Amir Khan wins big at Sony TV’s sports awards

Amir Khan and Mark Ramprakash were amongst the big winners at the Sony Network organised British Asian Sports Awards (BASA) on Saturday (16th February).

BASA, previously known as the Sony Sports Personality Awards were held at the Park Lane Hilton in London on Saturday night.

The award categories acknowledged a variety of sporting fields and abilities.

Among the winners on the night were footballer Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed and wrestler Jatinder Singh Rakhra.

Jatinder has been 8 times British Champion. He is representing GB 2008 Senior Olympic qualifiers for Beijing and is also an Olympic hopeful team for 2012 and Commonwealth Games 2010.

The International Sports Personality Of The Year award went to chess player Vishwanathan Anand.

BASA founder, Rajan Singh said: “BASA is now in its 7th year and is continuing to go from strength to strength. You only have to look at the sheer calibre of this year’s winners to see the wealth of Asian sporting talent this country has to offer.

“Tonight was a great success and having guests such as Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Minister for Sport, here certainly highlights the depth of support BASA is generating.”

Entertainment was provided by guest artists including: Sisqo, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Indian Idol winner, Prashant Tamang and Sabrina – ex singer from R&B group Mis-Teeq.

The full awards ceremony will be broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television Asia on Sunday 2nd March at 20:00.