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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tower Hamlets Cricket Development Officer Jahid Ahmed took his U13 District team to Lords Cricket Ground on Sunday, to mix it with the elite of London Cricket – and they came within a whisker of pulling off a major upset. ...

Andre Agassi: “Always challenge yourself and play players who are better” Emdad Rahman One of the greatest names in the history of tennis and eight times Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi is on a visit to the UK. He came ...

Emdad Rahman reports that Enamul Haque Jnr has reached a milestone 400 wickets. Bangladeshi spinner Enamul Haque Jnr – who starred for Barking-based Scintilla Cricket Club en route to lifting the Essex County Cricket League Premier Division –has created history ...

On a two day trip to Lisbon, Emdad Rahman found time to visit the Estádio da Luz e Benfica. Football in Portugal is one of the country’s most important pastimes, and the Estádio da Luz e Benfica is one of ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Jimmy Adamson: The man who said “no” to England Sir Bobby Charlton described Jimmy Adamson as a “tall, slim, elegant player who to my astonishment never played for England.” Adamson is Burnley’s greatest ever player. He was ...

For a small footballing nation, Scotland boasts a proud record of having qualified for the World Cup Finals on eight occasions. However, this fantastic record is also tarred by the glorious failure of never having reached the latter stages of ...