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PREVIEWS:
08-Jun, the Day before
Thirty -One teams from around the world assembled in Mulhouse
for the
Men's World Team Championships which kick off at noon tomorrow
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World Teams Previews
Palmer excited to be back for Australia
 On
the eve of the 24th staging of the WSF Men's World Team Squash
Championship in France, distinguished Australian David Palmer
admits that he is 'excited' to be representing his country
again almost two years after retiring from the game.
The 36-year-old from New South Wales, now based in Orlando, USA,
led Australia to world team championship title success in 2001
and 2003, then into the final in 2007, and to bronze medal
position in 2009 and 2011 - only losing six times in 26
appearances to date. On the PSA World Tour, Palmer reached 55
finals and claimed 27 titles - including four British Open and
two World Championship trophies.
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Barker out, but
Selby up for the England challenge
 With
Peter Barker unavailable for England’s World Men’s Team
Championship bid in France next week, Daryl Selby has
declared that he is ready and willing to take on the extra
responsibility of being promoted to number three in Mulhouse.
Barker, England’s third string behind Nick Matthew and
James Willstrop in their European Championship-winning squad
last month, was unable to commit to the world event from June 9
to 15 because his wife Alex is expecting their first child.
However, Selby, the world number 14, has represented England at
the tournament before – two years ago, when he was the fourth
member of the squad who finished second behind Egypt in Germany
– and is happy with his current form.
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Egypt suffer Shorbagy blow
 Top
seeds and defending champions Egypt suffered a setback today as
Mohamed El Shorbagy, who was part of the title-winning
team two years ago in Paderborn and has since risen into the
world's top five, pulled out injured, to be replaced by Tarek
Momen (tbc).
Egypt's top trio still reads Ramy Ashour, Karim
Darwish and Omar Mosaad, so it's not exactly a
crisis, but it certainly gives a glimmer more hope to their main
rivals England and hosts France, who are second
and third seeds.
Gaultier going for
Historic Home Dream
 France's
top-ranked squash player Gregory Gaultier is hoping to
fulfil a life-long dream when he leads his country in next
week's WSF Men's World Team Championship on home soil in
Mulhouse.
Hosting the championship for the first time in its 46-year
history, France is seeded to reach the semi-finals - but, buoyed
by a new world number two ranking, Gaultier is hoping to take
his team to the final for the third time since 2003, and strike
gold for the first time.
"It's going to be nice to have the home support for once as we
always play away," said the 30-year-old on the eve of his eighth
successive world team championship campaign since 1999. "I'm
looking forward to be playing in Mulhouse as it is really close
to where I started playing squash and I have all my family
there."
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