Sports

IT’S THE WEATHER for swimming – but the waterways running through and past East London boroughs are not the place to do it. They are dangerous. That’s the message emphasised by Tower Hamlets Council today, as they have reminded residents ...

YORK HALL Leisure Centre has been closed – with Tower Hamlets Council insisting that this is a temporary closure. The Be Well The Spa, situated in York Hall, is also closed. Tower Hamlets Council says: “York Hall Leisure Centre, including ...

IT WAS football, not knives last month as Year 8 and Year 9 pupils from secondary schools in Barking & Dagenham got stock in to a football tournament organised by the Community Safety Partnership. The event marked Knife Crime Awareness ...

ARE YOU looking for a Leyton Orient 2026/27 Season Ticket? If you are, act with great speed. The Club  prepared to sell 5,000 season tickets for the coming winter season – but sales have gone so well that there are ...

SAVE THE DATE! You don’t have plans for Sunday, 5th July yet, do you? Well, you have now! Soccer Sixfest is hosting a day of games, networking and sport at Mile End Stadium. There will be music, sport and entertainment ...

WHILE THE eyes of the nation zoomed in on yesterday’s London marathon, the telegraph wires were humming with a range of offers and fun facts. Here’s a round-up of the BTS details that jogged in to our inbox. ●Free doughnuts ...

THE SOUND of willow on leather – as a traditional cricket bat connects with a traditional cricket ball – is usually the soundtrack to a traditional English summer. But Trumps war has put this summer’s sport in danger. The problem ...

SUPER BOWL is a spectacle – and the US wants to share. The National Football League (NFL) season finale will take place on Sunday, 8th February, and there will be official Watch Parties in seven countries. Parties will offer fans ...

The Mighty Tigers have clinched the 2025 Midweek Division One Victoria Park Community Cricket League (VPCCL) title in spectacular fashion. Played with the distinctive pink ball, the eight-a-side format has thrilled crowds at Victoria Park for over 40 years – ...

WHO WANTS to be frozen all year? The Tower Hamlets Be Well centres do! The Council has frozen the fees at all its Be Well Centres for the next financial year (2025-26). Most boroughs have sports and/or leisure centres which ...