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4 Jun 2016

Forbes Tops List of World's Healthiest Sport!


Squash was voted by Forbes Magazine as the world's healthiest sport, in recognition of the fact that it provides a thoroughly modern and potentially competitive, effective workout in minimal time and space. This makes it ideal for urban lifestyles, of the kind that have generated increases in child obesity and other metabolic health issues. Squash is a great way to combat these trends for the good of mankind and children in particular. 
In Nigeria, Squash is played all over the entire country with various ranges of interest depending on the individual. All the age brackets from children's level down to the veteran's level are surprisingly very active in this sport that brings fitness and friendship. Lagos State is known to be the most active state with major and minor tournaments organized and sponsored by various clubs, individuals and companies.  Squash players are known to be very active, intelligent, smart, social, friendly and healthy people.
The Olympic Games represents all that is pure about sport, and all the world's major participation sports are represented. Adding squash to the Olympic Programme - as one of the most widely played sports in the world - supports this ideal and reinforces the notion that the Olympic Movement represents the sporting landscape. Squash is a part of the bi-annual National Sports Festival organized by the federal government of Nigeria. 
Squash is clean and fully WADA-compliant. The fight against doping in our sport is not neglected, but we are fortunate that the values of fair play and respect, for both the sport and one's opponent, rule the squash player's psyche. Incidents of squash athletes testing positive for banned substances are extraordinarily rare.


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