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BBC News
18-07-2025
- BBC News
Man charged with murder of Birmingham homeless man Yankee
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a homeless man in Dean, 53, also known as Yankee, was attacked on Springfield Road, Kings Heath, at about 17:00 BST on 7 July, and died in hospital two days Midlands Police said Hamza Khan was arrested on Wednesday and had since been charged in was remanded in custody and due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Friday. The force has appealed for witnesses and CCTV, doorbell and dashcam footage in order to aid its Dean, originally from San Diego, was said to be popular among the local community. A memorial service was held on Thursday. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
West Australian
04-06-2025
- Business
- West Australian
Khan takes giant step with decisive victory in Golden Open
At just 19 years of age, Pakistan's Hamza Khan on Sunday night basked in the spoils of his first PSA title — hopeful that a decisive victory in the $6000 men's final of the Northern Star Resources Golden Open was just the ticket to propel him up the international rankings. Khan in 2023 was crowned the world junior champion in Melbourne — the first Pakistani to capture that title since Jansher Khan in 1986. Following his 3-0 triumph in last weekend's final against China's Samuel Ka Hei Ho, Khan's PSA ranking was 140. But he was hopeful that his best was to come. 'This is my first PSA title and with the 6k, this has been a very good trip and a great opportunity for me,' Khan said. 'I'm very happy that I won — this gives me a lot of confidence and I will continue to do my best in the future.' On his chances of returning next year to defend his title, Khan said it would depend on his world ranking and the scheduling of other major events. 'You need to play in the big tournaments,' he said. 'If there is a big tournament, of course I will play.' It has been a busy few months for Khan, starting in February at the Pittsburgh Open, followed by the world under-23 championships and last month's South Australian Open, when he reached the semifinals. Born in Peshawar, Khan is the nephew of former world No.14 Shahid Zaman and also a close relative of former world champion Qamar Zaman. Sunday's women's final was won by Hong Kong's Kirstie Wong Po-Yui, 3-2, against Japan's Akari Midorikawa. It was the 21-year-old's first trip to the WA Goldfields and like Khan she revelled in pocketing a career-best $6000 prize money. 'It's actually been quite hard in the past two months (because) I've been to the US and Canada without much (success),' she said. 'But I'm grateful to have support from the Hong Kong Sports Institute who sponsored me and enabled me to get here. 'It (the prize money) is not all mine but I'm still totally happy. 'I turned pro 18 months ago and I've trained very hard for this.'
