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Emdad Rahman AS PART OF THEIR ambassadorial duties the East London Multi-faith Cricket Team enjoyed a reception held in their honour at the British Embassy, Rome. It was attended by the Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, to the Holy ...

ESSEX CRICKET will embark on a trip to play a very special and memorable cricket match in the Vatican City. The trip came about after talks with St Peter’s Cricket Club, the Pope’s cricket team from the Vatican City, about ...

Emdad Rahman A RECEPTION AT the Red Chilli Curry Club was held to celebrate the success of the Sylhet District teams in this year’s UK Sylhet District Cup 2017.  The dinner event featured players, coaches, officials and special guests, with ...

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 ...