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Velavan Senthilkumar, Tanvi Khanna to lead Indian challenge at HCL-SRFI PSA Challenger

Velavan Senthilkumar, Tanvi Khanna to lead Indian challenge at HCL-SRFI PSA Challenger

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Velavan Senthilkumar and Tanvi Khanna, both ranked No. 3 in the country, will lead India’s challenge among 15 countries in the HCL-SRFI PSA Challenge Tournament, which will be hosted by the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana (JVPG) Club at their air conditioned squash courts from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The tournament will feature separate men’s and women’s PSA Challenger events, each carrying a prize purse of USD 15,000, along with valuable ranking points, and keen action is expected on all five days of the tournament. This was announced at a press conference in the host club on Monday, attended by dignitaries from JVPG, representatives from the Squash Racquets Federation of India, National head coach Harinderpal Sandhu along with some of the leading players in the tournament. Hong Kong’s Alex Lau and South Africa’s Hayley Ward will enjoy pride of place among the men and women respectively among the 24 player draw. India’s Velavan Senthlkumar (Rank 50) is seeded second among the men, while Tanvi Khanna (Rank 75) is seeded third behind Egypt’s Farida Walid. …

PSA World Championships 2026: India fields all-men team in Giza

PSA World Championships 2026: India fields all-men team in Giza

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The PSA World Championships, the most prestigious title in professional squash, returns to Giza, Egypt from May 8 to 16, 2026. Hosted at Palm Hills Sports Club, the event features a $1.403 million total prize fund ($701,500 each for men and women). The tournament follows a single-elimination knockout format with 128 players (64 men + 64 women) from over 50 countries. It is a pure knockout, one loss and you’re out. Players qualify through PSA World Rankings, Challenger Tour events, or Continental Qualifying tournaments. Egypt continues to dominate the championship with World No.1 Mostafa Asal and women’s World No.1 Hania El Hammamy. The defending champions are Mostafa Asal in the men’s category and Nour El Sherbini in the women’s category. India’s campaign India will have an all-men contingent this year as no Indian woman qualified for the tournament. Tanvi Khanna, the only Indian female participant in the qualifiers, was eliminated in the quarter-finals, resulting in no Indian women making the main draw. Anahat Singh was also set to take part in the Asian Qualifying Event …

Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘thanedar’ jibe as he blames PM Modi for PSA detention of J&K AAP MLA Mehraj Malik

Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘thanedar’ jibe as he blames PM Modi for PSA detention of J&K AAP MLA Mehraj Malik

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday made a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the detention of party legislator Mehraj Malik under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) that was quashed by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The court held that the order against Malik was legally unsustainable and based on “non-application of mind”. AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI) Also read: ‘6.6% votes, 86% seats’ after Raghav Chadha shift: BJP sees Punjab RS spike, but assembly polls a challenge Following the court ruling, Kejriwal took to X and criticised PM Modi and blamed him for giving “illegal orders”. “Wo galti se PM ban gaye. Unko thanedar hona chahiye tha. (He became PM by mistake. He shoukd have been a jail officer),” Kejriwal wrote on X. Malik is the J&K unit chief of the AAP. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami also highlighted the misuse of the stringent PSA that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years …

No Indian women at 2026 PSA Squash World C’ships as Tanvi Khanna exits in qualifiers

No Indian women at 2026 PSA Squash World C’ships as Tanvi Khanna exits in qualifiers

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Tanvi Khanna faced a straight-game defeat in the quarterfinals at the 2026 PSA Squash World Championships Asia Qualifiers in Hong Kong on Thursday. She lost to top-seeded Ainaa Amani, 8-11, 7-11, 3-11, ending India’s campaign at the qualifiers as she was the lone competitor at the quarterfinals. This also confirmed that India will not have any representation in the women’s section at the upcoming World Championships in Giza, Egypt. #News | No Indian female player at PSA Squash World Championships 2026 India’s last hope Tanvi Khanna faced a straight-game defeat in the quarterfinals of World Championships qualifiers against top seed Ainaa Amani of Malaysia. Final Score: 8-11, 7-11, 3-11#Squash #PSASquash… pic.twitter.com/QRxTDr3hyU — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) April 2, 2026 After the withdrawal of Anahat Singh and the first-round exit at these qualifiers for the experienced Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi was India’s last hope for the Worlds. But, she couldn’t trouble the Malaysian opponent much, managing just 18 points across the three games and will now have to wait at least one more year for her World Championships …

Akshay Kumar Urges Men to Prioritise PSA Tests for Early Prostate Cancer Detection

Akshay Kumar Urges Men to Prioritise PSA Tests for Early Prostate Cancer Detection

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Actor Akshay Kumar has urged men to prioritise regular PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) tests to help detect early signs of prostate cancer. Speaking about the issue, the actor shared a personal message highlighting the importance of awareness, early diagnosis and routine health check-ups for men, particularly those above the age of 50. Kumar spoke about the need to break the hesitation many men feel around discussing health concerns. He stressed that regular medical screenings can play a crucial role in identifying potential health issues before they become serious. The actor encouraged men to take proactive steps toward maintaining their health rather than ignoring symptoms or delaying tests. During his message, Kumar also reflected on his personal connection to the issue. The actor revealed that he lost his father to prostate cancer, an experience that deeply affected him and reinforced the importance of regular medical check-ups. He said that at the time, there was limited awareness within the family about PSA testing and the role it can play in detecting the disease early.   A PSA test …

Anahat Singh clinches her maiden PSA Bronze title at Squash on Fire Open

Anahat Singh clinches her maiden PSA Bronze title at Squash on Fire Open

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Indian ace Anahat Singh continued her solid form and clinched her 15th career title at the Squash on Fire Open 2026 in Washington, USA, on Sunday. But this time, Anahat won the biggest title of her career, bagging her maiden PSA Squash Tour-Bronze Level tournament, adding to her 14 PSA Challenger titles earlier. The teenager defeated the top seed and the world no.10 Georgina Keneddy of England in a dominating straight-game final, 12-10, 11-5, 11-7, to become champion. LANDMARK WIN FOR ANAHAT SINGH🔥🔥 Teenage #Squash sensation @Anahat_Singh13 wins the Squash On Fire Open 2026, her maiden World Events and PSA Bronze title. The 17-year-old beat top seed and WR 10 Georgina Kennedy to achieve the feat.Score: 12–10, 11–5, 11–7 With this win,… pic.twitter.com/9HKtDmfaoQ — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) February 2, 2026 The 17-year-old is now expected to enter the world’s top 20 in PSA rankings, making her the youngest Asian and only third Indian to achieve this feat in women’s singles. Anahat had a brilliant run throughout the tournament here, including three wins against higher-ranked opponents …

PSA white paper says open access to AI infra key in India

PSA white paper says open access to AI infra key in India

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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the government said in a working paper that making Artificial Intelligence infrastructure available to all players would be essential. In the paper, released on Monday (December 30, 2025), the PSA said that it would be important to make “foundational AI resources, such as compute capacity, high-quality datasets, and enabling tools, available beyond a limited set of large firms and major urban hubs, so that a wider range of actors can build, test, and deploy AI responsibly.” As India gears up to host the AI Impact Summit in February 2026, the government has set democratising access as a key plank, as much of the world’s AI infrastructure is being built by Western tech giants. Officials have reacted with concern around the concentration of power that this situation could lead to. Under the IndiaAI Mission, for instance, the government has provided a pool of thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs), which are essential components of AI infrastructure, for …

Global team league ‘World Premier Squash’ to debut in August 2026

Global team league ‘World Premier Squash’ to debut in August 2026

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League Sports Co (LSC) has announced the launch of World Premier Squash (WPS), a new team-based international squash league created in partnership with World Squash and the Professional Squash Association (PSA). Designed around an “innovation-first” model, WPS aims to bring technology-driven fan engagement, gender balance, and new scoring formats to the forefront of professional squash. Scheduled to debut in August 2026, World Premier Squash will feature international franchises competing in a fast-paced, team-oriented format. The league will operate under LSC’s FSP Games umbrella, following the company’s strategy of blending elite competition with digital interactivity to attract global audiences. LSC, known for its ventures such as the World Bowling League, which counts athletes like Mookie Betts and Virat Kohli among its investors, and E1 Team Blue Rising in the E1 powerboat series, plans to replicate that innovative approach in squash. “With World Premier Squash, we are not just launching a new league — we are building a new stage for the sport,” said Adi K. Mishra, Founder and CEO of League Sports Co. “With the endorsement …

PSA pauses card grading submissions from outside the US

PSA pauses card grading submissions from outside the US

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The card grading service PSA will no longer take direct submissions from outside the US in response to the Trump administration’s new far-reaching tariffs. In an update on Wednesday, PSA says it’s “reluctantly taking these measures to protect our international customers from significant tariff expenses.” As noted by PSA, the tariffs are “against the value of the items in the order rather than on the PSA service fee.” That means sending high-value Pokémon or sports cards to PSA would result in hefty fees. Under a 10 percent tariff, for example, a card valued at $5,000 would incur a $500 fee. Though PSA is pausing international submissions now, that doesn’t mean cards currently at — or in transit — to its facilities will escape additional charges. PSA notes that orders entering the US after 12:01AM on April 5th may be affected by tariffs, and may also face “not-yet-announced” retaliatory tariffs upon return. “PSA will leverage available means to limit tariff exposure for customers outside of the US,” the company says. PSA has already stopped accepting direct …

Anahat Singh clinches PSA Challenger 6k title in Mumbai

Anahat Singh clinches PSA Challenger 6k title in Mumbai

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Young Indian squash player Anahat Singh won the JSW 10th Sunil Verma Memorial Tournament 2024, a PSA Challenger 6k tournament, after a straight-game (11-4, 11-3, 11-1) win against compatriot Shameena Riaz in the final in Mumbai on Sunday. Ranked 90th in the world, Anahat was the top-seeded player, which she proved by clinching the title. She faced a strong challenge in the semifinal from Iranian player Fereshteh Eghtedari. But she got the better of her in a close four-game (11-5, 11-9, 3-11, 11-5) encounter lasting 31 minutes. This was Anahat’s third PSA title in November and the eighth overall in the PSA Circuit in 2024. The 16-year-old will look to maintain this momentum in the upcoming tournaments and rise in the ranking to break into the top 50 in the world rankings, which will help her to become a regular figure on the PSA World Tour circuit. Anahat Singh wins the JSW 10th Sunil Verma Memorial Tournament 2024 title. 👑🫡 She defeated fellow compatriot Shammena Riaz in a straight-game 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 in the final. …