article_snippet.sent: Out there in the desert, the mirage continues to shimmer for Amir Khan. 
article_snippet.sent: Yet each time Amir Khan reaches out, the tantalising illusion fades and slips away like so many fantasies along the Vegas Strip.
article_snippet.sent: Amir Khan come winter.
article_snippet.sent: Sportsmail's Jeff Powell with Amir Khan .
article_snippet.sent: As a hero of the world, Amir Khan would be a huge attraction there.
article_snippet.sent: Amir Khan now has initials which are the Pakistan equivalent of a CBE behind Amir Khan name.
article_snippet.sent: Amir Khan father and mother have just returned from Islamabad where, on His father and mother son’s behalf, His father and mother received from President Mamnoon Hussain the PAPID - the President’ s Award for Pride In Performance.
article_snippet.sent: Amir has great speed.
article_snippet.sent: And Amir recent performances have been impressive.
article_snippet.sent: Amir Khan says: ‘Late November or December is perfect for me.
article_snippet.sent: And Amir Khan suspects that will be the upshot in Vegas:
article_snippet.sent: So Amir Khan says: ‘I’ll just watch their mega-fight with a professional eye.
article_snippet.sent: Hidden away in a unit in a business park in Oakland, across the Bay from San Francisco, is the gym in which trainer Virgil Hunter hones the talents of Amir Khan and Amir Khan long-time protege Andre Ward, who will shortly make Amir Khan own comeback from a long lay-off.
article_snippet.sent: But as Amir Khan higher education continues under Hunter, Amir Khan is buckling down.
article_snippet.sent: Partly in the knowledge, at 28, that these are Amir Khan prime years and these must not be squandered.
article_snippet.sent: Amir Khan says: ‘Being at ringside (on May 2) will be a bit frustrating
article_snippet.sent: Amir Khan is hoping that the next time Amir Khan takes to the air it will be on a magic carpet — to Arabia.
highlights_snippet.sent: Amir Khan is a hero of the Muslim world and Amir Khan