INTERNATIONAL SQUASH MAGAZINE

Nouran Gohar and Mostafa Asal emerged victorious on the finals day of the CIB PSA World Tour Finals, marking a historic end to the 2022-2023 PSA World Tour season at the EDNC SODIC in Cairo, Egypt.Gohar clinched her second CIB PSA World Tour Finals crown, adding to her previous triumph in the 2020-2021 edition. In a remarkable showdown lasting a...

On the eve of the season ending CIB PSA World Tour Finals which start tomorrow at the newly constructed EDNC SODIC venue in Cairo, International Squash Magazine reviews the highlights from a thrilling 2022/23 Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour season.The 2022/23 World Tour squash season kicked off in Cairo with the CIB Zed Open Bronze event in August. However,...

Egypt have been crowned the SDAT WSF Squash World Cup Champions after coming from behind to beat Malaysia in front of a capacity crowd in Chennai’s Express Avenue Mall.The SDAT WSF Squash World Cup, which had not been played since 2011, was brought back this year with a number of exciting changes, including gender-balanced teams of two men and two...

Egyptian Ali Farag has reclaimed the coveted World No.1 ranking in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Men's World Rankings, marking his return to the top position after a hiatus since January. Farag, 31 years old, temporarily relinquished the top spot to Mostafa Asal earlier this year due to a knee injury that forced him to take a four-month break.Farag's recent...

Egyptian squash player Nouran Gohar has reclaimed the coveted Professional Squash Association (PSA) World No.1 ranking after her recent triumph at the El Gouna International tournament staged at the El Gouna Conference and Culture Center at Egypt’s stunning Red Sea Resort.Gohar returns to the top spot comes just a month after her previous reign, securing the World No.1 ranking by...

Ali Farag and Nouran Gohar won the respective men’s and women’s titles at the PSA El Gouna International Squash Open staged at the El Gouna Conference and Culture Center at Egypt’s stunning Red Sea Resort, with their latest tournament wins ensure that both players will return to World No.1 in the next Men’s and Women’s World Rankings to be announced...

The investment from Squash SM&E Holdings into professional squash will be used to optimise the structure of the PSA Tour and streamline the pathway for players to move up the PSA World Rankings to create more playing opportunities.It will also allow SMM to become involved in the staging of more top-tier events with a view to increasing player compensation and...

Married couple Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb were crowned 2023 PSA Manchester Open Champions following impressive wins over Karim Abdel Gawad and Nele Gilis respectively in the finals staged at the National Squash Centre.In a repeat of last week’s men’s final at the PSA World Championships in Chicago, Ali Farag again triumphed again over fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad...

Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini retained their PSA World Squash Championship titles with stunning victories over fellow Egyptians Karim Abdel Gawad and Nouran Gohar at the spectacular Union Station venue in Chicago, USA.Farag was in dominate form throughout the championships and successfully defended his title with a 44-minute 12-10 11-6 11-6 victory over former World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad,...

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...