Emdad Rahman On the day of the Wimbledon Men’s and Euro 2016 finals, London delivered once again as the streets of Central London were transformed into a colourful celebration of the best of British. Thousands of charity runners took to the ...
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Surrey beat Somerset on sell out T20 night
Emdad Rahman With a glorious hot summer’s evening and a sell out crowd, all that remained was a cracking cricket game to be played out. The boisterous crowd was not disappointed as Surrey beat Somerset by 15 runs at the ...
Read More »Scintilla CC host Ramadan Iftar at Sripur
Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club took time out from a busy playing schedule to come together and break bread as a team at Sripur, a uniquely stylish Indian restaurant in Central London. The popular Great Tower Street eatery was taken ...
Read More »Dramatic Golden Try sees Olga become Clifford Chance champions
Emdad Rahman A pioneering legacy project between Clifford Chance and the Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation has blossomed this year as more local schools have signed up to the Rugby Academy. Last month schools participating in the Clifford Chance Rugby ...
Read More »10 reasons to make Great Newham London Run your 2016 Golden Moment
1) Feel like an Olympian Run in the footsteps of Mo Farah, Usain Bolt and Jess-Ennis Hill and have your Golden Moment crossing the same finish line as London 2012 legends, just three weeks out from the Rio 2016 Games. The Great Newham London Run is the only ...
Read More »Juwel Roy’s century steers Scintilla home
Emdad Rahman Juwel Roy took no prisoners as the Scintilla CC star bludgeoned his way to 102 as his team clocked up a massive victory over Redbridge CC. Roy was not the only high scorer in the game. Ashfaqur Rahaman ...
Read More »Olympic legacy fail: ethnic minorities lead drop in sports activity
Former Sports Minister Richard Caborn has admitted that the performance of the sports element of the Olympic legacy is “disappointing”. London’s Olympic bid had promised to “inspire a generation” to get active. However, figures show that the number playing sport ...
Read More »Scintilla ease through to NCL Cup second round
Emdad Rahman Despite a rain-washed pitch, Scintilla CC eased through to the second round of the National Cricket League Cup after a blistering batting performance from Ashraful Islam sealed a ten run victory. With heavy downpours at intervals, the 20 over ...
Read More »Sonali Othith 40+ football moves the game forward
Emdad Rahman I’m reading a book called Retired (review coming soon – watch this space). It’s written by Irish stand up comedian Alan Gernon and talks about the pitfalls faced by footballers coming to the end of their careers. It’s ...
Read More »Scintilla score big to beat pack leaders Kothi
Emdad Rahman Scintilla CC returned to Hackney Marshes to inflict defeat on National Cricket League high flyers Kothi CC as the race for the title heats up. Scintilla played out their quota of 40 overs first and reached 262/9 before ...
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