Help squash reach Brisbane 2032.

Is squash in the Brisbane 2032 Olympics?

Not yet confirmed. The IOC approved squash as an additional sport for LA28 on 16 October 2023, explicitly for that edition of the Games. That decision does not automatically give squash a place at Brisbane 2032.

In June 2026, the IOC approved a new discipline-level assessment from Brisbane onwards, with up to four additional disciplines proposed by a Summer Games organiser. The IOC notes that Brisbane’s advanced planning may require implementation flexibility. Reuters reported in September 2026 that World Squash was still pursuing inclusion. We will update this answer when a definitive decision is announced by the responsible Olympic bodies.

Key developments and decisions

What would make a useful case for inclusion?

Our view is that enthusiasm needs a practical delivery case: a compelling competition, manageable facilities, international participation, and a lasting benefit for people who want to play. We want to help gather and explain the evidence, alongside the organisations responsible for the sport.

The IOC’s new framework first screens governance, integrity, anti-doping, and safeguarding. It then weighs international appeal, the cost and complexity of delivery, and the athletes represented. That gives the sport a more specific evidence task than simply demonstrating support for inclusion.

LA28’s published qualification allocation is 32 athletes: 16 men and 16 women. Those are athlete places, not 16 countries per event, and they are not an agreed Brisbane quota. A small singles field is a useful starting point when considering accommodation, but coaches, officials, medical teams, and other operational needs must also be counted.

A regulation singles court measures 9.75 m by 6.40 m internally. That playing area is only part of an event’s footprint. Temporary glass courts may offer flexibility, but any proposal must also allow for spectator seating, warm-up courts, broadcast, lighting, access, safety, installation, and removal. We have not established a Brisbane venue plan or cost estimate.

• Show how competition and training could use suitable existing or shared facilities, with a transparent whole-event budget.
• Demonstrate international opportunity using current participation and competition evidence, rather than an unsupported count of professional squash nations.
• Connect elite visibility with affordable introductions, accessible sessions, coaching, and reasons to keep playing.

Our plan: contribute to an existing global effort

Squash Dog is an independent participation and community venture, a trading style of Fagan Consulting Limited. Our ambition is to help squash earn a place at Brisbane 2032 and make Olympic attention useful beyond the Games.

World Squash, Squash Australia, and the Professional Squash Association have already engaged with Brisbane 2032. We would like to explore how national squash bodies, athletes, coaches, clubs, and people with relevant event or business experience could support that work. These are potential collaborators, not announced Squash Dog partners or members of an agreed coalition.

Our proposed first steps are to listen to the existing campaign, develop a clear invitation to collaborate, and identify useful evidence or practical work that we can contribute. We will share substantive progress here when it is agreed and suitable for publication.

Through Let’s Bounce, we are also developing ideas for visible, welcoming squash in public spaces, starting in London. That is a separate initiative in development. It reflects the participation benefit we want Olympic interest to create, rather than an established Brisbane legacy programme.

How you can help

If you work in squash, sport delivery, facilities, research, accessibility, or community participation, we would welcome a conversation about a specific contribution. Tell us what you could help with and which country or community your work serves.

Useful contributions could include reliable participation evidence, introductions to the right sporting organisations, practical venue expertise, or a documented example of turning elite sport interest into local play. You can also send a correction or a credible source for a material development.

A contribution enquiry does not make you a campaign partner. We will agree what can be shared before announcing anyone’s involvement. If you simply want to try the game, start with a welcoming first session and bring somebody along.

How we keep this page useful

We review relevant developments weekly, prioritising Olympic organisers and the sport’s governing organisations, with clearly attributed reporting from credible news outlets. We distinguish an announcement’s publication date from the date an event happened.

We update the page when facts, useful guidance, or public progress change. A quiet week does not require a new story. The review date records a substantive editorial review, and we welcome evidence-backed corrections.

Sources and further reading

A global status guide and an independent Squash Dog proposal. We are not an Olympic organiser or governing body. Plans described here are ambitions, not agreed partnerships, funding, or a confirmed Olympic programme.

Olympic decisions and the existing campaign are attributed above. Squash Dog’s ambitions and proposed contributions are our own plans. There is no confirmed Brisbane squash venue, budget, quota, or partnership described on this page.

• IOC, 16 October 2023: five additional sports approved for LA28 only
• IOC, 19 September 2025: event and sports programme decisions
• IOC, June 2026: new programme methodology from Brisbane onwards
• Squash Australia, 14 March 2025: representatives meet Brisbane 2032
• Reuters, 28 September 2026: World Squash pursues Brisbane inclusion
• US Squash, 23 September 2026: LA28 qualifier and 32-athlete allocation
• LA28: squash at the Los Angeles Games
• World Squash: rules and court specifications