Sarah Cardwell, the Australian squash pro, catches up with Sportageous to talk about her career, family legacy and the pandemic. Sportageous is a proud media partner of Squash Australia. Stay tuned for stories from Squash Australia on Sportageous. Zushan Hashmi: Australia has had several top athletes who have dominated the game over the last few decades, …
Just why is the Australian Open women’s trophy called the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup? As with most tennis trophies there is a wonderful story behind what is now typically called the “Daphne”. Daphne Akhurst was Australia’s leading woman tennis player of the 1920s. She won the Australian Championship 5 times and died tragically at the …
Rahul Mathew, the founder of the ICC Table Tennis Academy in Australia, explains the idea behind setting up this platform. In this interesting feature, he compares and contrasts the basics of professional Table Tennis in Australia to India and discusses the scope for Table Tennis in Australia. Furqan ur Rehman: Tell us about yourself, and …
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Australia’s young climbing maestro, Hugo Hornshaw caught up with Sportageous to share his story, a potential Olympics berth, the Oceanic Qualifiers and more. In partnership with Sport Climbing Australia, we bring you another feature with professional climbers from across Australia, vying for a spot at the Olympics from the region. Kinza Tahir: Tell us about yourself …
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Susita Das, a tennis player from India, shifted around the globe but the one thing she took along with herself was her love for the sport. She talks to us about her pursuit of tennis, her break from the sport and finally touches upon her plans for the future as a tennis coach. Sarah Fatima: …
Susita Das on her journey, tennis in India and women in sports Read More »
Pace Doctor aims to be the worlds’ most trusted source of knowledge, research evidence and know-how for the development and coaching of fast bowlers. The owner, Marc Portus hopes to make fast-bowlers better than ever before. Hence their mantra “Making better fast bowlers”. We recently caught up with Marc himself, to hear about what he’s …
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In Part 1 of our 2-part feature with Australia squash legend, Geoff Hunt, he shares his insights into playing against the likes of Jonah Barrington and Qamar Zaman, the arrival of Jahangir Khan, Egypt’s dominance of the game today and his coaching career in Qatar. In part 2, we hear about squash in Australia by …
Promoting the game, its future & squash in Australia with Geoff Hunt Read More »
FlipTix is the next big thing in the ticketing marketplace. The startup is for event attendees to ‘Flip‘ or in other words, give up the remaining time on their ticket to a waiting fan. FlipTix has catered to some of the biggest music festivals on Earth and is now making its way into the Sports …
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Julia Price is currently the coach of the US women’s cricket team and created history by becoming the first-ever female coach in Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL). She also won two World Cups with the Australian Women’s Cricket Team in 1997 and 2005. Her passion for the game has led her into coaching, travelling the …
Julia Price on US cricket coaching, the BBL and winning two World Cups Read More »
All you have to do is mention the name, Geoff Hunt, and squash fans old and new rave about the man’s sheer genius. Arguably, one of Australia’s all-time greatest athletes, and perhaps its best men’s squash player of all time. We recently caught up with the squash legend himself. Read part 1 of our 2-part …
Geoff Hunt on Jahangir Khan, squash in the 70s, Egypt and coaching in Qatar Read More »
