End of game for Jacques Fontaine. The French leader, elected in 2016 as president of the International Squash Federation (World Squash), will not be able to serve a second term. Candidate for re-election, he was defeated by the Englishwoman Zena Wooldridge during the annual general meeting, organized virtually. The Briton becomes the tenth president of World Squash – and the second woman – since the creation of the body in 1967. She held the position of president of the European Squash Federation between 2013 and 2019. Despite his very active role in the rapprochement between World Squash and the organization in charge of the professional sector (PSA), Jacques Fontaine certainly paid for the failure of the world body to integrate the program of the Paris 2024 Games among the additional sports . In addition, two new vice-presidents were elected during the general assembly: the Egyptian Karim Darwish, former world number one, and the Indian Debendranath Sarangi. They join Pablo Serna, the former president of the Colombian Squash Federation, re-elected for a second four-year term. The three elected officials will work alongside five-time world champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald, appointed vice-president in 2016, while Huang Ying How is stepping down after her four-year mandate.
