Pakistan mourns a legend
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Pakistan yesterday mourned its first-ever world champion in any sport, squash star Hashim Khan who died in the United States, as former players paid tribute to an all-time great.
Khan, who won the sport’s premier title the British Open seven times between 1951 and 1958, was aged 100 at the time of his death in Denver on Monday.
Another squash legend, Jahangir Khan, said Khan had put Pakistan on the sporting map. “Khan was a great player and whatever Pakistan have won in squash was initiated by him,” said Jahangir, himself a record 10-time British Open champion.
“Barely three years after Pakistan’s independence in 1947, he became our first-ever sporting hero in 1951 and whatever tribute we can pay will not match his great contribution in inspiring a whole generation,” said Jahangir.
Hashim Khan, born in British-India in 1914, made his mark as a ball boy for British air force officers when they played squash. He also won three US and as many Canadian titles.
His success inspired a generation of players in his remote home village of Nawa-e-Kali, near the northwestern city of Peshawar, to emulate his feats. Jahangir and his contemporary Jansher Khan also hail from the same village.
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