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2010 World Open

2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship, the individual world championship for women's squash players

2010 World University Squash Championship

The 2010 World University Squash Championship is the edition of the 2010's World University Squash, which serves as the individual world squash championship for students.

2013 Qatar Total Open

It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 17 February 2013.

2014 Qatar Total Open

It will take place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 10 and 16 February 2014.

2014 World University Squash Championship

The 2014 World University Squash Championship is the edition of the 2014's World University Squash, which serves as the individual world squash championship for students.

Adel Weir

Ade Elizabeth (Adel) Weir (born 29 October 1983 in Evander, South Africa) is a South African professional squash player.

Anthony Ricketts

It was in February 2005 in New York, where seeded ten in the Tournament of Champions, he beat third seed Peter Nicol, then Amr Shabana in the semi-finals, before defeating world champion and World No 1 Thierry Lincou in the final.

Arab League

other Competitions include the Arab Basketball Federation with annual competitions, Sport Federations also exist for 43 games, include the Volley, Handball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Squash and Swimming.

Calabaza

The flower (squash blossom, flor de calabaza), is used as an ingredient in quesadillas, empanadas and other dishes in Mexican cuisine and New Mexican cuisine, and in pupusas in Salvadoran cuisine.

Chané people

They developed an agrarian culture, built densely populated villages, cultivated corn, peanuts, cotton and squash, and are famous for their ceramics and graphics which have been found mainly in the pampas surrounding the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, El Fuerte in Samaipata, and in Portachuelo, Valle Abajo, Okinawa, Cotoca, El Pari, Mataral and Warnes.

Cucurbita argyrosperma

It is also grown in the Sonoran Desert region of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico by native peoples, especially the Tohono O'odham, where it is especially prized when immature as a summer squash.

Culture of Yemen

Milk tea (after qat), black tea (with cardamom, clove, or mint), qishr (coffee husks), qahwa (coffee), karkadin (an infusion of dried hibiscus flowers), Naqe'e Al Zabib (cold raisin drink), and diba'a (squash nectar) are popular drinks from all over Yemen.

Don Butcher

Butcher was a professional squash player based at the Conservative Club in London when he played in the first British Open final in December 1930.

El Gran Luchadore

The first WWE superstar to wrestle as the El Gran Luchadore was Paul London on April 22, 2004 in a squash match against John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL), Paul Heyman convinced Bradshaw to accept a match with the "Mexican Heavyweight Champion" after hearing that El Gran Luchadore punked out Bradshaw at an airport.

Gary Walters

Other projects have included the construction of the Class of 1952 Stadium, new squash courts in Jadwin Gym, the addition of 16 locker rooms to the Caldwell Field House and the renovation and expansion of the boathouse to the Shea Rowing Center.

Harrogate Grammar School

Jenny Duncalf - Professional squash player: Current British National Championship holder

HLA-DQ8

Most of American cultivars were domesticated south of the Rio Grande (exceptions are Caddo rice and Texas varigated squash, etc.).

James Willstrop

In January 2010, Willstrop won his first Tournament of Champions title in New York, defeating World Number 1 Ramy Ashour in the final and dropping only one game during the whole tournament.

Juan de Villafranca

A top Mexican Squash player he played in many tournaments against players like Shariff Khan, Victor Niederhoffer, Peter Briggs, and Gordon Anderson.

Lisa Camilleri

Lisa Carol Camilleri, (born 24 February 1983 in Tully, North Queensland) is a professional squash player who represented Australia.

Margaret Varner Bloss

Margaret Varner Bloss (born October 4, 1927) is a retired American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in three distinctly different racket sports: badminton, squash, and tennis.

Though she never reached the relative heights in tennis that she did in badminton and squash, she was a strong enough player to reach the final of Wimbledon Women's Doubles in 1958, losing to Hall-of-Famers Althea Gibson and Maria Bueno.

Maria Toorpakay Wazir

Toorpakay currently resides and trains in Toronto, Canada, under former professional squash player Jonathon Power.

Mark Talbott

The Talbott Squash Academy, a well-respected summer camp for juniors and adults, was established in 1991, and is currently held at St George's School in Newport, Rhode Island and at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

The most significant factor that counts against Talbott's claim to being the greatest hardball squash player of all-time is his record against Sharif's distant cousin Jahangir Khan.

Martin Heath

In 2000, he finished runner-up at the Tournament of Champions in New York City (beating Peter Nicol in the semi-finals, before losing to Jonathon Power in the final).

Mazahua people

Common ingredients include squash, pipian sauce, a vegetable called quelite and a wide variety of mushrooms, generally found in the forest at certain times of the year.

Michael Desaulniers

Desaulniers is probably best remembered for his win over the legendary player Sharif Khan in the final of the 1982 North American Open (the most prestigious title in hardball squash at the time).

Najaceras

Najaceras comes from "naja", the word for the crescent at the bottom of the Navajo squash blossom or wedding necklace.

Paul Assaiante

Assaiante was a squash professional at the Princeton Club of New York and director of racquet sports at the Baltimore Country Club, the Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y., and the Bellevue Athletic Club in Seattle, Wash.

Payne Whitney Gymnasium

The Squash Center, one of the world's premier competition facilities, is also home to the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame.

Pete Bostwick

Son Pete Jr. was one of the best and most versatile amateur sportsmen in American history who won two National squash titles and hard racquets Open Championships and who also excelled at golf, ice hockey, court tennis and Lawn Tennis.

Pittsburgh Athletic Association

Some of the building's more interesting features include a pool on the third floor, full basketball and squash courts, a 16 lane bowling alley, and a room dedicated to former University of Pittsburgh football coach Johnny Majors.

Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Pseudoperonospora cubensis is a species of water mould known for causing downy mildew on cucurbits such as cantaloupe, cucumber, pumpkin, squash and watermelon.

Purple House Press

Its catalog also contains books such as The Mad Scientists' Club series by Bertrand R. Brinley, Pickle-Chiffon Pie and more by Jolly Roger Bradfield,Tal: His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom, by Paul Fenimore Cooper, and Mr. Bear Squash-You-All-Flat, by Morrell Gipson.

Quibell

Michelle Quibell (born 1984), professional squash player who represented The United States

Racquetball

She was succeeded by Shannon Wright, who was then rivaled by Heather McKay, a great Australian squash player who made the transition to racquetball when living in Canada.

Richard Glanfield

He became the world's youngest international squash coach aged 21 years old when coaching Cyprus at the European Championships 1986 Aix-en-Provence, France.

Squash at the 2013 Island Games

Squash, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the Bermuda Squash Racquets Association in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda.

SRFI

Squash Racquets Federation of India, the apex body for the squash racquet sport in India

Thierry Lincou

He has beaten all of the world's top squash players including Peter Nicol, Jonathon Power, David Palmer, Lee Beachill, and many others.

Tricia Chuah

As a senior, she won her first WISPA Tour title in 2005 in the Women's Islamic Games and has represented Malaysia in numerous Asian Squash Championships, World Team Squash Championships, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and World Doubles Squash Championships.

Tuborg Squash

In the 1990s, Squash released a famous series of commercials starring Danish comedians Jacob Haugaard and Finn Nørbygaard.

Yellow summer squash

Yellow summer squash (one of several cultivated Cucurbita pepo) is a type of yellow-coloured summer squash.


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