It was almost as though he had never been away as Karim Abdel Gawad won his first PSA World Tour title in a year in capturing the Optasia Championships squash title. Gawad, the 2016 world champion, beat compatriot and World No.12 Youssef Soliman in a straight-game final 11-4, 11-7, 11-3 in 34 authoritiative minutes. Gawad was competing in just his…

World No.58 and event wildcard Charlie Lee pulled off an astounding upset at the Optasia Championship by beating world No.1-chasing Mohamed ElShorbagy in four games. Lee (who spoke to Squash Mad last week about his current hot streak) built on his impressive straight-games win in round one over Germany’s Rafael Kandra by toppling former world champion ElShorbagy to advance to…

The three-time world champion spoke to Squash Mad on squash’s biggest controversy and says no one is winning from the World No.1’s divisive fan split.Nick Matthew believes that Egypt’s Mostafa Asal is now faced with a choice of two paths when it comes to the six-week suspension and £2,000 fine he had slapped on him by the PSA on Monday.…

World No.1 Mostafa Asal has been hit with a six-week ban after being cited for “dangerous play” on the PSA World Tour as the young Egyptian’s career took another wild turn on Monday night. As revealed by Squash Mad, the 21-year-old Egyptian was present at a disciplinary hearing mid-tournament last week at the Canary Wharf Classic, hours before losing his…