Substantially increased prize funds have led to 32-player draws in both the men's and women's events in the forthcoming Harris British Open Squash Championships - Nottingham.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has emphatically endorsed the initiative by the three international organisations of Squash to establish a joint World Squash Anti-Doping Code.

The three international organisations of Squash, the World Squash Federation (WSF), the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the Women's International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA) have today (14th April 2004) signed an agreement to implement a joint World Squash Anti-Doping Code.

After a highly successful inaugural year in 2003, the 2004 British Open Squash Championships will return to Nottingham, from 29th October to 6th November, featuring the biggest combined men's and women's event in Europe.

UK Sport, Britain's lead agency for elite sport, has agreed to offer financial assistance towards the administrative costs of the World Squash Federation (WSF) until at least 2008.

The opening of the Squash Rackets Association's first Regional Performance Centre at the University of Birmingham coincides with a World Class Potential award to the sport's English governing body of more than £1.5 million.

Scotland's world squash champion Peter Nicol has switched his allegiance to England to take advantage of the Lottery-funded World Class Performance Programme run by the sport's English governing body, the Squash Rackets Association (SRA).