London: British boxer of Pakistani origin Amir Khan was voted Sports Personality of the Decade at the British Asian Sports Awards (BASA) event held in Central London last evening.
Khan was selected from the past 10 year’s winners of the coveted British Asian Sports Personality of the Year Award.
The boxer , who has won the BASA Sports Personality of the Year Award three times in the past decade, was recognised not only for his personal sporting achievements since winning his silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and his formidable career over the past six years, but also for the amazing impact he has had in changing perceptions of sport within the Asian community.
In a message, Amir said: “This is an amazing award to receive, and I hope that my success will go some way to inspiring all those sporting hopefuls out in the community to believe that they can achieve their dreams too.
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