The World Squash Federation (WSF) has been lobbying hard for a place at the Olympic table for more than 20 years and this year the sport's leaders hope their hard work will pay off.
Squash was recently nominated by the International Olympic Commission (IOC) as one of five sports that would be "studied further" with a view to inclusion in the Olympic Games programme for 2012.
The WSF will be inviting guests from the IOC, and London's 2012 Olympic bid team, to see top-class squash at first hand at the ISS Canary Wharf Classic, which takes place this week in London's Docklands.
Use of portable courts has enabled squash to break out of its club-based environment to stage major events such as this in spectacular locations.
As well as the glass and steel exhibition area at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, other tournaments are staged at Boston Symphony Hall, New York's Grand Central Terminal, and across London at the Broadgate Centre in the city.
Other venues have included the Royal Albert Hall and an open-air amphitheatre at the foot of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.
