Roshan Khan Dies In Hospital
Author: SquashNow NewsDesk
Former British Open champion Roshan Khan, the father of Pakistan squash legend Jahangir Khan, has died at the age of 78, Reuters is reporting from Karachi. His funeral will be held today (Saturday) at Sultan Masjid, Defence Phase IV, Karachi, after Zuhar prayers.
Roshan, who won his only British Open in 1957, suffered a heart attack in May last year and was in coma since then. "My father died in a hospital last night," Jahangir told the agency.
Roshan rose from a ball boy in squash courts and went on to play in the British Open in 1955. He won the title two years later. He also won the US Open three times.
Along with Hashim Khan, who won seven British Open titles and was in Pakistan last month for the World Team Championship, Roshan was regarded as one of the pioneers of squash for the country that ruled the sport in 1980s and 1990s through Jahangir and Jansher Khan.
Jahangir won a world record of 10 British Open titles and six world crowns.
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Brothers Nasrullah Khan and Roshan Khan