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Squash In India
Squash (sport), Squash is a recreational sport in India but is slowly gaining popularity as a competitive sport. It is governed by the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The India men's national squash team has participated in three quarter finals of the World Team Squash Championships since 1967. Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal have been among the top ranked Indian squash players. Dipika was the first Indian woman to break into the top 10 Official Women's Squash World Ranking, women's world rankings in 2012. Saurav achieved his career high of 10 to become the highest ranked Indian male player in 2019. History Squash was introduced to India by the British Armed Forces; the sport has been played before World War I. During the period of British rule, it was largely adopted by British colonies around the world. Most military bases had squash courts built to entertain officers. They can still be found in some army facilities in India. The British Raj restricted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squash Rackets Federation Of India
The Squash Rackets Federation of India aka SRFI is the Indian governing body for the game of squash (sport), squash. It conducts the National Squash Championship, promotes the game through the state squash bodies, provides training facilities, selects the squad, and chooses coaches for the national team. Among the facilities created by the SRFI is the Indian Squash Academy. It hosted the 2007 World Team Squash Championship, World Team Championship. Background Conflict between the SRFI and squash athletes came to a fore in 2005, when the government was conferring the Dronacharya Award on SRFI affiliated squash coach Cyrus Poncha. India's number one squash player Joshna Chinappa wrote a letter to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs that she never trained under Poncha, and that he had misused her name to get the Dronacharya Award. The SRFI chairman Ramachandran then produced testimonials from Joshna where she acknowledges the support of SRFI and Poncha. In 2008, the SRFI chos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Women's Squash World Ranking
The Women's Squash World Rankings are the official world rankings for women's squash. The WISPA Wispa is a brand of chocolate bar manufactured by British chocolate company Cadbury. Using aerated chocolate, the bar was launched in 1981 as a trial version in North East England, and with its success it was introduced nationally in 1983. I ..., the WSA and the PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since April 1984. The ranking is to rate the performance level of female professional squash players. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in women's squash tournaments. The rankings were initially produced monthly; this has been changed to weekly basis effective ranking issue dated August 29, 2022. The current world number one is Nour El Sherbini of Egypt, who replaced Nouran Gohar in September 2023. Ranking policy Players competing in PSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harshit Jawanda
Harshit is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Harshit Shatrughan Bisht (born 1999), Indian cricketer * Harshit Rana (born 2001), Indian cricketer * Harshit Rathod, (born 1998), Indian cricketer * Harshit Saini (born 1997), Indian cricketer *Harshit Saxena Harshit Saxena (born 21 August 1985) is an Indian playback singer and composer. He is known for his work in various Bollywood films, including ''Murder 2'', ''Hate Story'', and ''Sab Kushal Mangal''. His debut was as music director for the ' ... (born 1985), Indian singer and composer In media * Harshit (film) See also * Harshita {{Given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the V Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Samoa 2015, was the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in the year 2000. It was held from 5 to 11 September, 2015 in Apia, the capital of Samoa. Samoa were the only bidders for the Games. All events took place in the capital city, Apia. The opening and closing ceremonies were held in Apia Park, which also hosted the athletics, rugby and tennis competitions. All other events (boxing, swimming, squash, weightlifting and lawn bowls) were hosted in the Faleata Sports Complex. About a thousand athletes from 63 nations and territories participated in the nine sports: aquatics, archery, athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, tennis and weightlifting. Sierra Leone's delegation of seven athletes were prevented from taking part, as the Samoan government refused to grant them visas, citing fears over the spread of ebola Ebola, also known as Ebola virus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velavan Senthilkumar
Velavan Senthilkumar (born 26 March 1998) is an Indian professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of 39th in March 2025. Early life Senthilkumar was born March 26, 1998 in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India to Shanmukham Priyadharshini and Ramasamy Senthilkumar. While his mother was a part of the national badminton team, his father played basketball for the country. His brother Guhan, a student of the University of Manchester, also plays squash. Senthilkumar finished his education from Don Bosco School. When he won the British Junior Open during the 2017 edition, several college coaches contacted him. After some deliberation, he decided to move to the United States to be a part of Columbia University, New York. He became a part of the college's squash team Columbia Lions. Personal life Senthilkumar married to fellow Indian squash player Aaradhana Kasturiraj in June 2024. Career In 2016, Senthilkumar won the Asian Junior Championships defeating Mohammad Al-Sara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kush Kumar
Kush Kumar, (born May 29, 1996 in Dhampur) is a professional squash player who represents India. Kumar graduated with a finance degree Trinity College. Kumar now works for a hedge fund called Matrix Capital Management based in Boston. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 89 in August 2015. He became popular when his Men's Squash Team won Gold Medal in 2014 Asian Games along with Harinder Pal Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saurav Ghosal. He is the only male player from India to have won a medal in the World Junior Championship and he has been junior national champion 9 times. Trinity Bantams On February 27, 2018, Kumar's team captured the collegiate squash national title against Harvard, with Kumar winning his match against Harvard's No. 1. On March 4, 2018, the top-seeded Kumar placed second in the CSA Individual National Championship, falling 3-2 to the fourteenth-seeded David Ryan of Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded the right to host the games, defeating Delhi, India and was the third city in South Korea after Seoul (1986 Asian Games, 1986) and Busan (2002 Asian Games, 2002). The games were held from 19 September to 4 October 2014, although several pre-competitive events began between 14 and 19 September 2014. Approximately 9,501 athletes participated in the event which featured 439 events in 36 Asian Games sports, sports. It was opened by the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. The final medal tally was led by China at the 2014 Asian Games, China, followed by the host South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games, South Korea and Japan at the 2014 Asian Games, Japan, while Cambodia at the 2014 Asian Games, Cambodia won it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Massaro
Laura Jane Massaro (née Lengthorn; born 2 November 1983) is an English retired professional squash player. She was ranked number 1 in the world. Biography She was born in Great Yarmouth and attended Albany High School, Chorley, which is now called Albany Academy. In July 2007, she married Danny Massaro and became Laura Lengthorn-Massaro. She subsequently dropped 'Lengthorn' from her name and is now known professionally as Laura Massaro. She won her first top-level title at the German Open in 2004 and went on to become British Open champion in 2013 and the World Champion also in 2013, so becoming the first Englishwoman to hold both titles at once. She is also a three-time silver medallist for England in Commonwealth Games. Massaro was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year awards. She won the WISPA Player of the Year award in 2011. She won the US Open and the Cleveland Classic in 2011, the Sharm El Sheikh Open in 2010, and the Monte Carlo C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Duncalf
Jennifer Duncalf (born 10 November 1982) is a former professional squash player from England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in December 2009. Biography Duncalf was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, but was a pupil at Harrogate Grammar School where she attended from 1994 to 2001. As a junior player, she won the European Junior Championship title. Duncalf won the European Individual Championship title in 2006 and 2007, and the British National Championship title in 2007 and 2009. She was also a member of the England team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2006. In 2008, she finished runner-up at the British Open, losing in the final to Nicol David. Duncalf ended the year 2009 on a high when she won three titles in a row—the Soho Square Open, the US Open and the prestigious Qatar Classic. In October 2010, in the women's singles final of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Duncalf was defeated by Nicol David 11–3, 11–5, 11–7 in 40 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjuna Award
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one of the characters of the Sanskrit epic ''Mahabharata'' of ancient India. In Hinduism, he has been seen as a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna award was the highest sporting honour of India. The nominations for the award are received from all government recognised National Sports Federations, the Indian Olympic Association, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Sports Promotion and Control Boards, the state and the union territory governments and the Major Dhyan Chandra Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya awardees of the previous years. The recipie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipika Pallikal Karthik
Dipika Pallikal (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional squash player. She was the first Indian player to break into the top 10 in the world rankings. Early life Pallikal was born in Kottayam into a Malayali family. She is the daughter of Sanjiv Pallikal and Susan Pallikal. Her mother played international cricket for the Indian women's team, including India's inaugural women's Test match, in 1976. Career Pallikal turned professional in 2006, but her career was filled with ups and downs initially. She became more consistent and started notching up winning performances after her brief training stint in Egypt in the beginning of 2011. She clinched the first of her three WISPA titles for 2011 in September by winning the Orange County Open in Irvine, California. She notched up her second in the United States with another WISPA tour event victory. The third came in Hong Kong in the Crocodile Challenge Cup in December 2011 and that took her to number 17 in world rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Squash Academy
Indian Squash Academy (also known as ICL-TNSRA Squash Academy) is a squash training facility established by the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI) in Chennai, India. The India Cements The India Cements Limited is a cement manufacturing company based in Chennai. It is the 9th largest listed cement company in India by revenue. The company was headed by former International Cricket Council chairman and Board of Control for Crick ... was one of the sponsors it had initially sponsored the 1990 facility along with the Tamil Nadu Squash Racquets Association (TNSRA). It has trained several squash players such as Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinapa, Dipika Pallikal and Manish Chotrani. History The academy was established as a joint venture between India Cements, SRFI, TNSRA and Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 2000. N. Ramachandran who was an industrialist and the president of TNSRA is said to be the one behind its creation. Initially, the facility had three cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
