Jahangir Khan re-elected as WSF chief

Published September 16, 2006

KARACHI, Sept 15: Pakistan's former world squash champion Jahangir Khan was on Friday re-elected president of the World Squash Federation (WSF) for a third consecutive term.

“It is a great honour and appreciation of my work for international squash. There are many challenges but the main target is to have squash included in Olympics,” Jahangir told AFP.

The 42-year-old Jahangir won a world record 10 British Open crowns and six world titles during his illustrious career between 1981-1993 before taking over as the federation's chief in 2002.

He became only the second Pakistani to head an international sport federation after Anwar Chowdhry, who has been at the helm of International Boxing Association for the last 20 years.

Jahangir was due to contest the presidency against Dutchman Philipe van der Wath but his rival withdrew.

Jahangir hoped the federation's bid to get squash included in the Olympics would bear fruit in the near future.

“We have been trying hard and hope that London 2012 would be our target. I hope the organisers of the London Olympics would heed on our request and give the sport the much needed impetus through Olympics,” he said. —AFP

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