Sports

Emdad Rahman THE WILL CROOKS ESTATE was the venue for a community football tournament held to celebrate unity as well as the life of Will Crooks.  William Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar and a member ...

Emdad Rahman LEFTLEY SPORTS CLUB, in the heart of Barking & Dagenham, is celebrating after beating Eastbury Community Association to the very first derby game between the two teams. A brace from the evergreen Zoinul Abidin and an own goal ...

FOR JUST OVER an hour, England supporters dared to hope – as they led Croatia 1-0 in the Football World Cup semi-finals. The hope slowly crumbled away as Croatia finally equalised and then scored a second goal in extra time. ...

Muhammad Hamza BRILLIANT TEAM BANGLADESH have overcome the odds to create history and become the first ever winners of the Inner City 7-a-side World Cup organised by the Inner London Football League. Emdad Rahman’s squad – who were all assembled ...

LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn led the way for Labour yesterday with a succinct tweet praising both England manager Gareth Southgate and the team’s players for their performance in the Football World Cup. The same excitement came from London Mayor Sadiq ...

Emdad Rahman To continue to promote healthy living and sports in the community, the Leftley Sports Club Team was invited to attend the Barking Abbey School community fair.  The event took place within the school fields, and attendees included students, ...

Muhammad Talha Inner London Football League officials Koys Miah, Rashid Ali and Nanu Miah have conducted the draw for the veterans World Cup 2018. England will face Algeria, Morocco and South Africa, while Group B pits Jamaica, Colombia, Brazil and ...

Emdad Rahman SCHOOL NURSERY NURSE and senior teaching assistant Julie Arnold, 42, has been running for almost five years. She is passionate about her work in a school for children on the autistic spectrum and also children with complex medical ...

Muhammad Ismael Emdad Rahman of Stepney FC has been named the manager and head coach of Bangladesh in the first ever Inner London Football League Veterans World Cup. The multicultural football festival involving ten teams made up entirely of inner ...

Emdad Rahman MENCAP RUN SERIES Manager Lucy Plumridge is cycling the Surrey100 for Mencap on 29th July – that’s 100 miles around London, down to Surrey and then back up to finish along The Mall. Lucy’s fundraising target is £450 ...