International Squash Returns to Nigeria by Nathan Clarke April 30, 2014
- 2014 will see the return of high level PSA World Tour competition to
Nigeria for the first time since 2008, when the 2014 Lagos
International Squash Classic, a PSA International 25 event, gets
underway in Lagos, Nigeria on November 5. The last PSA World
Tour event to be held in the country dubbed the 'Giant of Africa', due
to it's position as the seventh most populous country in the world, was
the 2008 Africa Open won by current SquashTV presenter Joey Barrington
and the 2014 event is set to see further high profile names compete for
honours in the African powerhouse. "It is fantastic to
see high level international competition returning to Nigeria and the
enthusiasm and passion for the sport which is so evident among the
tournament organisers is great to see," said PSA CEO Alex Gough. Chairman of the 2014
Lagos International Squash Classic, Sanya Akindele said: "We're
delighted to be working together with the PSA to see top class squash
return to the country and to see some of the biggest names in squash
coming to Nigeria. "We are very excited
to be hosting the Lagos International Squash Classic in 2014 and we are
looking forward to what promises to be an exciting week of competition
and I hope that it will help boost the popularity of the sport within
Nigeria."
