The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is one of East London’s newest parks – and it’s the host to one of running’s newest events, which began two years after the 2012 Olympics. On the first Saturday of every month, the park ...
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Croydon Mayor chooses charities at inaugural dinner
LAST SUNDAY, 9th June, Councillor Humayun Kabir marked his election as Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon at his Inaugural Dinner at The Hilton Hotel, Purley Way. The Mayor was joined by many distinguished guests, including the Rt ...
Read More »Rashid Ali is named new ILFL supremo
Emdad Rahman THE INNER LONDON Football League (ILFL) is pleased to announce that Rashid Ali has accepted the role of Chair of the Board and Committee. For over a decade the Beaumont FC legend has been a driving force within ...
Read More »Ali takes over as ILFL supremo
Emdad Rahman The Inner London Football League (ILFL) is pleased to announce that Rashid Ali has accepted the role of chairman of the board and committee. For over a decade the Beaumont FC legend has been a driving force within ...
Read More »Football coach volunteered to help Syrian refugees
EAST LONDON football coach and humanitarian volunteer Emdad Rahman has spent a week with Sufian Refugees in Lebanon. The self-styled “Wandering Londoner” joined the UK-based Human Relief Foundation team on a charity deployment and spent time at various locations around Beirut. ...
Read More »Telling it like it is
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 3 You don’t have to be a millionaire, a big shot, a celebrity to bring about change. If that were the case, then why do many people carry out unpaid service – stating that a simple ...
Read More »Homeward bound – and a last act of giving
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 4 I was supposed to chill before leaving today but, being the great leader that he is, I was invited by Human Relief Foundation big Chief Kassim Tokan to visit the Bourj El Barajne, one of ...
Read More »Beautiful game; beautiful people; beautiful place
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 2 We visited Arsal today. It is a Red conflict zone, but we had received special permission to enter the region and camps to meet the residents. After an information briefing from Badih, we travelled along ...
Read More »Taking toys to Al-Jarahiyya
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 1 A sane human would never wander in desperation into the home of a complete stranger with outstretched arms unless that abode is a sanctuary safer than their own. I arrived at my hotel gone 4am. ...
Read More »Scintilla hit number one
Emdad Rahman AFTER A difficult last season it seems Scintilla Cricket Club are turning the corner with some blistering performances in the Essex County Cricket League First Division. On Saturday Scintilla comprehensively beat Ace Avengers to move to the top ...
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