Tag: WSF
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In-Form Al Tamimi Raises Qatari World Junior Hopes
Poland, July 15, 2013: Two successive titles on the junior international squash circuit this month have raised Qatari teenager Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi‘s hopes of becoming the first Middle East winner of the WSF World Junior Squash Championship in the 33-year history of the event. In the event’s first ever staging in Poland, the 2013…
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WSF Ambassadors Leave Long-Lasting Memories
Venezuela, July 04, 2013: As the 2013 WSF Ambassador Programme visit to Venezuela neared its conclusion, Francisco Paradisi had no doubts about its impact: “Our people will never forget it,” said the President of Federacion Venezolana de Squash. “It was definitely an inspiring visit which people will be talking about for a long time.” Led…
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Junior Championships highlight global reach of Squash
London, June 24, 2013: The growing reach of Squash around the world has never been more emphatically demonstrated than by the seeding for next month’s WSF World Junior Squash Championships in Poland. The top eight seeds for the men’s event hail from seven different nations and four separate continents – with players from Jordan and…
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Dubai Squash Show Night Features Showcourt
London, June 24, 2013: A spectacular glass-court squash show night launches the 2013 Dubai Summer Sport Festival at the Dubai World Trade Center next month. The four-sided glass court, donated by Courtwall (pictured below), will be used throughout July and August for a non-stop series of local tournaments, company events, junior training and open days.…
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Nicol David Heads World Games Field In Colombia
London, June 20, 2013: Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David is seeded to win her third successive World Games squash title when the ninth edition of the event takes place in Cali, Colombia, from 25 July to 4 August. The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event – designed for sports…
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World Championship Heralds New Era For Squash
London, June 19, 2013: The spectacular – and unique – vision of three all-glass squash courts greeted capacity crowds as they poured into the Palais Des Sports in the city of Mulhouse for the 24th staging of the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship, held in France for the first time in its 46-year history.…
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England Upset Title-Holders Egypt
Malhouse – France, June 15, 2013: In a dramatic final of the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship in France which went the full distance, second seeds England upset defending champions Egypt to reclaim the sport’s most prestigious trophy for the fifth time since 1995. Daryl Selby put the underdogs ahead before world number one…
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4 Nations reach World Semis for fourth time
Mulhouse – France, June 13, 2013: Egypt, England, Australia and hosts France will contest the semi-finals of the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship for the fourth time in a row after surging through today’s quarter-finals of the biennial event being staged in France for the first time in its 46-year history. 31 nations are…
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Canada Crown Colombia in crucial Championship clash
Malhouse – France, June 11, 2013: A crucial match in today’s final qualifying rounds of the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship in France – the outcome of which would either have put one nation into the world top 16 for the first time ever or another out of the elite group for the first…
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Botswana Boast World Championship Breakthrough
“Our first championship – and our first win,” exclaimed the exuberant Botswana number one Alister Walker as he stepped off the court after winning the decider against Poland on the second day of qualifying in the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship in France. Both Poland and Botswana are making their debuts in the 24th…