NEWARK YOUTH are celebrating their involvement in an unusual education programme which aims to help youngsters improve their educational achievement and aspirations in order to improve the chances of finding employment. The programme is “sporteducate”, which uses sport to engage ...

Emdad Rahman The Barking & Dagenham based Leftley Sports Club has formed a working committee to move the organisation forward and help achieve its aims of engaging local people through sports.  The charity will be managed by the Executive Committee ...

THE BBC has announced this afternoon, 27th November, the twelve names on the shortlist for the award of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017. The award will be made at an event on Sunday, 17th December at the Echo ...

ONE OF THE LAST wishes of Anne Williams has come true, four years after her death. She wanted to honour the people who tried to save her son Kevin, who lost his life in Hillsborough Stadium in April 1989. Ninety-six ...

Emdad Rahman BEFORE YOU turn away put yourself in their place… Joe joined the ranks and made his debut tonight. I had barely said hello and given him a hug and we were in action. He took to it like ...

Emdad Rahman IN THEIR DEBUT SEASON in the Inner London Football League (ILFL) Shoreditch FC have made their mark by storming to the Division 2 championship.  Sayed Miah’s men controlled the League from the beginning, and the winning formula was ...

Emdad Rahman JUDAN ALI, the Manager and Head Coach for the Indonesian National Army Football Team, is lending his extensive footballing knowledge to help fire a group of 18 year olds to greater success. In his earlier days Ali was ...

Emdad Rahman IN AN EFFORT to improve health and wellbeing, some residents in Barking & Dagenham have set up a running club for the residents of the Leftley Estate and beyond. For the last six months, “Walk & Talk” running ...

Md Ismael ON AN EVENING of sheer exhilaration and drama, London Tigers were crowned the Inner London Football League (ILFL) Premier Division champions after nicking the trophy from leaders Stepney FC on goal difference. Both teams went into the final ...

Emdad Rahman FOR SHEER DRAMA the Inner London Football League (ILFL) has produced its most compelling season yet. With London Tigers pipping Stepney FC to the Premiership title on goal difference, it was over to Muhammed Nashir’s SYA, who had to ...