Daanyal Ahmed Spalding has Golf down to a ‘Tee’

IN A sporting world where the likes of Rory McIIroy and Tiger Woods continue to scale the heights of Golf, one British Muslim from the Midlands is hoping to emulate their achievements.

Daanyal Ahmed Spalding from Birmingham is hoping to become the first professional British Muslim golfer to achieve the sporting greatness of Golf’s biggest stars.

The 18-year-old, who lives in the Hall Green area of the city with his family, turned professional last month and played in his first Pro-Golf tournament - the Jamega Golf Tour at Burnham and Berrow Golf Course.

When he stepped out onto the marvelous green Daanyal finally realised a dream he held as a youngster.

“Playing in my first

‘Failure is not an option’

IT has been a long wait for Adil Anwar, but finally the Leeds boxer has been handed a shot at a British title.

The 25-year-old will fight Darren Hamilton for the Light-Welter Weight British Title at the Echo Arena Liverpool on 6 July.

Anwar, who took up Boxing as a young kid, has waited patiently for a title shot for two years.

And he’s determined he won’t let the opportunity pass him by.

"This is a massive opportunity for me, without a doubt this will be the biggest fight of my career so far and therefore the preparation for

The Asian Today Interview: Priyanka Chopra

PRIYANKA Chopra has come a long way from winning Miss World in 2000.

The beautiful and exotic Indian started working in Hindi movies after winning the beauty pageant and has since become one of India’s most recognised faces.

After winning numerous awards, including the prestigious National Award for Best Actress, and playing versatile and challenging roles in movies, Chopra has embarked on a new journey.

Priyanka was signed to Universal Music Group and Interscope Records in 2011 for a worldwide music deal. Soon after, the actress-turned-singer became the first Hindi movie actress to be signed by Creative Artist Agency, who manages the movie careers of actors like Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Natalie Portman amongst many others.

The 31-year-old beauty has already released two singles, In My City featuring will.i.am and Exotic featuring Pitbull. She is also the voice of Ishani in Disney’s Planes, the number one film this week in the United Kingdom.

The actress spoke to our Bollywood Reporter Sunny Malik about Planes, movies, music and much more…

 

Congratulations on the super success of Planes in the UK. The film has beaten Kick-Ass 2 in Friday-Sunday collections at the Box Office. How do you feel about being part of a movie that is so successful here?

It’s so exciting that it’s the number one movie in the UK right now. Planes is my first animation movie and also my first English language film. I am super kicked about it. I have always loved Disney and their movies. I think every girl wanted to be a Disney princess at some point in their life. I wanted to be Tinkerbell, even though she is the fairy. This is the closest I have come