Bradford’s Umar Khan defends beeni title

    Photo Credit - Asian Express

    Bradford’s Umar Khan has successfully defended his Asian arm-wrestling title following an international bout.

    Khan is the undefeated world heavyweight champion in the sport beeni. After a number of successful defences in the UK and Dubai, Mr Khan, 25, from Manningham, travelled to Pakistan to wrestle.

    He defended his title in front of crowds of more than 40,000 people at the bout in Mirpur, and he has now held the world title since 2014.

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