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26/01/2010 - After several years in the doldrums, squash's makeover is nearing completion after the men's world tour revealed 10 Super Series tournaments for its 2011 revamp. But what does the sport need to do to bring back the halcyon days of the 80s? |
Back in the 80s and early 90s, the BBC regularly televised squash for its Grandstand programme while tournaments such as the British Open witnessed 3,000 sell outs at Wembley when Jahangir and Jansher Khan were dominating the sport.
But adminstators failed to capitalise on the glass court appeal. TV viewing quickly became a staid market and sponsors began to drop off. As a result, the British Open, a 75-year-old event, has twice come close to folding over the last decade
To read the full article that was published in the Daily Telegraph and to have your say, click on the link below:
Photo: Gregory Gaultier and Karim Darwish, two of the world's top players.
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www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/squash/7036680/Can-squashs-global-popularity-return.html
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