World Squash Day - Penang

World Squash Day - Penang
This is taken from AzuanZahdi.com. _________ The World Squash Day 2009 is a concerted effort by nine countries including Malaysia to raise the profile of squash worldwide to ensure the inclusion of the sport in the Olympics. In Malaysia World Squash Day was celebrated in various cities and squash centers...

World Squash News releases it’s 5,000th edition

World Squash News releases it’s 5,000th edition
The World Squash News service - sponsored jointly by the World Squash Federation (WSF), the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA) – celebrated a notable milestone at the weekend by producing its 5,000th edition. Launched...

Nicol out to continue world domination

Nicol out to continue world domination
AFTER a slow start to the year, tournaments are coming thick and fast for Nicol David who celebrated her 37th month as the women’s World No 1 when the latest Wispa Tour rankings were released on Friday. Nicol, who has reigned uninterrupted at the top of the rankings for the last 34 months, will...

Andrew Shelley: Wispa is Growing

Andrew Shelley: Wispa is Growing
Andrew Shelley doesn’t do mobile, which is odd when you take a moment to look around the WISPA chief executive’s four walls in his London office. Framed promotional tour certificates from all four corners of the globe ensue: Kingston, Nepal, Salvador, Rio and Estonia to name but a few. Lucky then...

Tunku Imran: Coordination is Everything

Tunku Imran: Coordination is Everything
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) — Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar said he was very much encouraged by the views expressed by newly-appointed Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek on the directions he wants to take Malaysan sports. “I...

TV Channel For Malaysian Sports Coming

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) — A television channel dedicated to Malaysian sports and local sports role models is expected to be launched by the end of the year. Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tunku Imran ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar said OCM and Astro, the pay TV operator,...

WorldSportTV: Nicol on.. Fame

WorldSportTV: Nicol on.. Fame
Worldsport Stars talk about Fame. With Veronica Campbell-Brown, Andreas Wiig, Haile Gebrselassie, Nicol David & Bryan Habana.

World No. 1 Nicol David insured for RM150,000

PETALING JAYA: Sixty-nine of Malaysia’s top athletes have so far been insured for more than RM2mil under the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM)-Carlsberg Athletes Retirement Scheme since 1994. World No. 1 women’s squash player Nicol David and world No. 1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei are among the outstanding...

Australian Rugby Turn to Squash to Add Extra ‘Bounce’ to their Game

Australian Rugby Turn to Squash to Add Extra ‘Bounce’ to their Game
Top squash player David Palmer (AUS), ranked 5 in the world, has been called in by Wallabies coach, Robbie Deans, to see how his rigorous squash training methods can be utilised by the Australian rugby team. The pair were playing squash in the Sydney Football Stadium Complex (indeed Deans plays A grade...

Delia Arnold is Malaysia’s new national no.2

KUALA LUMPUR: Delia Arnold has overtaken veteran Sharon Wee as the national number two. In the latest Women International Squash Players Association (Wispa) ranking list, which was released last week, the 23-year-old Kuala Lumpur-born player moved up by three rungs to No. 23 while Sharon dropped two...

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