Jahangir’s pep talk boosts players’ spirits for C’wealth Games


Listen to the champ: Pakistan squash legend Jahangir Khan (second from right) having a chat with MRCB executive vice chairman Tan Sri Mohd Salim Fateh Din (second from left), SRAM director of coaching Major (rtd) S. Maniam (left) and former SRAM president Huang Ying How at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil.

PETALING JAYA: The national squash players are all pumped up for their Commonwealth Games mission after meeting Pakistan legend Jahangir Khan just two days before their departure to Birmingham.

Jahangir, a six-time world champion and 10-time British Open champion, arguably regarded as the greatest men’s player in history and Pakistan’s most decorated sportsman, paid a brief visit to the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

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