Pakistan squash legend Azam Khan loses battle against coronavirus in London

• The 95-year-old was tested positive for COVID-19 last week and breathed his last at London’s Ealing Hospital.

Pakistan squash legend Azam Khan passed away in London after losing battle against coronavirus on Saturday. 

The 95-year-old was tested positive for COVID-19 last week and breathed his last at London’s Ealing Hospital.

His son, a former British junior champion, Wasil Khan talking to The News confirmed Azam’s demise.

“All of us here in London are in isolation and the news has come as a big jolt for us,” said Wasil son of late legend, who won four consecutive British Open titles between 1959-62.

Azam, who had settled in Britain back in the sixties, is one of the prominent members of the great Khan dynasty which ruled international squash decades. Hashim Khan, his elder brother was the first Pakistani to win the title back in 1951.