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Taslima, Ubayda & Afreen get weightlifting

Emdad Rahman The Oaklands Weightlifters fielded three stellar athletes at the first session of a three-part London Junior Weightlifting Series this weekend. Taslima Begum, Ubayda Choudhury, and Afreen Akthar appeared in the Tower Hamlets Youth and Junior Weightlifting Club’s colours at ...

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Orient scrape a point

Saturday, 2nd January 2016 Stevenage 2-2 Leyton Orient East London’s Leyton Orient kicked off the New Year with an away match at Stevenage – and a single point to show for their journey up the A1. Just over 4,000 fans ...

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Biggs backs Lutfur Rahman’s footie comp

Thanks to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s initiative to introduce a “Mayor’s Cup” football competition, grants to community football groups are now available. And just before Xmas John “two jobs” Biggs found time in his busy schedule holding down two full-time jobs ...

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Don’t get bored – go ape!

Over the festive season, when junior citizens are getting bored and clamouring to be let out, it’s tempting to agree to go out for a family walk – but why stick to ground level? Until now, Go Ape’s forest adventures ...

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Reds get vital three points

Emdad Rahman reports from Anfield Liverpool 1-0 Leicester A run of four winless games was ended as a solitary strike from substitute Christian Benteke was enough to secure three precious points for Liverpool on Boxing Day. The Belgian hitman’s winning ...

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