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Khan Heads Record World Championship Field
Pakistan's Aamir Atlas
Khan has been nominated as top seed in the 2008 World Junior
Men's Squash Championship, in which a record 163 players from 37
countries will compete in
Zurich
from 28 July to 1 August
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Honours Shared In Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal honours were
shared between Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan
and India in the Asian Junior Squash Championships in
Busan, the second largest city in South Korea ...
 Tested
Teran Takes LA Title
Despite enduring a 99-minute semi-final
in the Women's Epstein Becker & Green Los Angeles Open,
top-seeded Mexican Samantha Teran survived a 70-minute final
to claim the title
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USA Celebrate Triple Gold PanAm Success In
Ecuador
USA
celebrated triple gold in the 2008 Panamerican Squash
Championships in Cuenca, Ecuador, winning the men's and
women's team titles together for the first time, and claiming their
first men's individual gold ... |
Gaultier & Stoehr Celebrate French Double In
Slovakia
Gregory Gaultier
and Isabelle Stoehr celebrated a unique French double after
winning the men's and women's finals, respectively, in the
European Individual Championships ... |
WSF Instant Update #19
News on the Olympic Strategy, the Three Referee System, Federation
and Tour news, and more ... |
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 David
Celebrates Seoul Success
Malaysia's Nicol
David triumphed in straight games over her great rival
Rachael Grinham in the final of the Women's Seoul Open
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June World Rankings
David Palmer returns to the top five in the men's list while Nicol
David extends her lead in the women's rankings ... |
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 PSA Appoints Richard Graham As CEO
The
Professional Squash Association has appointed Richard
Graham as its new Chief Executive. The former Chief
Operating Officer of the Parallel Media Group plc takes up his
position today ...
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 Susie Simcock Wins
Prestigious
NZ Award
A prestigious award has been bestowed on long
serving New Zealand sports administrator Susie Simcock by
the New Zealand Olympic Committee ... |
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PSA Revises PAR
Scoring Reporting
The Board of the Professional Squash
Association has decided to revise the reporting of its
scoring system with effect from 1 June.
Grainger Grabs Texas
Open Title
US squash star Natalie Grainger
successfully defended her Central Bank
Texas Open title when she beat England's Laura
Lengthorn-Massaro in straight games in the final in
Houston ...
 Gaultier
Wins Maiden
Super Series Finals Title
France's Gregory Gaultier secured the
ATCO Super Series Finals title for the first time after
beating Egypt's top seed Amr Shabana in straight
games in the final at the Broadgate Arena in
London... |
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 HK
Duo carry Olympic Baton
Both Rebecca Chiu and
Christina Mak, among thirty five other Hong Kong
athletes, carried the Olympic Torch in the Torch Relay in Hong
Kong ... |
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 David
Palmer & Nicol David
Foil English British Open Double
Hopes of an English
double were foiled in the finals of the Dunlop British Open -
Liverpool 2008 squash championships when Australia's
David Palmer clinched the men's title for the fourth time
and Malaysian Nicol David the women's crown for a third
time
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 England
Celebrate European Championships Double In Amsterdams
It took well over four hours in just three
matches for England to beat long-time rivals France
3/0 in the men's final of the European Team
Squash Championships
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 Shabana
Overcomes Ashour To Win Kuwait Final
Avenging his loss
to Ramy Ashour only seven days earlier on home soil,
Egypt's world number one Amr Shabana defeated his fellow
countryman in straight games in the final of the Kuwait Open
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Squash On IOC
Shortlist For 2016 Olympic Games
Following extensive
global campaigning by the World Squash Federation since
the sport narrowly missed out being added to the London 2012
programme, the WSF has received news from the IOC that
Squash has been included on the shortlist of sports under
consideration for the 2016 Olympic Games ... |
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 Nicol
David Carries Olympic Torch In KL
Figureheads from
the world of Squash continued to play their part in the
Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in
Malaysia
as the iconic flame continued its high-profile journey around
the globe ...
Ashour & Shabana To Compete In
Dunlop British Open
Egyptian squash stars Amr Shabana and
Ramy Ashour have confirmed their participation in the
2008 Dunlop British Open Squash Championships |
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 Ashour
& Kawy In
Hurghada
Home Double
Second seed Ramy Ashour and third seed
Omneya Abdel Kawy, both from Cairo, produced a popular
home double in the Hurghada Squash International ...
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White & Lengthorn-Massaro In Dublin
British Double
Two thrilling
five-game finals brought the 2008 Cannon Kirk Homes Irish
Open Squash Championships to a resounding climax at
the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin
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 Jahangir carries
Olympic torch
Squash legend
Jahangir Khan carried the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in
his homeland Pakistan this week in what he described as "one of
the most important events in my life" ... |
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Ramy Inspires New Event In Egypt
The meteoric
success of young Egyptian squash player Ramy Ashour has
inspired the launch of a new Super Series Platinum event
on the
PSA Tour in his
homeland ... |
PSA Appoints Herrick
As Honorary Life Member
The
Professional Squash Association has named former Chairman
Jack Herrick as an Honorary Life Member of the PSA
to mark his distinguished service as a Board member for the past
14 years. |
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Chennai To
Host World Doubles
The 2008
World International Doubles Squash Championships, which will
be staged in India in December, will be the first international
tournament to feature the new wider doubles court ...
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