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ElShorbagy and El Tayeb lock down the first post-Covid titles By SEAN REUTH – Squash Mad Correspondent Egyptian duo Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nour El Tayeb have won the first PSA World Tour event to take place following the suspension of the PSA World Tour due to COVID-19 after wins over Karim Abdel Gawad and Camille [...]
Mohamed ElShorbagy stops Superman Paul Coll to reach first post-lockdown final By ALAN THATCHER and SEAN REUTHE World number one Mohamed ElShorbagy finished strongly to win an 84-minute thriller against Paul Coll to book a place in the final of the 2020 Manchester Open against fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad. World No.3 Gawad beat ElShorbagy’s [...]
Momen and Farag fall as Coll and Marwan move into Manchester semi-finals By ALAN THATCHER and SEAN REUTHE Ali Farag and Tarek Momen tumbled out of the Manchester Open as Marwan ElShorbagy and Paul Coll upset the seedings in squash’s first major tournament since the Coronavirus lockdown. No.2 seed Farag fell to Marwan ElShorbagy in [...]
Evans and Perry survive five-game battles to set up Manchester Open last eight clash By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent The world’s top two British Players, Tesni Evans and Sarah-Jane Perry, narrowly escaped surprise defeats on day four of [...]
Paul Coll and Tarek Momen set up quarter-final clash in Manchester By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent The quarter-finals of the 2020 Manchester Open will feature a rematch of last season’s PSA Men’s World Championship final after World No.4 [...]
Tesni Evans and Declan James survive Manchester marathons By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent The 2019 runner-up Tesni Evans narrowly avoided an opening round upset against Egypt’s Zeina Mickawy earlier today as she snuck a 3-2 victory to reach [...]
Lucy Turmel to meet reigning champion Joelle King in Manchester By ELLIE MAWSON – Squash Mad Correspondent England’s Lucy Turmel will meet reigning champion Joelle King in the Manchester Open after a stunning victory in the first round upset the [...]
Lisa Aitken pumped up for return to action in Manchester Open By ANDY WESTON – Squash Mad Correspondent Squash ace Lisa Aitken feels in good shape ahead of a return to action tomorrow following the enforced six-month lay-off. The PSA [...]
Squash has a great product to sell, but who is doing the advertising? By EDUARDO ALVAREZ – Squash Mad Correspondent Who is advertising squash these days? We all know the conversations in the pub related to growing the sport: “We [...]
World Tour Finals: World No.1 Gohar and world champion El Sherbini in same group By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent Women’s World No.1 Nouran Gohar and World Champion Nour El Sherbini will lock horns in Group A of the [...]
On this day … how World Squash Day was born By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor The world changed on this day in 2001 when two passenger planes were hijacked by terrorists and flown into the Twin Towers of [...]
Rod Bannister interview: “We must change the stodgy way this game has been run and make it cool, funky, and easy to access” Interview by ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor Rod Bannister had just 24 hours to sell his [...]
Geoff Hunt interview via Sportageous: On Jahangir Khan, glass court expansion and Egypt’s dominance By ZUSHAN HASHMI – Squash Mad Correspondent and Founding Partner of Sportageous All you have to do is mention the name, Geoff Hunt, and squash fans [...]
Men’s world top ten turns out to relaunch PSA World Tour in Manchester Open By ALAN THATCHER and ELLIE MAWSON The PSA World Tour will make a long-awaited return when the world’s top players line up at the Manchester Open [...]
Scottish Open: Plans for 2021 “sign of growing confidence and collaboration” in Scotland’s squash community By MICHAEL GREGSON – Squash Mad Correspondent Unmistakably confirming that squash is back from Lockdown, Scottish Squash and partner Springfield Homes have laid down an [...]
Martin wren on Alan’s Blog: How Jacques Fontaine won WSF presidential election after dramatic recount: “Alan I was there in Hong Kong and it was a big stitch up. Jacques and his supporters, two being…” Nov 8, 20:31
on Farag conquers Coll in Qatar final: “Congratulations to Ali Farag and Paul Coll for another great match – and matching Public demeanor fitting Great Squash Players!…” Nov 7, 18:19
on James Bond loved his women, his cars … and his squash: “Danny Lee got in touch last night after reading the article to share his experience of a fantastic evening with…” Nov 5, 09:29
on Coping with Covid and building a sunny future for squash as an outdoor sport: “Let’s go outdoors globally; great piece Alan.” Oct 31, 18:26 on Coping with Covid and building a sunny future for squash as an outdoor sport: “Hi Richard. Lovely to hear from you. I think honesty, fair play, sportsmanship and respectful behaviour transcend everything. Any sport…” Oct 30, 16:28
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