Whilst Egyptian Marwan El Shorbagy retains his men’s number one ranking, England’s Emily Whitlock makes her debut at the top of the women’s list in the new January WSF World Junior Circuit Rankings which are published today by the World Squash Federation.

Egypt retained the men’s and women’s squash titles in the Arab Games after first-time triumphs by Tarek Momen and Raneem El Weleily in the 2011 championships’ finals at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha.

The World Squash Federation’s inaugural WSF Ambassador Programme in Latvia last week was hailed as an “inspiration” to the country’s squash community at the end of the three-day visit to the Baltic country’s capital Riga featuring leading international players Nicol David and John White.

Malaysia’s world number one, Nicol David has been inducted into the World Squash Federation Hall of Fame as part of the World Squash Awards programme at the World Open Championship/WSF AGM dinner in Rotterdam.

World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran today stressed that innovation will be a core element of Squash’s campaign for inclusion into the 2020 Olympic Games. He also outlined the significant growth the sport has achieved in recent years and some of the major enhancements that have been introduced since Squash’s most recent campaign for Olympic inclusion for 2016.

Squash enthusiasts will now have the chance of enjoying the sport they love in the comfort of their own homes following the launch of WSF Squash, the official squash simulation video game of the World Squash Federation.