INTERNATIONAL SQUASH MAGAZINE

Diego Elias of Peru has become the first squash player from South America to be ranked World No.1.The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have confirmed that the 26-year-old Peruvian has overtaken the suspended Mostafa Asal of Egypt to go to World No.1 for the first time in his career.Despite being beaten by former World No.1 Ali Farag of Egypt in yesterday’s...

Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini were crowned British Open champions at the spectacular Rep Theatre in the heart of Birmingham, England with the two Egyptians overcoming Diego Elias and Nouran Gohar in their respective finals.Competing in his fourth consecutive final and despite observing Ramadan, and therefore not eating and drinking during daylight hours, Egypt’s Ali Farag produced a momentous...

Karim Abdel Gawad defeated fellow Egyptian Youssef Soliman 11-4 11-7 11-3 in just 34 minutes to win the PSA Optasia Championships staged at the Wimbledon Club, London, England.It was expected that the conclusion of the championships would result in a new World No.1 with Diego Elias of Peru and Mohamed ElShorbagy both able to replace Mostafa Asal should they lift...

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have confirmed that Mostafa Asal of Egypt has been suspended from the PSA World Tour for six weeks and has received a fine of £2,000 fine having been charged with two separate breaches of the PSA Code of Conduct under Article 4.P relating to ‘Dangerous Play’. The incidents occurred during his quarter-final and semi-final matches...

Paul Coll of New Zealand secured a third GillenMarkets Canary Wharf Classic title at the spectacular East Wintergarden in London following a hard-fought 7-11 11-6 11-4 11-4 final victory over Joel Makin of Wales.The Welshman started confidently, winning eight of the opening ten points of the match, to win the opening game in 20 minutes and looked set to repeat...

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have announced that they have passed one million followers on social media which represents an 11% increase in followers compared to this time last year.2022 saw the PSA World Tour increase its digital presence significantly as fans consumed over 140 million minutes of PSA video content across social media, with over 7.5 million engagements in...

Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nouran Gohar were crowned 2023 PSA Black Ball Squash Open champions following wins over Tarek Momen & Hania El Hammamy at the Black Ball Sporting Club in Cairo.ElShorbagy won the PSA World Tour Gold event for the first time with a 14-12 11-8 11-7 victory over 7th seed Momen to claim his fifth PSA title of the...

With the legendary Hashim Khan leading the way, the mighty Khans of Pakistan have dominated squash for five decades.However, winning championships was not all they did. They widened the dimensions of the game, influenced its philosophy and technique, taught it in countries all over the world and stimulated its growth as an international sport.Until the 1950s, squash was a game...