a Birmingham roll as hat-trick looms
Birmingham -- Paul Coll admitted he had to draw deep on his big game experience to get past Marwan ElShorbagy and make his third...
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British Open Squash: Amanda Sobhy issues big three warning after telling win
Birmingham -- A year ago, Amanda Sobhy admitted to being at a low ebb. On Friday night, the American issued an “I’m coming for...
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British Open Squash 2023: Diego Elias comes back from the brink
Birmingham -- World No.1 elect Diego Elias said that the extra expectancy of going to the top of the squash tree almost cost him...
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British Open Squash 2023: Belief in fifth cost me, admits Gina Kennedy
Birmingham -- Gina Kennedy has admitted that a slight lack in belief cost her against Nour El Sherbini when it mattered most in the...
Growing the game
New international tour gives Masters squash a major boost
A newly-expanded international Masters circuit starts in May and is set to give age-group squash a much-needed shot in the arm after the pandemic.
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British Open Squash 2023: Mazen Hesham ready for ‘octopus’ Ali Farag
Birmingham -- Mazen Hesham has dismissed any suggestion he has the edge ahead of Saturday’s British Open semi-final with Ali Farag, a player he...
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British Open Squash: SJ Perry no match for World No.1 Nouran Gohar
Birmingham -- Sarah-Jane Perry has vowed she is going nowhere despite being ultimately out-gunned by World No.1 Nouran Gohar in a 34-minute straight games...
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British Open Squash 2023: Ramadan no issue for battling Ali Farag
Birmingham -- Ali Farag refused to make Ramadan an excuse as he survived being without fluid for almost 16 hours to defeat the similarly...
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British Open Squash 2023: Diego Elias sets up Victor Crouin showdown
The British Open took the traditional route as Marwan ElShorbagy reached a fourth career quarter-final. Now, the Egyptian will face the hardest route if...
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British Open Squash 2023: Gina Kennedy staves off Gillis fightback thriller
“I live to fight another day,” said Gina Kennedy, as the Englishwoman racked up another impressive milestone on Wednesday in reaching a first British...
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British Open Squash 2023: Mohamed ElShorbagy beaten in Birmingham thriller
Resurgent Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad turned from an evening entertainer to matinee villain as home hope Mohamed ElShorbagy was ousted in a thriller at...
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British Open Squash 2023: Diego Elias digs deep to remain on title track
Many will be wondering how the lop-sided British Open draw, with eight top seeds and 9/16s pitted against title contenders while non seeds had...
Features
British Open Squash 2023: Mohamed Elshorbagy aims for mentor to tread Birmingham stage
Mohamed Elshorbagy has admitted that this year’s British Open has a special resonance for him.
It was in June last year that the best kept...
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British Open Squash 2023: James Willstrop denied as wild cards advance
There was anguish, despair and wild card joy in equal measure on the opening day of the British Open on Sunday.
For home players, the...
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British Open Squash 2023: Birmingham preview
Where: Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham Rep
When: April 9-16 2023
A World No.1 banned from playing, two players jostling to take over, a Kiwi attempting a...
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ElShorbagy and Kennedy to lead European Team squash charge
Mohamed ElShorbagy will pull on the England jersey when he lines up at the 2023 European Team Championships this month.
Emerging talent Lucy Beecroft and...
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Teams lined up for revamped Squash World Cup in Chennai
Nine teams from five continents will contest the relaunched Squash World Cup in June following the final confirmation of places.
From Asia, hosts India will...
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Karim Abdel Gawad wins first PSA World Tour event in 12 months
It was almost as though he had never been away as Karim Abdel Gawad won his first PSA World Tour title in a year...
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Evergreen Fredrik Johnson wins 56th national squash title!
The evergreen Fredrik Johnson says he “may have the longest career in squash history” after winning an astounding 56th Swedish national title.
The 59-year-old won...
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Charlie Lee pulls off stunning Wimbledon win over Mohamed ElShorbagy
World No.58 and event wildcard Charlie Lee pulled off an astounding upset at the Optasia Championship by beating world No.1-chasing Mohamed ElShorbagy in four...
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Karim Abdel Gawad produces Wimbledon talent show after injury hell
WIMBLEDON -- “It’s like Saturday night fever!” drifted PSA commentator Joey Barrington’s phrase through the curtains at the Optasia Championships. Amid some of the...
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Egypt star Mostafa Asal hit with six-week ban from PSA World Tour
World No.1 Mostafa Asal has been hit with a six-week ban after being cited for "dangerous play" on the PSA World Tour as the...
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Optasia Championship: Squash greats jostle for SW19 glory
Event organiser Danny Lee previews this week’s 2023 Optasia Squash Championship at The Wimbledon Club, London.
Fittingly, the second-biggest sport event to take place in...
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Title return! Paul Coll bags third Canary Wharf Classic squash title
LONDON -- A tournament which had a subplot of three players vying for the World No.1 spot instead saw Paul Coll bag a hat-trick...
Canary Wharf Classic
Canary Wharf Classic 2023: Makin wins bruiser with Asal to set up Coll final
Joel Makin and Paul Coll will meet in the GillenMarkets Canary Wharf Classic final in a repeat of their Commonwealth Games gold medal duel after...
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Canary Wharf Classic 2023: Mostafa Asal keeps World No.1 rivals at bay
LONDON -- This was a quarter-final night where Mostafa Asal largely let his squash do the talking as he kept hold of his World...
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Canary Wharf Classic 2023: Mohamed ElShorbagy beats James Willstrop
In a battle of two former World No.1, Mohamed ElShorbagy overcame 39-year-old James Willstrop in a three-game contest to reach the quarter finals of...
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‘Squash fans let players know what they like and it works a treat’
The Canary Wharf Classic is set for an electric week in its 20th running, with three players vying for the World No.1 spot and...
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ElShorbagy and Gohar power to Black Ball Squash Open titles
Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nouran Gohar are the 2023 Black Ball Squash Open champions after achieving respective wins over Tarek Momen and Hania El Hammamy...
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ElShorbagy wins epic to deny close friend Elias world No.1 spot
Mohamed ElShorbagy put in a sensational performance at the Black Ball Open to scupper Diego Elias' hopes of becoming squash's new world No.1.
World No.4...
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Mohamed ElShorbagy set for first British Open squash tilt as Englishman
Three-time British Open champion Mohamed ElShorbagy will compete at the ‘Wimbledon of Squash’ as an English player for the first time when the event...