Places for the Vitality Run Hackney Half Marathon on Sunday, 10th May 2015 are selling out fast and local runners are being urged to book their race place at www.runhackney.com to avoid disappointment. The Vitality Run Hackney Half Marathon suits ...
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Women: run with Paula!
Legendary athlete Paula Radcliffe has launched a search for six London women who want to get active and inspire others by taking up the challenge of entering the Morrisons Great Newham London Run for the first time. The six women will ...
Read More »Estádio José Alvalade: Sporting Clube de Lisbon tour
Emdad Rahman As you walk through the entrance and foyer, through the VIP Lounge to the reception, you become aware that football is just one of many sports played and celebrated at this historic Portugese club. Founded on 1st July ...
Read More »Mark Butcher kicks off LV= County Championship
Mark Butcher does not expect Yorkshire to retain their LV= County Championship title – and he has warned his former county, Surrey, that they also face a tough battle to gain promotion back to Division One. The former England opener, ...
Read More »Hip hop makes a Stratford stop
It sounds odd to be talking about a hip hop retrospective – but that’s what’s coming to the Theatre Royal Stratford East in April. Boy Blue Ent will be putting on “Legacy” – a new showcase of handpicked dance pieces ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets First… to explore anti-austerity solidarity with Greece
Mayor Lutfur Rahman has always said that his Administration in Tower Hamlets is an anti-austerity Administration. And Deputy Mayor Cllr Oliur Rahman is helping Mayor Rahman show this is not just a paper policy – by leading a delegation of ...
Read More »Hundreds of Wallys join ranks to promote literacy
Where’s Wally fun run: helping children read and write Emdad Rahman Hundreds wore the famous stripes shirt, hat and spectacles as the National Literacy Trust successfully oversaw the Where’s Wally? fun run for the third time in London. The Wallys ...
Read More »Medal glory for Tower Hamlets at London Youth Games
Tower Hamlets youngsters were in sparkling form at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games Spring Finals on 24th March, winning a bronze medal. Europe’s largest annual youth sports event saw around 2,500 young people from across London competing at the ...
Read More »Gibson is Fast Bowling Coach
The England Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Ottis Gibson has been appointed as England’s Fast Bowling Coach for the Test squad’s forthcoming West Indies tour. Gibson, who enjoyed a three-year spell as England’s Fast Bowling Coach from 2007-2010 before ...
Read More »Marland Yarde: “England can do it in World Cup year”
England & Harlequins star is hopeful of home success Emdad Rahman Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THSYF) and Clifford Chance have partnered up to launch their Rugby Academy. The Clifford Chance Rugby Academy is currently running in ten primary schools ...
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