Matthew Syed was a British champion in which sport?
"hockey teams. Adam Khan is a race car driver from Bridlington, Yorkshire. He represents Pakistan in the A1 Grand Prix series. Khan is currently the demonstration driver for the Renault F1 racing team. Ikram Butt was the first South Asian to play international rugby for England in 1995. He is the founder of the British Asian Rugby Association and the British Pakistani rugby league team, and has also captained Pakistan. Amir Khan is the most famous British Pakistani boxer. He is the current WBA World light welterweight champion and 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist. Matthew Syed was a table tennis"
"men's and mixed doubles titles. He also played on numerous occasions for his county of Essex at the top level of the game, helping them to win the national English county table tennis league on several occasions. He represented England as an international on many occasions and played regularly in the Swaythling Cup, which is the table tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup, the premier international men's team event in tennis. Barnes won the English Closed five times, and he became a professional table tennis player in 1975. The former English No. 1 table tennis player, Matthew Syed of Berkshire,"
"Khan and Jansher Khan; and Egyptian Amr Shabana – who have three world titles to their name. In February 2014, Matthew won a record sixth British National title with victory over fellow Englishman James Willstrop in the final before getting the better of Willstrop once more in the final of the Canary Wharf Classic to win his fourth title at the London event. 2014 saw more 2014 Commonwealth Games success for Matthew despite a knee injury, sustained in training, which overshadowed his preparations. Matthew carried the baton through his native Sheffield before the Games and was then chosen by his"
"Matt Lloyd (Paralympian) Matthew ""Matt"" Lloyd (born 23 May 1972) is a British Paralympian who was born with spina bifida and two club feet. He has competed in ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, in Sitting volleyball at the 2007 European Championships, and is credited with inventing the sport of Inline sledge hockey. He was born in Crawley, Sussex but grew up in Rainhill, Merseyside and later resided in Hollym, East Riding of Yorkshire.<ref name=""Issue 219 (29/08/2007)""></ref> In March 2012 it was announced that Lloyd would be an Olympic torchbearer and would be carrying the Olympic torch through"
"Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in June 2010. His home club is Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club in Sheffield which has named 'The Nick Matthew Showcourt' after him. He married Esme Taylor, a sports physiologist who has worked with British Cycling, in 2013 and the couple celebrated the birth of their first child Charlotte Rose on"
"9 September 2014. Nick Matthew, who attended High Storrs School, first came to the squash world's attention as an outstanding junior player. He was the 1999 British Junior Open under-19 champion, a semi-finalist at the 1998 World Junior Championships, and a member of the England team which won the 1998 world junior team title. He made his first appearance on the professional tour in 1998. In 2006, Matthew became the first English player to win the British Open men's title since 1939. In the final, against Thierry Lincou of France, he came back from 0–4 down in the fifth game"
"Mahmoud Karim (Egypt) in the 1940s; brothers Hashim Khan and Azam Khan (Pakistan) in the 1950s and 1960s; Jonah Barrington (Great Britain and Ireland) and Geoff Hunt (Australia) in the 1960s and 1970s, Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) 1980s ; Jansher Khan (Pakistan) in the 1990s and more recently, David Palmer and Nick Matthew. The World Open (squash) was inaugurated in 1976 and serves as the main competition today. Jansher Khan holds the record of winning eight World titles followed by Jahangir Khan with six, Geoff Hunt & Amr Shabana four, Nick Matthew & Ramy Ashour three. The women's record is held"
"sport. Having been a squash coach in the British Army, when Pakistan gained independence he joined as a coach for the Pakistan Air Force. It was here he impressed the officers with his skills that they sent him to England to compete out of their own pocket. Despite being in his late forties, Hashim Khan showed great skill and speed and in 1951 competed in the prestigious British Open. It was here he laid the foundation of Pakistani dominance in Squash. Hashim defeated 4 times winner the current champion Mahmoud Karim of Egypt in devastating fashion, 9-5, 9-0, 9-0. He"
"the Royal Ascot Racing Club he had a share in the Derby Winner Motivator in 2005. Mike died in November 2016 Mike Oddy Michael ""Mike"" Oddy is a former squash player from Scotland. He was one of the game's leading players in the 1960s. He played in an era where the sport was dominated by great players from Pakistan (such as Azam Khan, Roshan Khan, Mo Khan and Aftab Jawaid) and Egypt (such as A.A. AbouTaleb and Ibrahim Amin). Oddy was one of the few British players to provide as consistent challenge to the dominant Asian and African players of"
"Dale Styner (Canada No. 1), Sabir Butt (Canada No.1), Peter Hill (Singapore No. 1), Sami Elopuro (Finland No. 1), Paul Carter (English National Coach), Max Weithers, Len Steward, Abdullah Al-Mazayyan, Safir Ullah Khan, Khayal Mohammad Khan, Majid Khan, Farhan Mehboob, Yasir Butt, Khalid Atlas Khan, Farukh Zaman and Maria Toor. Rahmat has also been the national coach of Pakistan and Kuwait as well as the state of Maharashtra (India). Rahmat has co-authored several books including ""Winning Squash"", ""Jahangir and the Khan Dynasty"" and ""Advanced Squash"". He also created a video called ""How to Play Squash the Khan Way"" which was"
"Syed Mohammad Hadi Syed Mohammad (S.M.) Hadi (12 August 1899 – 14 July 1971, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) was one of the most gifted pioneering athletes of India. He not only represented India in cricket and tennis, but was also proficient in field hockey, soccer, table tennis, chess, and polo. He was nicknamed ""Rainbow Hadi"" because of his expertise in these seven sports. Hadi's father, Captain Syed Mohammed, was an officer in the Paigah army in Hyderabad State and died when Hadi was barely two years old. He was supported by the family of, Sir Asman Jah, the former Prime"
"Matthew Sadler Matthew Sadler (born 15 May 1974) is an English chess grandmaster, chess writer and two-time British Chess Champion. He is the No. 2 ranked English player as of February 2018. Sadler has a French mother, speaks French perfectly and is also qualified to play in closed French events. He was tipped to reach the heights scaled by other leading English players as Michael Adams and Nigel Short but made the decision to cease playing professionally in his mid 20s, opting for an IT career in the Netherlands. Sadler won the British Championship in 1995 at the age of"
"He started his sporting career in Iraq where he became champion, winning the gold medal when he was 15 years old. After winning the Arab Kickboxing Championships, Riyadh moved to London and continued his kickboxing career and was able to maintain his championship title and challenged for the British title. In 2003, Riyadh successfully defended his British title and won the European Championship bringing him a lot of attention from international media. Then, in 2008, he won the World Champion title in Stratford, London. As a result of his title, he became hugely popular in Britain, Iraq and the Arab"
"the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2000. Ryan appeared in Episode 4 Series 4 of the British reality TV show, The Hotel, as a guest on a family holiday in Torquay, UK where he opened the beach party. Matthew Ryan (equestrian) Matthew Morgan ""Matt"" Ryan, OAM (born 3 June 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Olympic-level equestrian rider. He is a triple Olympic gold medalist who competed for Australia. Matt has three older brothers, including the internationally successful eventer and dressage rider, Heath Ryan. In 1984. he travelled to Britain to train with the great Richard Meade,"
"2012–13 at Winterberg. Matthews was a member of the British gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships Andrew Matthews Andrew Matthews (born ) is a British bobsledder. Matthews competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. He teamed with driver Lamin Deen, John Baines and Ben Simons in the Great Britain-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 19th. He was a late replacement after Craig Pickering was injured. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 23rd, coming in the four-man event in 2013. Matthews was born in"
"all-time by virtue of his long reign as British record-holder and profusion of AAA titles. Bill Tancred was born in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, and grew up in Felixstowe. He was one of a number of siblings, one of his younger brothers being the athlete and strongman Pete Tancred. As a school boy, the javelin was his main event but he developed elbow trouble and was forced to abandon this event. His father, Adrian, believed that this was not a barrier to athletics in another discipline and Bill took up the discus in which his father coached him. After the family"
"scorecards were read. Khalid Yafai Khalid ""Kal"" Yafai (; born 11 June 1989) is a British professional boxer who has held the WBA super-flyweight title since 2016. As an amateur, he represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a flyweight. As of May 2018, he is ranked as the world's third best active super-flyweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and fourth best by ""The Ring"" magazine. Like Naseem Hamed, Yafai is the son of Yemeni parents. He currently lives in the Moseley area"
"honour in Motorsport, winning the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2008, only his second season in the sport, after narrowly finishing second in the championship in his debut season. He won the Championship again in 2014 and 2015. The first West Indian-born footballer to play football at a high level in Britain was Andrew Watson, who played for Queen's Park (Glasgow) and went on to play for Scotland. Born in May 1857 in British Guiana, Watson lived and worked in Scotland and came to be known as one of the best players of his generation. He played in 36"
"to win 11–8, 5–11, 11–4, 9–11, 11–6. In 2007, Matthew won the US Open title, beating James Willstrop in the final 11–7, 11–4, 11–7. Matthew won the British National Championship title in 2006 and 2009. In 2006, Matthew played Lee Beachill in a tight final, which he won 11–9, 6–11, 11–9, 10–12, 12–10. In 2009, he defeated Adrian Grant in the final 11–4, 11–3, 11–9. Matthew was a member of the England team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2005 and 2007. 2009 saw Matthew soar up in rankings to world No. 4 in December. His best achievement"
"Mahmoud Karim Mahmoud el Karim (1916–1999) was a squash player from Egypt. He won the British Open men's title four consecutive times from 1947–1950. Karim first played golf and tennis at the Gezira Sporting Club in Cairo before discovering squash at the age of 15. He enjoyed it so much, that he came to devote all his time to the sport. In 1947, Karim captured the British Open title for the first time. The 1947 final was the last occasion on which the British Open was decide in a best-of-three-matches contest between the two finalists. Karim beat Jim Dear 9-4,"
"times and the British Open a record ten times. Between 1981 and 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play for five years. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively. This was not only the longest winning streak in squash history, but also one of the longest unbeaten runs by any athlete in top-level professional sports. However, since 1998, when Jansher Khan was defeated in the British Open final, Pakistan squash has fallen from its height and now no longer is the dominant force in squash. No Pakistani since has reached the final of either the British or World Open."
"F. D. Amr Bey Abdelfattah Amr () (14 February 1909 – 23 November 1988), better known as ""F.D. Amr Bey"" or simply ""Amr Bey"", was an Egyptian diplomat and squash player. He won the British Open men's title six consecutive times (1933–38), and is considered the first truly dominant squash player in the sport. Amr's full legal name in Arabic is Abdelfattah Amr. ""Bey"" is not a name but a nobiliary title, similar to the British title of ""Sir"". On 20 November 1943, Amr was given the higher-ranking title of ""Pasha"", one of the most important in monarchical Egypt. The"
"Scotland. He also emerged winner at the Asian satellite tournament held at Hyderabad in the same year, and lost in the final match of the German grand prix championship. In 2001, he won the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships at Birmingham. He defeated then world number one Peter Gade in the semi-finals before defeating Chen Hong of China to lift the trophy. He became the second Indian to achieve the feat after Prakash Padukone, who won in 1980. After retiring from his playing career, Pullela Gopichand founded the Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2008, after reportedly mortgaging his own house."
"Moin-ul-Haq Sayyid Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq OBE (popularly known as ""Moin Saab"") (died 1970), was an Indian coach who made important contributions to sports and education. He was a pioneer of Olympic movement in India, championing the cause for sports all his life. He served as ""Moin saab"" didn't promote only cricket or football but tennis, squash, badminton also. ""He was immensely impressed with the strong nation character of the British people and their resilience,"" says author and retired IPS officer, Sudhir Kumar Jha in his book ""Patna Reincarnated: A New Dawn"". ""Moin saab was like the guardian of sports culture in"
"Syed Modi Syed Modi (1962–1988), born as Syed Mehdi, was an Indian badminton singles player. He was eight-time National Badminton champion (1980–87). His most notable achievement at the international badminton circuit came in the form of men's singles title at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. He also won three other international titles, namely Austrian International (in 1983 & 1984) and USSR International (in 1985), both of which were European Badminton Circuit tournaments. Modi's career was cut short in his prime when he was shot dead on 28 July 1988 in Lucknow as he came out of the K. D. Singh Babu"
"supported national governing body England Squash. Matthew has been a patron of the Sheffield Children's Hospital since 2014. In November 2016 he was named as an Athlete Ambassador for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games by Commonwealth Games England. ""To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded."" Note: NA = Not Available Nick Matthew (Official) Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional"
"Khalid Yafai Khalid ""Kal"" Yafai (; born 11 June 1989) is a British professional boxer who has held the WBA super-flyweight title since 2016. As an amateur, he represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a flyweight. As of May 2018, he is ranked as the world's third best active super-flyweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and fourth best by ""The Ring"" magazine. Like Naseem Hamed, Yafai is the son of Yemeni parents. He currently lives in the Moseley area of Birmingham. Yafai"
"England) competed in the same Commonwealth championships, the first father and daughter to do so. In June 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Richard Cohen (fencer) Richard Cohen (born 9 May 1947) is a British fencer who competed at three Olympic Games and the author of ""Chasing the Sun"", the story of man's relationship to that star, and ""By the Sword"", a history of sword fighting. He is the founder of the book publisher Richard Cohen Books. Cohen was born in Birmingham, England, to a Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother. He learned"
"Andrew Matthews Andrew Matthews (born ) is a British bobsledder. Matthews competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. He teamed with driver Lamin Deen, John Baines and Ben Simons in the Great Britain-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 19th. He was a late replacement after Craig Pickering was injured. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 23rd, coming in the four-man event in 2013. Matthews was born in Slough, and made his World Cup debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, his best finish is 8th, in a four-man event in"
"teammates to be flag bearer for Team England at the opening ceremony at Celtic Park in Glasgow. In competition, Matthew competed in singles and doubles with Adrian Grant. He won Gold in singles courtesy of a 11–9 8–11 11–5 6–11 11–5 in what was described as an 'absorbing contest', shown live on BBC Television. He and Grant then took silver in the doubles after falling 10–11 11–7 11–9 to Australians Cameron Pilley and David Palmer. 2015 has proved to be another successful year for Matthew. He became the first man since Ramy Ashour in 2013 to win three PSA World"
"from 1962 to 1977, and Pakistani Jahangir Khan, who won the men's title for 10 consecutive times from 1982 to 1991. The event has been held at various venues since the challenge system ended in 1947. + later rounds held at Conference Centre After being staged at the Wembley Conference Centre for 10 years until 1994 with some capacity crowds, the event began to move around Britain with eight different venues over the next 17 years – only twice staying in the same venue for consecutive years. The competition suffered much uncertainty as it continued to move around the country."
"Matthew Hudson-Smith Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He holds a personal best of 44.48 seconds for the distance set during the semifinals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he qualified for the final and finished in 8th place with a time of 44.74. Hudson-Smith was a gold medallist in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and a gold medallist in the 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. He was also a double bronze medallist"
"for Egyptian squash that has been carried on and is no better illustrated than by the recipients of this evening's other awards."" Amr's award was collected by James Sandwith, the squash chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, which was the site of several of Amr's victories. F. D. Amr Bey Abdelfattah Amr () (14 February 1909 – 23 November 1988), better known as ""F.D. Amr Bey"" or simply ""Amr Bey"", was an Egyptian diplomat and squash player. He won the British Open men's title six consecutive times (1933–38), and is considered the first truly dominant squash player in the sport."