Sports

Emdad Rahman THE PLAY FOR ROHINGYA tournament held at Newham Leisure Centre to raise money for over half a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh was a huge success. Sixteen teams fought it out on the pitch to support a hugely important ...

Emdad Rahman SPORTING BENGAL rolled back the years as the renowned Tower Hamlets club paraded an array of legends who faced off against each other for a charitable cause.  With the Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar to escape horrendous persecution, global ...

Emdad Rahman This weekend Newham Leisure Centre will host Play for Rohingya – a football tournament to raise awareness of the plight of the stricken Rohingya people in Myanmar and funds and to support them. Play 4 Rohingya is a ...

Emdad Rahman MILE END FC have been crowned the winners of the Newham Champions League after beating rivals Elite FC 2-1 in an entertaining final at Newham Leisure Centre. The match was a tightly contested affair from beginning to end.   Elite ...

Emdad Rahman THE BIG FUN RUN (BFR) returns to Victoria Park later this month and a local gym for disabled people is appealing for readers to take part and raise money for this underfunded and much needed resource.  The team ...

LONDON LIONS walked out in the Copper Box on Sunday night in high spirits – having picked up some new silverware at the O2 last week and then winning in Worcester on Friday night. They left the arena in the ...

Emdad Rahman meets the legendary Judoka Brian Jacks. AS A CHILD Brian Jacks was very sick, and this prevented him from taking part in sports or even running around the playground. At the age of nine doctors discovered he’d been ...

Emdad Rahman THE INNER LONDON Football League (ILFL) has once again set the veterans scene buzzing with the launch of the 40+ League at Stepney Green Astroturf.  The league is played in Stepney Green every Monday from 9-10 pm. The ...

Emdad Rahman A TUMULTUOUS summer saw Stepney Football Club relegated from the BFA Summer League for the first time – yet finish the season as Cup Champions after a heroic comeback victory over BYM. This led to a major overhaul in playing ...

Emdad Rahman It was a night of unbelievable drama as the old guard of Stepney FC came from behind to lift the Bangladesh Football Association Sonali Bank Cup final for the very first time in their trophy-laden history.  Stepney faced ...