U.S. SQUASH

With Olympic spot on the line, squash scores some points

With Olympic spot on the line, squash scores some points

In the battle to be the chosen one, the sport picked for Olympic inclusion beginning with the 2020 Games, wrestling has met its match: Its name is squash. [...]

May 21, 2013 Squash Media News, Olympic Bid, Squash in the Media 0

Ramy Ashour – the world’s greatest racquet-sport player?

Ramy Ashour – the world’s greatest racquet-sport player?

When it's put to him that he might be the most talented athlete in the world to hold a racquet, a bashful Ramy Ashour admits "that's pretty great". [...]

May 21, 2013 Squash Media News, Olympic Bid, PSA/WSA, Squash in the Media 0

Three North Americans qualify for British Open main draw

Three North Americans qualify for British Open main draw

Three North Americans have advanced through the qualifying stages to the main draw of the 2013 Allam British Open including Americans Latasha Khan and Amanda Sobhy and recent Canadian champion Samantha Cornett. [...]

May 20, 2013 Squash Media News, PSA/WSA 0

Zena Wooldridge becomes second female European Squash Federation president

Zena Wooldridge becomes second female European Squash Federation president

The European Squash Federation, the sport's longest-established regional federation, has elected Zena Wooldridge as the second female President in its 40-year history. [...]

May 20, 2013 Squash Media International, News 0

Column: IOC should put wrestling back on Olympic program, give other 2020 wannabes fair shot

Column: IOC should put wrestling back on Olympic program, give other 2020 wannabes fair shot

Wrestling is heeding the harshest of wakeup calls. Besides, those other sports — squash, karate, roller sport, wushu, sport climbing, wakeboarding and a combined baseball-softball bid — all deserve a fair shot at the one available spot, which they may not get because of the justifiable outcry over wrestling’s exclusion. [...]

May 18, 2013 Squash Media News, Olympic Bid, Squash in the Media 0

From Rome to Squash 2020, Roger Federer sends his very best

From Rome to Squash 2020, Roger Federer sends his very best

Roger Federer once again throws his weight behind the Squash 2020 campaign. [...]

May 17, 2013 Squash Media News, Olympic Bid, Squash in the Media 0

World’s first all-glass hardball doubles court a hit with the pros

World’s first all-glass hardball doubles court a hit with the pros

The world's first all-glass hardball doubles court has officially been given the nod of approval by the world's top players. [...]

May 14, 2013 Kristi Maroc Hardball, International, News, Pro Doubles 0

2013-2014 U.S. Championships dates announced

2013-2014 U.S. Championships dates announced

U.S. Squash has announced U.S. Championships dates for the 2013-2014 season. [...]

May 14, 2013 Squash Media College, Doubles, Hardball, Juniors, News 1

Illingworth hits ten in Las Vegas

Illingworth hits ten in Las Vegas

US squash star Julian Illingworth scored the 10th PSA World Tour title of his career on home soil when he beat Australian Zac Alexander in the final of the Las Vegas Open, the PSA Challenger 10 event at Life Time Athletic in Las Vegas. After retiring from last week’s Houston Open with food poisoning, the [...]

May 14, 2013 Squash Media News, PSA/WSA 0

Home soil 20th title for Illingworth in Vegas

Home soil 20th title for Illingworth in Vegas

Julian Illingworth fittingly celebrates his 20th final on the PSA World Tour on home soil after reaching the climax of the Las Vegas Open. [...]

May 13, 2013 Squash Media News, PSA/WSA 0

Perry’s experience shines on in Texas

Perry’s experience shines on in Texas

Madeline Perry has become the latest WSA World Tour player to win back-to-back titles in 2013 following a successful Texas Open campaign. [...]

May 13, 2013 Squash Media News, PSA/WSA 0

IOC set to shortlist three sports for 2020 Olympics

IOC set to shortlist three sports for 2020 Olympics

Sources tell Around the Rings the eight sports bidding for Olympic inclusion are likely to be cut to a group of three by the IOC Executive Board meeting in St. Petersburg later this month. [...]

May 8, 2013 Squash Media International, News, Olympic Bid 0

Top seeds Delierre and Cornett are new Canadian national champions

Top seeds Delierre and Cornett are new Canadian national champions

Article and images courtesy of Squash Site Shawn Delierre of Montreal, QC captured his first national squash championship on defeating Dane Sharp of Toronto, ON in a hard fought 4 game final 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9. The closely contested final saw the two combatants battled for space but Delierre’s experience proved to be too much [...]

May 7, 2013 Squash Media International, News 0

England men and women win European team squash titles

England men and women win European team squash titles

England's squash players retained their men's and women's team titles at the European Championships in Amsterdam. [...]

May 6, 2013 Squash Media International, News, Squash in the Media 0

Sean Wilkinson Named Men’s Coach at Princeton University

Sean Wilkinson Named Men’s Coach at Princeton University

On Sunday, Princeton University named Sean Wilkinson as its men's squash coach. He is the eighth coach in the history of the Princeton men. [...]

May 6, 2013 Squash Media College, News 0

Pop-up squash courts set up in UK shopping centers

Pop-up squash courts set up in UK shopping centers

Empty retail spaces across the UK are being converted into temporary squash courts. The "pop-up" squash court is part of a campaign being launched this week, called The Big Hit. [...]

May 6, 2013 Squash Media News, Squash in the Media 0

New McArthur Squash Center at BHSC Promotes the Sport

New McArthur Squash Center at BHSC Promotes the Sport

The Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville has hosted professional men and women's tennis tournaments and pro squash could be next. The club has a brand new 12-million dollar squash facility that is already regarded as one of the best in the nation. [...]

May 3, 2013 Squash Media News, Squash in the Media 0

Gordon achieves a career high ranking

Gordon achieves a career high ranking

The Professional Squash Association’s May rankings revealed another big achievement for Chris Gordon, as he reached the highest ranking of his career to date. [...]

May 1, 2013 Kristi Maroc News, PSA/WSA, Team USA 0

Grainger and Davenport dominant at Mixed Doubles Championships

Grainger and Davenport dominant at Mixed Doubles Championships

After becoming the 2013 U.S. Women's National Champion and then winning the women’s World Doubles Championship for the United States in the past month, Natalie Grainger has continued her monumental winning streak in the 2013 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championships on the weekend, teaming up with partner Steve Scharff to take out the Open division final. [...]

May 1, 2013 Squash Media Doubles, News 0

PSA SquashTV Branches Out

PSA SquashTV Branches Out

PSA SquashTV, the PSA's official live and video on-demand website, is extending its operation to cover events outside the PSA World Tour for the first time. SquashTV will cover both the KPMG Grand Slam Cup and the German Bundesliga Finals in Germany. [...]

May 1, 2013 Squash Media News, PSA/WSA 0

New PSA Rankings Show Wide Global Spread

New PSA Rankings Show Wide Global Spread

Whilst Ramy Ashour continues to lead the May Dunlop PSA Men's World Rankings, it is the presence of 11 countries in the top 20 which provides the most noteworthy aspect of the new list published today. [...]

May 1, 2013 Squash Media International, News, PSA/WSA 1

Grayson grabs Houston Open crown

Grayson grabs Houston Open crown

New Zealander Campbell Grayson claimed the sixth PSA World Tour title of his career when he beat Mexico's Cesar Salazar in the final of the Houston Open at Life Time Fitness in Houston. It was an unexpected climax to the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 tournament which was the seventh event of the year in the new U.S. Pro Squash Series. [...]

April 29, 2013 Squash Media International, News, PSA/WSA 1

First-time division winners across the board at Junior Bronze Championships

First-time division winners across the board at Junior Bronze Championships

The 2013 U.S. Junior Bronze Squash Championships, involving two hundred and fifteen players competing in the U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 age divisions were played on the weekend, resulting in first-time champions in each division. [...]

April 29, 2013 Squash Media Juniors, News 0

Illingworth leads home interest in Houston

Illingworth leads home interest in Houston

US number one Julian Illingworth led home interest in the Houston Open through to the quarter-finals after beating Pakistan qualifier Shahjahan Khan in the opening round of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event at Life Time Fitness in Houston. [...]

April 26, 2013 Squash Media International, News, PSA/WSA, Team USA 0

Gordon Grabs Irish Open Semi In Dublin

Gordon Grabs Irish Open Semi In Dublin

A quarter-finalist in his first appearance in the event 12 months ago, US champion Christopher Gordon went one better in this year's Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open in Dublin when he beat local star Arthur Gaskin to reach the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 event at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club. [...]

April 26, 2013 Squash Media International, News, PSA/WSA, Team USA 0