British Asian - Sports

Sports

See also: British Asians in association football

Jawed Khaliq the first world champion boxer of Pakistani origin was born in Nottingham England. Amir Khan, the silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, has become a cultural icon in the UK with audiences of up to 8 million watching him live on national television whenever he fights. He represents Britain in boxing and he is the current WBA world light welterweight champion. Another notable boxer is Haider Ali who won the first ever gold medal for Pakistan in boxing at the commonwealth games in Manchester in 2002 in the featherweight division he now fights professionally out of Luton, England.

Nasser Hussain was the captain of the England cricket team. Michael Chopra played for the England national under-21 football team and became the first footballer of Indian descent to play and score in the Premier League. In 2006, he made news for scoring the fastest goal in Premier League history, as Chopra had only been on the pitch for ten seconds after coming on as a substitute.

List of other British South Asian Sport personalities:

  • Amir Khan
  • Vikram Solanki
  • Sajid Mahmood
  • Monty Panesar
  • Saqlain Mushtaq
  • Adam Khan
  • Dimitri Mascarenhas
  • Ravi Bopara
  • Kabir Ali
  • Mark Ramprakash
  • Nasser Hussain
  • Owais Shah
  • Kadeer Ali
  • Moeen Ali
  • Hamza Riazuddin
  • Min Patel
  • Samit Patel
  • Adil Rashid
  • Zesh Rehman
  • Bilal Shafayat
  • Harpal Singh
  • Anwar Uddin
  • Usman Afzaal
  • Adnan Ahmed
  • Michael Chopra
  • Nayan Doshi
  • Majid Haq
  • Ronnie Irani
  • Omer Hussain
  • Tajiv Masson
  • Kash Gill
  • Netan Sansara
  • Mandip Sehmi
  • Rikki Bains

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