In part two of his end-of-year exclusive with Squash Mad, world champion Ali Farag looks back on his 2022 highlights and tells us of his satisfaction at finishing year-end world no.1 for a fourth time.Worryingly for his PSA World Tour rivals in the year he became a three-time world champion, Farag has reaffirmed the belief of his coaching camp that…

USA made history by overcoming Canada to reach the semi-finals of the WSF Women’s World Team Championship for the first time.The no.2 seeds, who have finished fifth at the last three tournaments, had impressed in comfortable pool stage victories over Australia, Germany and 7/8 seeds Scotland, but were pushed to the limit in the opening quarter-final which pitted USA’s world…

Twelve years ago last month, I watched from non-plastic, comfy seats in Rotterdam’s spacious Luxor Theatre as Nick Matthew defended his world title on the glass court perched on stage. The final lasted 93 minutes and there was no curtain drop at half-way, bar an injury time out to beaten opponent Greg Gaultier. This was all-action drama and tears flowed…

The British Open will bring squash’s penchant for theatre and drama to the 2023 tournament when it moves to Birmingham.After 10 years being staged in Hull, the sport’s oldest tournament will see opening rounds staged at Edgbaston Priory Club before an all-glass set up on stage at Birmingham Rep in the city centre from the third round onwards. The event…