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World Squash Day Promotes Olympics Inclusion

The sport of squash is celebrating World Squash Day Saturday May 23 when squash players all over the world will be uniting to support their sport’s bid for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

On Saturday a worldwide festival of Olympic-themed events will take place, with special emphasis on the four cities bidding to host the 2016 Games. Extensive squash programs are scheduled to take place in Chicago, Madrid, Rio and Tokyo. All four cities will be holding open-air demonstrations and open days at major clubs with top professionals lending a hand, said a press release.

Clubs large and small will be joining forces to raise the sport’s profile ahead of the International Olympic Games (IOC) vote.

World stars are supporting the bid, with women’s world champion Nicol David holding an auction of her prized tournament memorabilia in her home city of Penang, and No. 1 Nick Mathew heading to Milan for the Five Nations Tournament with his Hallamshire, Sheffield team taking along Squash 2016 banners, flags and T-shirts to the Polisquash Sports Club.

In London and Kuala Lumpur Squash buses will take to the streets and in London squash enthusiasts will be waving their banners and posing for pictures in front of iconic locations such as Buckingham Palace and the Petronas Towers.

In India squash fans will descend on the Taj Mahal, Agra, and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, which was attacked by terrorists last November. There will be several other Squash 2016 activities all over India, with events taking place in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata.

In the U.S. a host of events are taking place all over the country with squash fans waving banners and flags in front of the famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.

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