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Jahangir Khan elected President of WSF

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Rob Burgess 29 October 2002

MIKE CORBY, President of both England Squash and the English Hockey Association, has failed in his bid to become the seventh President of the World Squash Federation (WSF).

Corby, who is supported by UK Sport through the International Representatives’ Grant Aid Programme, was beaten in a closely-fought election by fellow Vice-President Jahangir Khan at the WSF’s AGM in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

Khan, one of the sport’s greatest ever players, succeeds New Zealander Susie Simcock, who stands down having served the maximum terms of six years as Vice-President and six as President.

The 38-year-old from Karachi, a Vice-President of the WSF since 1998, dominated world squash for 14 years, winning the British Open 10 times in a row and the World Open six times.

At one point he went more than five years unbeaten by any opponent and in April 2000 he was named Pakistan’s Sportsman of the Millennium. He retired after leading Pakistan to the men’s world team title in 1993.

In addition to being the first WSF President from Pakistan, Khan is also only the second ever Pakistani to head an international sports federation.

"When I first joined the WSF Management Committee, it was because of my desire to do something productive for the game of squash after my retirement," Khan explained.

"I will now dedicate myself full-time to the WSF and do my level best to help promote the sport in all corners of the globe."

Khan’s appointment was immediately welcomed by the Professional Squash Association and the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association, who announced that they will be entering into talks with the WSF about joint initiatives to market squash globally.

In addition to Ireland’s Joyce Buckley, who was re-elected, two new Vice-Presidents were also elected at the AGM: Neven Barbour of New Zealand and Malaysia’s Sani Karim.

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