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IT WAS GOOD NEWS for hockey players in Tower Hamlets last week as a new all-weather, floodlit hockey pitch was opened in Mile End Park. It was formally opened by Helen Richardson-Walsh, Olympic gold medal winner, and John Biggs, mayor ...

Muhammad Talha EMDAD RAHMAN HAS completed a 300 mile cycle challenge to raise awareness of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Research UK. Dementia is one of our greatest medical challenges with one million people in the UK set to be affected by ...

Muhammad Ismael THE GAME OF THE DAY saw Summer League runners up Stepney FC face champions London Tigers in a mouthwatering opening day fixture in the first round of games in the Inner London Football League Premier Division.  Before kick ...

IF YOU HAVE EVER wondered what a princess does all day, you’re now a little closer to finding out the answer – at least as far as the UK’s senior princess goes. HRH Princess Anne spent time last Wednesday at ...

A RANGE OF dignitaries gathered at Parsloes Park on Monday to for a ground-breaking ceremony – literally. A spade was ceremonially plunged into the turf to start building works on a major new facility for the borough’s young people. The ...

Emdad Rahman BISHWANATH UNITED kicked off 2018 with a charity match for the Bangladesh Regeneration Trust UK (BRTUK). The game in Newham raised much needed funds for the charity’s Rohingya appeal, with BRT Chair Naz Bhai playing in goal as ...

Md Talha THERE WAS A goal blitz at Stepney as Beanibazar and Chhattak played out a friendly game in aid of the Beanibazar Cancer Hospital.  Goyas Miah and Shiraz Miah bought the Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup champions to Stepney to ...

ENGLAND CRICKET STAR Ben Stokes bas been charged with affray and will appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge. Also charged in relation to the same incident are Ryan Ali, 28, and Ryan Hale, 26. The charges arise ...

Muhammad Ismael BEANIBAZAR WILL PLAY Chhattak in a glamour friendly at Stepney Astroturf in aid of Beanibazar Cancer Hospital on Monday.  Shiraz Miah and Goyas Miah’s reigning Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup champions will face Emdad Rahman’s team in a unity ...

Emdad Rahman A FRIENDLY GAME in Milton Keynes saw honours even as Whitechapel based Sylhet FC locked horns with Milton Keynes Durbar at Lynmouth Crescent – the home of MK Galacticos. Pervez Choudhury (PB) deployed an attacking formation, but Tarik ...