BRADFORD'S Zeeshaan Ramzan has booked himself a place at the World Kickboxing Association Championships in Italy next year.

The eight-year-old from Great Horton sealed his place among the elite by winning the novice under-25kg semi-contact category in the English Open Championships at Barnsley Metrodome.

Zeeshaan, who goes to Copthorne Primary School, attends both the Azar Farooq Kickboxing Club in Bradford and the Holme Valley Black Belt Academy.