Anand Hyundai International Outstanding Achievement Award
Ayaz Sheikh, Swimming, Leicester
Mohammed Razaq, Cricket, Bristol
Salma Bi, Cricket, Birmingham
Emerald Knight Community Business in Sport
Amit Bhatia, Football, Queen Park Rangers
Wasim Khan, Cricket, London
Jasbir Athwal, Golf, Bradford
It’s time to pick up the phone and place your votes for your favourite budding sports stars and heroes as the build up to the Change4Life British Asian Sports Awards hots up. Voting lines are now officially open to the public until Thursday 4th February.
Amongst the shortlisted hopefuls this year are Formula One racer Adam Khan, Yorkshire and England cricketer Adil Rashid, Queens Park Rangers Vice-Chairman Amit Bhatia and England women’s cricketer Isa Guha. The Awards, which are made up of ten categories and judged by a panel of experts are, for the first time, taking place in partnership with the ground-breaking Change4Life movement which supports families to ‘eat well, move more and live longer’
The partnership with Change4Life aims to increase awareness of the importance of eating well and moving more amongst the South Asian Community, where obesity remains a huge challenge, with current estimations that nine out of ten kids could be overweight or obese by 2050 if no action is taken.
Ayaz Sheikh, Swimming, Leicester
Mohammed Razaq, Cricket, Bristol
Salma Bi, Cricket, Birmingham
Emerald Knight Community Business in Sport
Amit Bhatia, Football, Queen Park Rangers
Wasim Khan, Cricket, London
Jasbir Athwal, Golf, Bradford
It’s time to pick up the phone and place your votes for your favourite budding sports stars and heroes as the build up to the Change4Life British Asian Sports Awards hots up. Voting lines are now officially open to the public until Thursday 4th February.
Amongst the shortlisted hopefuls this year are Formula One racer Adam Khan, Yorkshire and England cricketer Adil Rashid, Queens Park Rangers Vice-Chairman Amit Bhatia and England women’s cricketer Isa Guha. The Awards, which are made up of ten categories and judged by a panel of experts are, for the first time, taking place in partnership with the ground-breaking Change4Life movement which supports families to ‘eat well, move more and live longer’
The partnership with Change4Life aims to increase awareness of the importance of eating well and moving more amongst the South Asian Community, where obesity remains a huge challenge, with current estimations that nine out of ten kids could be overweight or obese by 2050 if no action is taken.
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