The World Squash Federation, together with the Men’s and Women’s Professional Tours, has just launched a new online campaign to build support for Squash’s ambition to join the Olympic Games in 2020.
N Ramachandran who is the World Squash Federation President said: “Our 144 Member Federations and the leading players on the PSA and WSA World Tours are really getting behind this initiative to encourage as many fans as possible to register their support for our Olympic campaign.”
“The next few months are crucial to our bid and using social media to demonstrate the huge passion there is for Squash to become part of the Olympic Games is important as we head towards our presentation to the IOC Executive Board in May.”
Malaysia’s seven-time World Champion Nicol David added: “It is great to see so many people register their support for Squash to join the Olympic Games in such a short space of time.’
Nick Matthew, two-time Men’s World Champion, said: “This is a great initiative and there is a real buzz among all the players competing on the Tours about our Olympic bid. We want to demonstrate to the IOC the global popularity and reach of Squash and I’m sure this online call to action will help to do this.”