Giles Clarke, Chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has pledged the ECB’s full support for the UNICEF appeal fund in aid of the Pacific island of Vanuatu which has been devastated by Super Cyclone Pam. UNICEF has ...
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If Mehmetcan, so can you!
Don’t plan to drive through Hackney on the Sunday after the General Election: the roads will be closed to traffic as runners take over and complete a series of running challenges. And that means the training has already started for ...
Read More »Champions!
History-making Stepney Football Club sweep to the title! Emdad Rahman Unstoppable Stepney Football Club thrashed Leytonstone to lift their seventh league title in 14 years. Stepney needed a point to secure the title on El Classico Sunday and a nervous ...
Read More »Who’s heading for the Windies?
Trott returns and Lyth, Rashid and Wood all win places in England’s West Indies tour party. The England selectors have announced a 16-man squad captained by Alastair Cook for the three-match Test series in the West Indies which starts next ...
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Let’s hope there’s no April showers this Easter as the Human Relief Foundation holds a charity cricket tournament at the Oval. For more information ring 07738-808 918 or email malam@surreycricket.com.
Read More »Hope & Knowledge complete charity cycle
Emdad Rahman Fifty-five cyclists rode through the night to complete a journey through 64 miles of the English countryside in aid of the forgotten Rohingya people of Burma. The night-time moon ride from Cambridge to London was organised by Hope ...
Read More »Apply for the Mayor’s Cup
Following the success of the Mayor’s Cup Tournament in 2014, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, is inviting teams to apply to take part in the prestigious competition, now in its fifth year. The 11-a-side tournament will take place ...
Read More »What a good Day!
Emdad Rahman reports: A packed York Hall saw unbeaten Camden boxer Ben Day lift his very first professional belt. Day is trained by the veteran Alec Wilkey and his unstoppable body shot early in the bout left the fight strategies ...
Read More »Wallies don trainers to promote reading among London’s children
There’s still time to sign up for the National Literacy Trust’s Where’s Wally?-themed fun run taking place on Sunday, 22nd March. Places are still available for runners, book-lovers and families to dress up like a Wally and walk, jog or ...
Read More »Hope & Knowledge gear up for moon ride
Emdad Rahman Hope & knowledge, in association with the Ummah Welfare Trust, are taking part in a night ride to raise money and awareness for the Rohingya people of Burma. The team hopes to complete the moon ride from Cambridge ...
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