OLYMPIC POLLS

iSportConnect is the largest global private network of Sports Business Executives. Their first poll closed March 28th and showed squash as a clear frontrunner for selection into the 2020 Games. There is another iSportConnect poll that closes on June 1st and the results will be available then. Please vote. You can also vote in the InsideTheGames poll where squash is neck and neck with karate and wrestling. InsideTheGames is a UK based site which is dedicated to reporting all breaking news surrounding the Olympics. They have historically been a very good predictor of which cities and sports will be successful in their bids.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Q&A with Amr Shabana

Egyptian squash legend, Amr Shabana, holds aloft the US Open trophy in 2009

This week I had the privilege of sitting down with Egyptian squash legend, Amr Shabana.  I have never met anyone with such a record of achievement in the game (look him up if you don't know the name, in which case where have you been(!)) and so I was a little nervous asking some of these questions as I was not exactly sure how Shabana would respond.  I was very relieved that Amr is not only a genius on the squash court but he is also a total gentleman, a great conversationalist, and has a real love for squash that is conveyed in the passion with which he speaks about the game.  Oh, and he knows more about the history of the international game than anyone I have ever met.  Hands down.