The team-based pro league puts its 16 men’s and women’s franchises in front of a global audience at no cost to viewers
The National Squash League is betting that the fastest way to grow a new format is to remove the paywall. The NSL announced a partnership with SQUASHTV, the PSA Squash Tour’s streaming platform, to broadcast its 2026-27 season, giving fans around the world live access to league matches for free.
The deal pairs one of the sport’s newer competitive concepts with its most established distribution channel. SQUASHTV already carries more than 2,000 matches a year across upward of 40 PSA Squash Tour events. Adding the NSL gives the platform a team-based product to sit alongside its traditional individual tournament coverage, and gives the league an audience it would have taken years to build on its own.
For the NSL, exposure is the point. The league fields 16 men’s and women’s teams, and its pitch rests on bringing a city-versus-city, team-sport presentation to a game long defined by individual draws. League chief executive Spencer Lovejoy framed the partnership as a way to introduce fans to that format and the league’s approach to match presentation. PSA Chief Commercial Officer Tommy Berden described the NSL as an addition that broadens SQUASHTV’s existing live slate.
The rosters give the league marquee names to sell. Men’s World No. 1 Mostafa Asal plays for the Greenwich Panthers, while U.S. No. 1 Olivia Weaver anchors the Philadelphia Freedom. 2024 World Champion Diego Elias suits up for the New York Knights, and Egypt’s Fayrouz Aboelkheir plays for the New York Queens. The Chicago Grizzlies and DC Inferno return as defending men’s and women’s champions.
The season opened Oct. 16 in South Norwalk, Conn., with the Greenwich Panthers hosting the New York Knights. Fans can watch through a free SQUASHTV account set up via the PSA Squash Tour.
The move mirrors a broader trend across emerging racquet sports leagues, where free or low-barrier streaming has become a common early-stage strategy. Leagues trade short-term media revenue for reach, banking on a larger fan base to support sponsorship and ticketing down the line. For the NSL, partnering with the sport’s governing tour also lends credibility as it works to establish team squash as a viable commercial product.
