Fawad Ahmed
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Australian spinner Fawad Ahmed wants to show Muslims in good light
Cricket | May 31, 2015, 08:28 PM ISTSydney: Pakistan-born Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed wants to be a role model for his community not just through his cricketing skills but also wants to showcase the true meaning of his religion via the game.An
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Pakistan-born Fawad Ahmed named in Australian test squad
Cricket | Mar 31, 2015, 07:43 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Pakistan-born refugee Fawad Ahmed was named to Australia's test squad Tuesday for tours of the West Indies and England later this year after an impressive domestic first-class season.Legspinner Ahmed, 33, who took 48
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Aussies cricketer Fawad Ahmed citizenship questioned
Cricket | Jan 30, 2014, 05:01 PM ISTThe rushed process in giving Australian citizenship to promising cricketer Fawad Ahmed has been questioned with a media report revealing that the Immigration Department thought the Pakistani's case for asylum was "borderline".Leg-spinner Ahmed was granted
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Fawad Ahmed Australian Muslim Sportsperson of the Year
Cricket | Dec 02, 2013, 03:35 PM ISTMelbourne: Australian cricketer Fawad Ahmed won the prestigious Australian Muslim Sportsperson of the Year award at the 8th annual Australian Muslim Achievement Awards.Cricket Australia (CA) Monday congratulated Ahmed on winning the prestigious award.Ahmed expressed his
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Rugby great David Campese suspended over racial comment
Cricket | Sep 10, 2013, 05:48 PM ISTSydney: It is reliably learnt that Australian Rugby great David Campese has been suspended as a rugby commentator by a South African television station over the tweets in which he had said that Muslim cricketer
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Spinner Fawad Ahmed included in Australian team for ODI, T20
Cricket | Aug 15, 2013, 11:15 PM ISTSydney: Fawad Ahmed, Pakistan-born leg spinner, has been inducted into the Australian team for the ODI and Twenty20 series against England. The team: Michael Clarke (ODI captain), George Bailey (T20 captain), Fawad Ahmed, Nathan Coulter-Nile,