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2021 Men's PSA World Tour Finals
The 2021 Men's PSA World Tour Finals will be the men's third edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000). The top 8 players in the 2020–21 PSA World Tour Finals, 2020–21 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. As previous year, the event took place at Mall of Arabia (Cairo), Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 22 to 27 June 2021. It's the third edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the Professional Squash Association, PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. Commercial International Bank, CIB remains as the title sponsor. 20 years old Mostafa Asal, in his first appearance in a PSA World Tour Finals won the event defeating two-time winner and World Ranking Nº2 Mohamed El Shorbagy 12–14, 11–4, 11–7, 11–3. PSA World Ranking Points PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows: Match points distribution Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores: Qualific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of largest cities in the Arab world, the Arab world, and List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is List of largest cities, one of the largest in the world by population with over 22.1 million people. The area that would become Cairo was part of ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis, Egypt, Memphis and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heliopolis are near-by. Located near the Nile Delta, the predecessor settlement was Fustat following the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman empire, Roman fortress, Babylon Fortress, Babylon. Subsequently, Cairo was founded by the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid dynasty in 969. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial International Bank
Commercial International Bank or CIB () is an Egyptian bank, one of the largest banks in the Egyptian private sector. History The Commercial International Bank was established in 1975, with joint ownership by National Bank of Egypt (51%) and Chase Manhattan Bank (49%) under the name "Chase National Bank of Egypt". In 1987, after Chase Bank’s decision to sell its share of the shares, the National Bank of Egypt established an increasing in its stake to 99.9%, and the bank’s name was changed to "Commercial International Bank – Egypt." The National Bank of Egypt's share continued to decline through several public offerings, to reach 18.7%. In 2006, a consortium led by Ripplewood Holdings acquired the share of the National Bank of Egypt. In July 2009, Actis purchased a 9.1% stake in Commercial International Bank, thus becoming the largest single shareholder in the bank's capital. In March 2014, Actis sold part of its stake in the bank amounting to 2.6%. The sale was made th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Squash
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2020–21 PSA World Tour
The 2020–21 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2020–21 squash season. It's the 6th PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015. The most important tournaments in the series are the Men's and Women's ''PSA World Championship''. The tour also features two circuits of regular events - ''PSA World Tour'' (formerly PSA World Series), which feature the highest prize money and the best fields; and PSA Challenger Tour with prize money ranging $5,500–$30,000. In the middle of the year, the PSA World Tour tour is concluded by the Men's and Women's ''PSA World Tour Finals'' in Cairo, the season-ending championships for the top 8 rated players from World Tour level tournaments. Overview PSA World Tour changes Starting in August 2018, PSA revamped its professional tour structure in two individual circuits; PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour. PSA World Tour (formerly PSA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
The 2021 Women's PSA World Series Finals is the third women's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000) after the renaming of PSA World Series. The top 8 players in the 2020–21 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event takes place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 22 to 27 June 2021. It's the third edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB remains as the title sponsor. Nouran Gohar, in her first ''World Tour Finals'' Final appearance, became champion after defeating defending champion Hania El Hammamy 11–9, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8. PSA World Ranking Points PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows: Match points distribution Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores: Qualification & Seeds Qualification Top eight players at 2020–21 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals. Seeds Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Marche
Grégoire Marche (born 3 March 1990) is a professional squash player who represents France. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in March 2022. Career Marche won the silver medal at the 2017 World Games in the Squash competition. He also won the silver medal in this event at the 2022 World Games The 2022 World Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines .... In December 2023, Marche won a bronze medal with France, at the 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand. After losing to fellow Frenchman Lucas Serme at the 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship in May, he won another bronze medal with France, at the 2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Hong Kong. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marche, Gregoire 1990 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Makin
Joel Makin (, born 27 October 1994) is a Welsh professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 4 in the world during June 2025. Career Makin was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He played squash at Aberdare Junior Squash Club under coaches Bob Gould, Clive Roberts and Dave Cope, and represented Wales at Under-13s level in 2007. He left Aberdare at 18 and, forgoing university, trained at West Warwickshire Club under the guidance of Rob Owen until parting ways to become independent. He won the Kent Open in 2017, beating Joshua Masters in straight sets, and the Tring Open in 2018. He reached the semifinals of the men’s singles squash competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in the bronze medal match. Makin qualified for the 2018 British Open Squash Championships where he lost in the first round to Mohamed Abouelghar. He beat the world number one, Mohamed El Shorbagy, to reach the quarterfinals of the Channel VAS Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwan El Shorbagy
Marwan Hossam El Shorbagy (born 30 July 1993) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He is a former world team champion and reached his career-high ranking reaching World No. 3 in May 2018, while playing for his native Egypt. He won the World Juniors in 2011 & 2012 and became the third player in history to win the World Junior twice. Career overview He was born and raised in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and started playing squash at the age of eight. In 2010, he joined the PSA as a 17-year-old and became a student at Millfield School in England (where he was coached by Jonah Barrington and Ian Thomas). He is the younger brother of Mohamed El Shorbagy who also plays on the PSA tour and is a former World No. 1. Despite now combining his squash career with that of a student at a University in the UK, 19-year-old El Shorbagy celebrated his world top 30 debut in July. In July 2012 he won his second successive World Junior Open title – to become only the third man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Farag
Ali Amr Farag (; born 22 April 1992) is a former Egyptian professional squash player. He is a four-time world individual champion, having won the title in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23 and a four-times world team champion. He has a highest career world ranking of world No. 1 by the Professional Squash Association (PSA). Education Farag graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Farag also graduated as one of the best squash players in college history, suffering only two defeats in his three years. As a member of Harvard's Varsity Squash Team, Farag won two individual national titles and helped lead Harvard to its first team title in 17 years in 2014. Professional career After graduating, Farag returned to the pro circuit, and began a rapid climb up the world rankings. He was named the PSA Player of the Month in April 2015 for reaching the main draw of the El Gouna Invitational as a qualifier and for winning back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Squash Association
The Professional Squash Association, or simply the PSA, is the governing body for the men's and women's professional Squash (sport), squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP and the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for tennis. The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA Squash Tour involves over 250 tournaments annually around the world. Over 1,200 players from five World Squash Federation#Continental Association, continents and more than 60 Template:National members of the World Squash Federation, countries are registered with the PSA. Rankings are updated weekly based on performances. Squash Tour ''PSA Squash Tour'' comprises the most important tournaments in prize money for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including the World Squash Championships, World Championship and PSA Squash Tour Finals, Tour Finals, labelled as following: * Diamond Tier: 48-player draws for $300,000 *Platinum Tier: 48-player dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northern coast of Egypt, the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to Egypt–Israel barrier, the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to Egypt–Sudan border, the south, and Libya to Egypt–Libya border, the west; the Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital, list of cities and towns in Egypt, largest city, and leading cultural center, while Alexandria is the second-largest city and an important hub of industry and tourism. With over 109 million inhabitants, Egypt is the List of African countries by population, third-most populous country in Africa and List of countries and dependencies by population, 15th-most populated in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
