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FEBRUARY 2016 and before

• Cartagena Final
  COLOMBIA: Top seed Mohamed Elshorbagy beat Omar Mosaad in the final of the Colombian $115k event ...

• Tony Parker 1940-2016
  LESTWEFORGET: World Referee Tony Parker passes away ...  Funeral is Mon 7th March ...

• PSL Round SEVEN
  PREMIER LEAGUE: Leicester hold on to top spot at Chichester rise in Division B ... Club Reports: Nottingham suffer at Pontefract ... Chichester go top !!! ...
  Blood on the walls as Surrey defeat St George's ...

• Willstrop tops Wimbledon Draw
  WIMBLEDON CLUB: A new Men's $25k event comes to Wimbledon, London SW19, in March, with James Willstrop topping a world-class draw ... tickets on sale NOW ...
   

• 2016 Men's Worlds head for Cairo
  WORLD CHAMPS: The 2016 Men's World Champs will be held at the Wadi Degla Club in Cairo this Autumn ...
   

• Improve your game
  SQUASHSKILLS: Benchmark your squash to recognise your strength and improve your weaknessess....

• Job Offer
  YELLOWDOTPAGES: You want a great coaching position in California? This is your chance...

• British Nationals
  NATIONALS:  Day SIX in Manchester, and it's time for the FINALS -  Massaro makes it three and it's eight for Matthew ...

• MORE NATIONALS:  Rosner wins ten in a row in Hamburg ... Castagnet and Serme win French titles ... Anjema and Grinham take Dutch crowns ...  
   

• Barcelona Global Squash
  CAMPS: Kicking off this Summer, intensive Squash and Language Camps in Spain ...

• Meguid wins Cactus Classic
  PHOENIX: Three titles in a row for Omar Abdel Meguid ...
   

• SquashSkills -
  the Whole Story
  SQUASHSKILLS: As the new site is launched, an exclusive interview with one of the driving forces behind the top squash coaching resource, Jethro Binns
  INTERVIEW PART TWO

• Catching Up
  CORNER: No Nationals for Dipika... Harrow means business.... Help Fiona to get to Malaysia... Jonathon Power's Club Closed... Nick Taylor for SquashSkills....
    

• South Asian Games
  ASIA: Joshana Chinappa and Nasir Iqbal take singles Gold in Guwahati ...  Double Team Gold for India ...

• LJ's Backhand Crosscourt Nick
  SKILLS: Learn with LJ Anjema the timing, technique and all the secrets of the "coolest squash shot!"....
    

• Parky's Backhand Drive
  SKILLS: Simon Parke shows you how to improve your backhand with this SquashSkills video ...
    

• Moverley reigns in Wilmington
  DELAWARE: Fiona Moverley beats Nikki Todd to the title in Wilmington...

• Oregon Open Final
  OREGON: Omar Abdel Meguid wins all-Egyptian final in Portland for a 20th PSA title ...

• YellowDotPages
  JOB OFFER: A unique chance to work in Southern California...

• Swedish Open
  SWEDEN: It's an all-Egyptian final in Linkoping - Gawad beats Momen in five ...  

• Camille claims Cleveland title
  CLEVELAND: Camille Serme beats Alison Waters in the final in Ohio ...
    

• World Series returns to the Red Sea
  EL GOUNA: The PSA World Series returns to the stunning Red Sea resort of El Gouna in April - Hotel Reservations are now open ...
    

• Women's Worlds Revived
  WORLD CHAMPS: The postponed 2015 Women's Worlds has reportedly been rescheduled for April in Malaysia, with Azlan Iskander's Sportspin organising ...
  UPDATE: Rescued event will be "humble" - and it's official ...

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Nicol David helps Football Player ...  Alister Walker goes to Uni ... So you are the underdog ...

• Cuskelly takes US Pro Series Prize
  USA: Ryan Cuskelly finishes top of the U.S. Pro Series rankings for 2015 ...  
   

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Nour El Sherbini makes in CairoScene...  Q&A with Amanda Sobhy.... UrbanSquash, changing Lives in Boston... James Willstrop Words in the Guardian...

• February World Rankings
  RANKINGS: Ali Farag breaks into top Fifteen as Laura Massaro stays on top ... full rankings ...

• Around the Events
  ROUNDUP: Essam beats Demont in Finnish final ... Whitlock wins Winnipeg title ... Third time's a charm for Kandra in Stampede City ... Down to the last four in Cleveland ...  Clyne and Tomlinson take the titles in Edinburgh ...

• Improve your Game
  SKILLS: Have a look at the Brand New SquashSkills Website... BLOG: Juniors crave instant gratification for success....

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Acrobat Greg Marche gets Thierry Lincou on board... Ted Gross creates controversy about US Colleges...
   

• BBC Archive
  BARRINGTON: It was back in 1976 ... Legend Jonah talks just before the British Open ...

• Catching Up with the Players
  CORNER: Paul Coll signs with Eye Racquets... Mathieu just changed Strings...  Tom Ford, about Winning... Discover Japan Ryosei Kobayashi... Dr Harry Leitch, part II...
   
    

• Men's World Teams - Cancelled
  WSF: The WSF Men's World Teams originally set for Kuwait and then Cairo in December 2015 have been formally cancelled ...
    

• PSL Round Six
  PSL: The Premier Squash League season resume with Round Six - it's still tight at the top as Duffield survive again and Exeter break their duck ...

• New ASB Concept installed in Canada
  COURTS: As a legacy of last year's Pan American Games in Toronto, a pioneering new ASB squash court concept will be installed in the Canadian city of Moncton ...
    

• Farag beats Matthew in Detroit
  MOTOR CITY: Ali Farag completed his rout of top ten players in Detroit as he beat Nick Matthew in the Motor City Open final ...
    

• Around the events
  ROUNDUP: Hopkin rises to the challenge in Helsinki ...
   
  Coleman outlasts Delierre in Medicine Hat final - 130m for three games! ... Letourneau takes Liberty Bell prize  ...   

• Lust grabs Granite glory
  GRANITE: Victoria Lust beats Nicolette Fernandes in the $25k final in Toronto ...

• Cambridge Cup final
  CAMBRIDGE CUP:  Nick Matthew dons the famous Cambridge Club robe as he beats Omar Mosaad 3-1 in the Cambridge Cup final in Toronto ...

• Coming Up
  DRAWS: The draws are out for next month's Colombia Open and Windy City Open ... Meanwhile Mosaad aims to take Canary Wharf title back to Egypt in March ...
   

• Best of PSA Tweets
  SOCIAL MEDIA: Young Simon P & Nicki M ... You know you're Egyptian when ... This Girl Can + When TGreg & Amanda compare butts ...
   

• SEA Cup in Myanmar
  ASIA: Singapore top the medal table as they take the Team Gold to conclude the event ...    

• Worlds Seattle Catch Up
  SPONSORS: An ever-so-discreet Patron ...
   
  SHABANA: Catching up with the Maestro  wide ranging interview
    
  PHOTOS: Relive the competition with SquashSite best photos ...

• World Series Standings
  WORLD SERIES: After four events it's Mohamed Elshorbagy and Laura Massaro who lead the standings as the top eight aim for places in May's World Series Finals ... 

• ToC in New York
  TOC: The first World Series event of the year reaches the final stage ... Sherbini and Shorbagy make it an Egyptian double in Grand Central ...

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Amanda Sobhy in the NY Times Nick Matthew's Column on ToC ... Dr Harry Leitch ... Richard Millman's Philosophy in Squash... "How to become the Best Player" by Laura Massaro ...  Madeline Perry heads down under ...

• British U23 Open
  BSPA: Last held in the 90s, the British Under 23 Open makes a comeback at Roehampton this weekend: top seeds  Richie Fallows and Gina Kennedy are the champions ...

• Catching up
  CORNER: Amanda on US Press ... Habiba out of surgery ... BestTweets from Heba, Nick, Nicol, Donna, Ramy, Sarah-Jane ... Superb Video of Ramy not to be missed ...  Ravi Dixit kidney story goes global ...
    

• BJO in Sheffield
  BJO: It's six for Egypt in Sheffield as Sam Todd keeps the Pontefract flag flying high ...
     

• Keep up with the Refs
  REFEREEING: Thanks to Lee Drew, you can know all you didn't know you needed to know about refereeing ... PART TWO....

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Latest from England Squash... Funny interview Cameron & Line... Great chat with the Shorbagy Brothers... Laura's Blog... Amanda on Fox5NY... Science analyses Squash Strategy!....

• SquashSite
  NEWS: A new team to manage your favourite website ... Meet Lizette & Claudia ...

• Massaro and Elshorbagy top New Year rankings
  RANKINGS: The Jan 2016 World Rankings feature Laura Massaro as a first-time World #1 as Mohamed Elshorbagy returns to the Top ...

• New Year's Tweets
  2016: Check up on festive tweets from the world of squash ... Plus the Fight goes on for the ElShorbagys ...  Best of Egypt ...  

• 2015 in Photos
  PHOTOS: One photo per month to round off 2015 ...  

• James Willstrop
  PLAYERS: One of his best article to date ... About Laura number 1 and emotions ...

• Catching up
  CORNER: End of Hardball ... Value of Stretching ... Urban Squash in El Salvador ... HadrianS: Correct Technique ... Squashing Alzheimer ...
  When Mazen & Gawad went to Pakistan ... Mike Harris: Wearing Eye Protection ...
    

• Press Alerts
  PRESS: Not much happening on the Tournament front at the moment, but there's still plenty of Squash in the world's Press ...     

• Catching up
  CORNER: BBC salutes (finally) Laura Massaro... Hammer of Thor, THE video... USA organises 'Elite Training'... Shorbagy Sr Diet... Tom Ford Blog... Siyoli Waters' Year...

• Improve your Game
  SKILLS: The importance of Volleying...

• World Doubles for Darwin
  DOUBLES: The WSF World Doubles is back, set for Darwin, Australia, in August 2016 ...

• Christmas Tweets
  CHRISTMAS: Check up on festive tweets from the world of squash ... Check out the Latest Editions...

• US Junior Open
  JUNIORS: Egypt and USA take the lion's share of titles in Connecticut...

• Improve your Game
  SKILLS: Thoracic Building... Amateur v Professional, Part One... What do you know about Creatine?

• December in Cairo
  EGYPT: Fram reports from Cairo - The Last days - Part THREE

• Catching up
  CORNER: USA's New Elite Squad... Marrakech wants squash ... Richard Millman's at the USJO ...    

• Around the Events
  ROUNDUP: Bengy retains title in Singapore ... André advances in Kiev ... Meguid and Schoor to contest final in Qatar ...

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Ramy opens up, part 2, Part 3... Spotlight on Paul Coll... Omar Mossad overcomes tragedy... Squash: 10 health benefits ... Best of Tweets with Nicol, Nick, Greg L, Shabana...   
   

• PSA partners with EuroSport
  SQUASHTV: From 1st Jan in Europe all your squash watching needs will be on EuroSport Player ...

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Wee Wern soon back ... Either/Or Alison Waters ... Friends Again: Dipika & Joshna ... Don't Miss James' Mastermind ...  Lovely video Amanda Sobhy ... Ramy chats to Nimick ... 

• Cartagena to host Latin America's biggest
  COLOMBIA: This year's Colombian Open will be a $100k event, held in Cartagena ... 
    

• Looking forward to 2016
  CALENDAR: The 2016 Calendar is filling up ...
   

• Carlisle hit by floods - again
  CLUBS: Ten years after being devastated by flooding, Carlisle Squash Club has been hit again, but harder ...

• Glen Ragou, 1969-2015
  LEST WE FORGET: One of the most popular figures in England's North West squash community passes away ...
   

• Participation on the rise in England
  ENGLAND: The latest Active People Survey shows squash on the rise in England ... 

• Eddie and Rachel in eleventh heaven
  MALAYSIA: Eddie Charlton and Rachel Arnold take the titles in the Malaysian Tour Leg XI ...

• PSL Round FIVE
  PSL: The first half of the Premier Squash League season comes to a close ... who will spend Christmas on top of the tables ?
  Plenty of 3-2 results as the points gaps narrow ...
   
  CLUB REPORTS: Chichester dent St George's record ... Nottingham lose out in local derby ... Simpson the hero for Duffield ...  

• Improving your game
  SKILLS: The Game is Changing... Getting the Best out of Juniors... Cafeine, Performance Enhancer?
  
  Swing with Shawn Moxham....
  Move with Thierry Lincou....
   

• Catching Up
  CORNER: James: Invest in a physio... Lucy going to Yale... Dipika helps Chennai... 

• World Teams Postponed
  MENS TEAMS: The WSF Men's World Teams set for Cairo later this month has been postponed ...
    

• WOMENS WORLDS OFF
  WORLD CHAMPS: The Women's Worlds planned for December in Malaysia is off ...

• TODAY in Hong Kong
  HONG KONG: Finals day in Hong Kong - it's 11 for David and two for Shorbagy ...
   
  Photo Galleries

• Haycocks wins in Montreal
  MONTREAL: Top seed Jaymie Haycocks wins the MAA trophy in Canada ...  

• Schoor secures Valencia title
  VALENCIA: Jens Schoor beats Mazen Gamal in the final in Valencia ...

• Catching up
  CORNER: PSA Babies, meet Manuela Golan....

• December World Rankings
  RANKINGS:  Gaultier regains top spot in men's rankings as women's #1 race hots up ...

• Mohamed after the Worlds
  CORNER: Read the interview of Shorbagy in the Al-Ahram...

• Improve your game
  SQUASHSKILLS: Training Partners, or no training partners... 

• London finals
  LONDON: Top seeds Paul Coll and Millie Tomlinson take the titles ...

• Edmonton Final
  EDMONTON: Top seed Karim Abdel Gawad wins $35k event in Canada , his 12th and biggest yet...

• Barker calls Time
  PLAYERS: England's Peter Barker has announced his retirement from competitive squash ...

• Catching up
  CORNER: James, Never playing again... Madeline, Reality of Life... Tom Ford, St Louis.... Raneem, Dominating the Courts...

• Big Sponsors
  WORLDS: When Skype gets close to Gregory Gaultier...

• Catching Up
  CORNER: Shabana Worst Memory, Chats with Nicol D... Superb Letter to Nicol... Urban Squash in India.... Tom Ford... Raneem, pride and joy...
   

• TODAY at the World Champs
  WORLD CHAMPS: In his fifth final, Gregory Gaultier is finally ... Champion of the World as he beats Omar Mosaad in straight games ..
   
  FULL FINALS DAY COVERAGE
     

• Bellevue EN BREF
  Stuff you just can't miss ... 

• St George's march on as Leicester stun Duffield
  PSL: The fourth round of the Premier Leagues saw a number of close finishes and a first defeat for the champions ...

• PSL CLUB REPORTS: Round Four reports from Nottingham, Duffield and Surrey ... plus Peter Barker talks about the Egyptian formula

• PSA & National Feds in call for World Squash changes
  WORLD SQUASH: PSA have stated their belief that the existing WSF structure must be overhauled in order for the sport to progress ...

• England Squash rebrand
  UK: The governing body for Squash in England has relaunched itself as simply "England Squash" ...

• Two in a row for Ford
  SASKATOON: Tom Ford collects a second title in a row as he beats Steve Finitsis in the Movember Boast final ...  

• Around the Events
  ROUNDUP: Cardwell and Wong win Malaysia Leg 8 ... Gillams wins all-English final in Madison ... Clyne takes St Louis title ... Home win for Josh Masters in Bexley ...

• Monte Carlo Classic
  MONTE CARLO: Jenny Duncalf wins in Monaco ...

• Jan wins Marathon final
  SUTTON: Jan Van Den Herrewegen wins 98-minute final in Sutton Coldfield ...

• Improve your game
  SQUASHSKILLS: Jethro talks through the impact point on the high backhand volley .... Blog: The Importance of Volleying....    

• PSL Round Three
  PSL: Duffield reassert their authority in Group A as St George's take advantage in Group B ...
  Chichester report | Nottingham report

• Catching up
  CORNER: Daniel Poleshchuk ... Trading Secrets ... Dougie Kempsell.. ShabanaTV take2 ... Nele Gilis... Gilly Lane ... Mariam Metwally...

• President Gold Cup
  PAKISTAN: Nasir Iqbal claims the title in Islamabad with a straight games win over Todd Harrity in the final ...
  
     

• Life Time Minneapolis
  MINNEAPOLIS: Arturo Salazar beats Peter Creed in the $15k final in Minnesota ...

• November World Rankings
  RANKINGS: Men -Cuskelly and Gawad claim new highs ... Women - King back in top 20 ...

• Qatar Classic
  QATAR: Finals day in Qatar,  Massaro beats  Sherbini in five for two in a row and Elshorbagy beats Gaultier in four to retain the title  ...
   
  Qatar Classic En Bref

• Finals in SF
  SAN FRANCISCO:  Ramy Ashour beats Nick Matthew in the men's final, as Amanda Sobhy takes the women's title ...

• CLIC Sargent at St George's
  ST GEORGES: Finals Day of the $25k CLIC Sargent PSA Classic ...  Simpson beats Selby for the first time to become the first champion ...  Exclusive: Noah Selby reveals: "I exhausted my Dad before the final"
    

• No Go for Tokyo
  OLYMPICS: It's heartbreak for Squash again as the Tokyo 2020 Committee recommend FIVE sports to be added to the program, BUT NOT SQUASH ...
     
  The decision as it happened  All the Olympic news      
  FAIL-AGAIN: A few press Cuts... Nick Matthew & James Willstrop react ... 

• US Open in Philly
  US OPEN: Gregory Gaultier and Laura Massaro reclaim the US Open titles in Philadelphia ...
   
  FINALS DAY AT DREXEL -
  Massaro in 5, Gaultier in 3
     
  TODAY at the U.S. Open, daily updates