PSA World Championships 2026: India fields all-men team in Giza
The PSA World Championships, the most prestigious title in professional squash, returns to Giza, Egypt from May 8 to 16, 2026. Hosted at Palm Hills Sports Club, the event features a $1.403 million total prize fund ($701,500 each for men and women). The tournament follows a single-elimination knockout format with 128 players (64 men + 64 women) from over 50 countries. It is a pure knockout, one loss and you’re out. Players qualify through PSA World Rankings, Challenger Tour events, or Continental Qualifying tournaments. Egypt continues to dominate the championship with World No.1 Mostafa Asal and women’s World No.1 Hania El Hammamy. The defending champions are Mostafa Asal in the men’s category and Nour El Sherbini in the women’s category. India’s campaign India will have an all-men contingent this year as no Indian woman qualified for the tournament. Tanvi Khanna, the only Indian female participant in the qualifiers, was eliminated in the quarter-finals, resulting in no Indian women making the main draw. Anahat Singh was also set to take part in the Asian Qualifying Event …
