Sunday, December 22, 2024

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WSF: Matthew leads squash bid at Sport Accord

World Champion Nick Matthew Leads Squash Presentation At SportAccord World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran, supported by England's world champion Nick Matthew and Pakistan's leading female player Maria...

WSF: Top stars back Olympic bid

Top stars back the 2020 bid 18 May 2012 Many of the world's leading squash players, including women's world number one Nicol David and men's world number...

ALLAM BRITISH OPEN: Politicians visit O2 and back the bid

Politicians visit Allam British Open & back Squash’s Olympic Bid The Allam British Open welcomed a group of MPs to the O2 Arena...

BLOG: Colin Jackson backs squash to overcome Olympic hurdle

By ALAN THATCHER British hurdles star Colin Jackson backed squash's bid for a place in the Olympics after watching world champion Nick Matthew win through...

India’s girls celebrate Asian triumph

RESULTS: Asian Team Championships, Kuwait City, Kuwait Men's Final: PAKISTAN bt INDIA 2/0 Farhan Mehboob bt Saurav Ghosal 10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 Farhan Zaman bt Siddharth Suchde 11-7,...

BLOG: Let there be light

  By ALAN THATCHER It's obvious that Joe McManus, the Commissioner of the US-based Pro Squash Tour, is not going to pack up his bags any...

Egypt win All-Africa junior titles

EGYPT were crowned the All-Africa Junior Squash champions as the curtain came down on the event at St John's Squash Club in Zimbabwe. The...

Aussie girls love a Hit and a Giggle

New program courts female squash players From The Melbourne Weekly BY AMBER WILSON THE game of squash tends to conjure images of A-type corporate males sweating it...

Squash surges in Oz

Squash Surges In Australia 11 April 2012 A new four-million (Australian) dollar squash centre close to completion in Darwin is yet another example of squash's resilience and...

WSF launch Olympic 2020 brochure

WSF Launches Olympic Bid Brochure 10 April 2012 In the latest step in its campaign to have Squash included in the programme for the 2020 Olympic Games,...

WSF: Jahangir Khan backs World Squash Day

From The Dawn website: KARACHI: The World Squash Federation has announced the launch of a campaign to ensure the inclusion of the sport in 2020...

WSF: World Squash Day to Back The Bid

World Squash Day To Back 2020 Olympic Bid 3 April 2012 World Squash Day takes place this year on Saturday October 20th in a global show...

WSF: Ambassadors head to Malawi and Namibia

Top Players Lead WSF Ambassador Programme To Malawi & Namibia 30 March 2012 Malaysia's record six-time world squash champion Nicol David will lead this year's WSF Ambassador Programme...

Manchester to host 2013 World Open

Manchester is to hold the 2013 men's World Open. The event will take place at the National Squash Centre from October 26 to November 3. World...

WSF: Sue Wright the Olympic Ambassador

Squash Star Sue Wright Appointed Olympic Ambassador Sue Wright, a Commonwealth Games squash gold medallist, has been appointed an Ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic...

WSF: New website launched to back 2020 Olympic bid

Squash Launches Social Media Portal to Drive Online Support for 2020 Olympic Ambition 7 March 2012 As part of Squash's campaign to become part of the...

WSF backs Rackets For Africa

WSF Backs 'Rackets For Africa' Initiative 3 March 2012 The World Squash Federation (WSF) has stepped in to back a Canadian initiative to boost squash development in...

WSF: World Cup success draws significant praise

WSF Heartened By World Cup Success The U21 World Cup has been hailed as a major success by the World Squash Federation - not only for the...

WSF: Egypt triumph in Under-21 World Cup final

RESULTS: SDAT WSF U21 World Cup, Chennai, India Final: EGYPT bt INDIA 2/1 Marwan El Shorbagy bt Ravi Dixit 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7 (58m) Nour El Sherbini lost...

WSF: India meet Egypt in Under-21 World Cup final

RESULTS: SDAT WSF U21 World Cup, Chennai, India Semi-finals: EGYPT bt ENGLAND 2/1 Marwan El Shorbagy bt Charles Sharpes 11-7, 12-14, 11-4, 11-6 (50m) Nour El Tayeb lost...

WSF: France shock England in Under-21 World Cup

  RESULTS: SDAT WSF U21 World Cup, Chennai, India 2nd qualifying rounds - Pool A: AUSTRALIA bt GERMANY 2/1 Jamie McErvale lost to Rudi Rohrmuller 10-12, 12-10, 3-11,...

WSF: Under-21 World Cup launched in Chennai

Indian Government Official Declares World Cup Underway In Chennai 31 January 2012 India's Additional Chief Secretary to the Tamil Nadu Government GA Rajkumar officially inaugurated the SDAT WSF...

WSF: Young stars ready for World Cup

Young Squash Stars Riding High On Eve Of World Cup In India 30 January 2012 Many of the young squash stars of the future eager to...

WSF: Marwan and Emily top junior rankings

El Shorbagy & Whitlock Top Latest WSF World Junior Circuit Rankings 10 January 2012 Whilst Egyptian Marwan El Shorbagy retains his men's number one ranking, England's Emily Whitlock...

Egyptians dominate at British Junior Open

EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS RESULTS: Tecnifibre British Junior Open Squash Championships, Sheffield, England Men's Under 19 quarter-finals:  Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt  Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-8, 11-2...

WSF: Dunlop bounce in with free balls

6 January 2012 National squash federations worldwide have received a boost with the launch of WSF Dunlop KickStart 2012, a newWorld Squash Federation (WSF) initiative which...

WSF: Egypt triumph in Arab Games

RESULTS: Arab Games Squash Championships, Doha, Qatar Men's quarter-finals  Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 13-11, 11-5, 11-6  Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt Rasool Hashim Abdullah (IRQ)...

Malaysian PM hails Nicol David’s success

From Free Malaysia Today PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak hailed national squash queen Nicol Ann David today as the country’s most successful sports icon, saying...

WSF: Ambassadors Nicol David and John White light up Latvia

World Stars Give A Boost To Squash In Latvia 26 November 2011 Squash received a major boost in Latvia when world number ones Nicol David and John White launched...

Blog: Mayans would have made top referees

Just reading an article in the Daily Mail about a game played by the ancient Mayan civilisation which had rules similar to squash. The report...

WSF: 2014 Women’s Worlds head to White Oaks, Canada

2014 Women's World Team Championship Awarded To Canada 15 November 2011 The World Squash Federation (WSF) formally announced today that the 2014 WSF Women's World Team Squash Championship...

DJ Nudie gets in the groove (Naudie but nice)

Former WISPA star Annelize Naude was in charge of the music during the World Open in Rotterdam. Having retired from the World Tour, she is...

BLOG: Nicol David takes centre stage in Olympic bid

By ALAN THATCHER Nicol David continued her quest to continually raise the bar in athletic achievement when she won her sixth World Open title in...

Gold Coast aims to leave lasting legacy

                          The 2018 Commonwealth Games on Queensland’s Gold Coast will leave a lasting legacy for the sport of squash, Squash Australia CEO Gary O’Donnell said...

PSA: Ramy Ashour is Player of The Year

Ramy Ashour Is PSA Player of the Year 10 November 2011 Egypt's Ramy Ashour received the PSA Player of the Year award for the first time at the World...

BLOG: Fighting for media coverage

                                                                    The Guardian newspaper has a fantastic website. That's probably why so few people buy the actual printed version. This week the website launched the Guardian...

WISPA: Nicol David in WSF Hall of Fame

Nicol David’s Remarkable Achievement Malaysia’s world number one, Nicol David has been inducted into the World Squash Federation Hall of Fame as part of the World Squash Awards programme at the World...

WSF launches 2020 Olympic bid

 World Squash Federation Puts Innovation at Heart of 2020 Olympic Campaign 7 November 2011 World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran today stressed that innovation will be...

ARCHIVE: Alan on Nick Matthew

Interesting time to look back on an interview last year when Nick Matthew finally made it to number one in the world rankings Alan Thatcher...

World Open: Six for Nicol as she and Nick retain titles

David destroys Duncalf hopes to make it six of the best Malaysian superstar Nicol David collected a record sixth World Open title at the impressive...