Sports active: Racket man; For more than five-and-a-half years, Pakistan's Jahangir Khan was unbeatable on a squash court - the longest winning run in modern sport. Born in a remote village near the Khyber Pass, he gave the game its first superstar. Now, he says, it's high time for another one. Mark MacKenzie gets an audience with the king.(Sport)

From: The Independent on Sunday (London, England) | Date: March 13, 2005 | Copyright information

The remote village of Nawakillie, in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, is an unassuming birthplace for an international sporting dynasty. Across the valley lies the Khyber Pass, the mountain road linking Pakistan to Afghanistan which, down the centuries, has brought trade and trouble in equal measure.

Nawakillie's fertile soil keeps its subsistence farmers well fed, while the clean mountain air helps its children grow fit and strong. Among them are the robust youn...

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