Anisa Khan appointed captain of England women's national kabaddi team

Anisa Khan, a British-Bangladeshi athlete, has been appointed captain of the England women's national kabaddi team. She is set to lead the squad at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship, which begins on October 23 in Ahmedabad, India.

Khan, who studied economic development at the London School of Economics, first began playing kabaddi in 2017 while at university. She previously represented England in the 2024 European Beach Kabaddi Championship. Beyond sports, she is a consultant, the founder of the food brand ‘Bombay Pizza’, and was a runner-up on the BBC One reality show ‘The Apprentice’.

Her family roots are in Akua village, Rajnagar, in the Moulvibazar district of Bangladesh. Her father, Yawar Khan, moved to the United Kingdom from Bangladesh in 1973 and is the founder of the Asian Curry Awards.