Show off your stunts, flips and air tricks at free BMX sessions hosted by Tower Hamlets Council over half term. Young people aged 5-16 can take advantage of the sessions run in partnership with Tower Hamlets BMX Club and learn ...
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Young people are the winners as Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation holds awards evening
By Emdad Rahman Sports group Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) welcomed an array of sporting stars as the charity celebrated the achievements and ambitions of fledgling sports stars in Tower Hamlets. Cricketing great and Sri Lankan World T20 champion ...
Read More »Special Olympics GB announces team for Summer Games
Special Olympics GB has announced its team for the 2014 European Summer Games. A team of 48 athletes from across Great Britain has been chosen to represent the country at the Special Olympics European Summer Games in Belgium this September. ...
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Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...
Read More »Tigers reach finals of UK Bangladesh Championship
London Tigers reached the finals of the UK Bangladesh Championship Football Tournament on Sunday 11th May in Milton Keynes in a 14 team competition. Tigers came second in the group stages and went to the quarter-finals to win 3-0 against Beaumont FC ...
Read More »Mourinho to manage Soccer Aid 2014’s Rest Of The World team
One of the greatest managers of all time and current Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho joins latest signings – Hollywood star Jeremy Renner (The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy, The Hurt Locker), Italian footballing legend Alessandro Del Piero and Santiago Cabrera ...
Read More »An activity which can become a passion…
ELN spoke to Wesley Travis who runs the East London Martial Arts Association (ELMAA). ELMAA runs Kung Fu classes in the SELMO Community Hall on Samuda estate on the Isle of Dogs. ELN: Why did you start running classes in ...
Read More »Boris patronises the people (again)
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby team captain Mike Kerr and team members Kylie Grimes and Mike Brown are pictured with London Mayor Boris Johnson. Mayor Johnson supports the Coalition Government, which has slashed funding and support from school and public sports ...
Read More »Tigers host StreetGames Sports Festival
London Tigers ran a StreetGames Sports Festival with football tournaments for under-12s, -14s, -16s and -18s as the main event of the day along with basketball and cricket in smaller groups. Over 100 participants and spectators attended the event, with ...
Read More »Sandy Jardine: total footballer
Emdad Rahman: The first time I came across William Pullar (Sandy) Jardine was when I collected his Panini sticker when I was a youngster. The Scotland icon was a star veteran at Hearts of Midlothian at the time and soon ...
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