Sqsh: Pakistan's Khan leads Olympic bid

AAP Sports News (Australia), May, 2005

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 05-04-2005 Sqsh: Pakistan's Khan leads Olympic bid KARACHI, May 3 AFP - World Squash Federation (WSF) president Jahangir Khan said today the body was pushing for the sport to be included in the 2012 Olympics. Pakistan's Khan, who with compatriot Jansher Khan dominated international squash in the 1980s and 1990s, said the game should replace one of the 28 existing summer Olympic sports which are due to be put to a vote later this year. "The WSF is lobbying hard for squash getting a place in the Olympics," Jahangir Khan told AFP. "We were disappointed when it was not included for the 2008 Beijing Olympics." Squash along with golf, rugby, roller-sports and karate, will vie for a possible place at the 2012 Games if...

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