Shabana Extends World No1 Reign

Egypt's Amr Shabana moves into his 16th successive month at the top of the Dunlop PSA Men's World Rankings, according to the new July list issued today by the Professional Squash Association.

Since first heading the world list in April 2006, the 27-year-old from Cairo has won five PSA Super Series titles, bringing his career Tour title total to 16.

Teenage compatriot Ramy Ashour holds his place at No2 behind Shabana - the 19-year-old from Cairo having picked up four PSA Tour titles this year.

In an unchanged top 20, Australia's World Open champion David Palmer is at three, ahead of Frenchmen Gregory Gaultier in fourth place and Thierry Lincou at No5.

Remarkably, the highest-placed player in the new list who celebrates a career-best ranking is Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who rises eight places to 46 to become the first Colombian ever to appear in the world's top 50.

The 21-year-old from Bogotá followed his success in the South American Championships (a non-ranking event) in his home country at the beginning of last month to win the Mitsubishi Motors Open in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to earn the fourth PSA Tour title of his career.

1 [1] Amr Shabana EGY
2 [2] Ramy Ashour EGY
3 [3] David Palmer AUS
4 [4] Gregory Gaultier FRA
5 [5] Thierry Lincou FRA
6 [6] Anthony Ricketts AUS
7 [7] James Willstrop ENG
8 [8] Nick Matthew ENG
9 [9] John White SCO
10 [10] Wael El Hindi EGY
11 [11] Karim Darwish EGY
12 [12] Stewart Boswell AUS
13 [13] Lee Beachill ENG
14 [14] Mohammed Abbas EGY
15 [15] Adrian Grant ENG
16 [16] Peter Barker ENG
17 [17] Olli Tuominen FIN
18 [18] Ong Beng Hee MAS
19 [19] Mohd Azlan Iskandar MAS
20 [20] Borja Golan ESP