India's top squash player Joshna Chinappa claimed the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating top seed and local favourite Siti Munirah Jusoh in straight games in Penang on Sunday.
India were, on Friday, assured of three medals in squash competition of the 18th Asian Games with Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik advancing to the semifinals of their respective singles events in Jakarta.
Indian women squash team on Sunday created history by winning its maiden Asian title by defeating top seed Hong Kong 2-0 in the final in Kuwait.
The World Squash Federation imposed a one-year ban on Pakistan Squash Federation secretary Irfan Asghar on Friday, for stating that WSF president N Ramachandran played a "malicious role" in preventing his country's players from obtaining visas for a tournament in Belgium. The WSF said Asghar brought both the sport and the federation into 'disrepute'.
Six-time national champion Saurav Ghosal gave India a glimmer of hope in the opening match but the hosts ended up going down 0-3 to third seed Australia in the second qualifying tie of the Squash World Cup team championship in Chennai on Wednesday.
As arguably the greatest ever tennis player, Roger Federer is urging Olympic officials to back another racket sport by including squash in the programme for the 2020 Games.
Joshna Chinnapa hoping to use knowledge and experience to best opponents at Asian Games
Former British Open champion Roshan Khan, father of Jahangir Khan, died at the age of 78 following a prolonged illness.
The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) sought world body's intervention after it failed to secure visas for its team which is set to take part in the World Junior Squash Championship to be held in India next month.
Australia have pulled out of this month's squash world international doubles championships in India because of security concerns. Squash Australia chief executive Gary O'Donnell said the team had reluctantly withdrawn from the event, starting in Chennai on Dec. 15, after consulting with the Australian government.
India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal warmed up for the World Doubles Championship, which begins in Darwin on Monday, by winning the PSA Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday. Top seed Pallikal beat eighth seed Mayar Hany of Egypt 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 in the 40-minute final for her first title of the year.
Lakshya Sen shrugged off the cancellation of his opening match win and defeated Julien Carraggi of Belgium in straight games
Saurav Ghosal went down fighting in a gruelling five-match battle against World No 1 Diego Ellias in the pre-quarterfinals of the Squash World Championships in Chicago.
The Indian women's squash team clinched a historic silver medal at the Inchon Asian Games after they lost to Malaysia in the final of the 17th Asian Games on Saturday.
Defending champion and top seed Saurav Ghosal leads a strong men's field that includes second seed Siddharth Suchde who is ranked No. 73 in the world, No. 3 Harinderpal Sandhu, and Sandeep Jangra, Gaurav Nandrajog and current Asian junior champion Ravi Dixit.
Dipika Pallikal jumped five places to be 14th while her longtime India teammate Joshana Chinappa gained three spots to be 17th in the latest Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings.
Here are the Indian Super Moms' at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.
It was curtains for India in the Hong Kong Squash Open after national champion Saurav Ghosal went down fighting to World No 3 Egyptian Amr Shabana in the first round men's singles match of the $147,500 PSA event at HK Squash Centre.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
The former national champion will hold a invitational tournament for the best players in India and abroad.
Former India number one Ritwik Bhattacharya was on Monday left out of the 10-member Indian squash team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14.
India's top-ranked men's player Saurav Ghosal gave a glimpse of his fighting abilities before going down 1-3 to Stewart Boswell of Australia in the opening round of the JP Morgan Tournament of Champions in New York.
India's star performers in squash, Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa advanced to the quarterfinals of women's singles event, while its best bet in men's section Saurav Ghosal made the last 16 in the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Frustrated by two failed bids to get squash into the Olympics, world number one Nicol David and her fellow players have embarked on a campaign to raise the sport's global profile in an attempt to win over IOC chiefs in Hong Kong this week.
Baseball was included in several prior Games -- and was added back to the Tokyo programme after it was left off in 2012 and 2016 -- but will not be a part of the Paris Games.
India's top-ranked squash player Dipika Pallikal married her fianc and lond-time beau, cricketer Dinesh Karthik in a traditional Christian ceremony on Wednesday.
Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna Chinappa had to be content with bronze medals in women's singles after losing to their respective opponents in the semifinals of the 18th Asian Games, in Jakarta, on Saturday.
India's top woman squash player Dipika Pallikal has brought to an end the spectacular run of Egyptian qualifier Yathreb Adel to claim the Orange County Open in Irvine, California.
Former world number two Agnieszka Radwanska is considering a new career as a padel professional after recently making her debut on the CUPRA FIP Tour in Spain.
Dipika Pallikal was beaten by world No 4 Jenny Duncalf of England in straight games in the first round of the Carol Weymuller Open Gold 50 squash tournament at the Heights Casino squash courts in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday night. The world No 15-ranked Indian lost 9-11, 6-11, 6-11.
The Indian men's team, led by National champion Saurav Ghosal, put up a dominating show to sail into the quarter-finals of the 16th Asian Team Squash Championships in Kuwait. It blanked Jordan 3-0 in the pre-quarter-finals, at the Salem Al-Sabah International squash complex on Wednesday night, to top Pool 'A'.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
James Willstrop, the world No. 2 squash player, believes that Indian squash is "buzzing" after two good performances in recent weeks.
The Indian ace will take on second seeded Raneem El Weleily of Egypt in the title match.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
The legendary squash player praised the younger lot of Indian players.
Sixth seeds India sent giant-killers Denmark crashing out of the World Team Squash Championship to set up an intriguing quarter-final clash with fourth-seeded Australia at Padewrborn, Germany.
Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness.
That he hasn't done so yet, has continued to be active on the political street, in public debate and on social media, signals an important change. It will give his party hope. Maybe the achievement of reducing Mr Modi well below the majority mark will now motivate him to stay committed, observes Shekhar Gupta
The Indian squash players wrapped up a historic performance in the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
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