THERE WERE NO goals to enjoy at Orient’s Breyer Group Stadium on Saturday as neither side’s attack managed to break through their opponent’s defence and find the back of the net. Orient’s James Brophy was the first to break through. ...
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Hackney-bred basketball player tries para sport
ENGLAND BASKETBALL player Orlan Jackman is pround of his East London roots – and credits his Hackney school for believing in him, encouraging him and helping him to find his sporting destiny. Jackman always wanted to play for England and ...
Read More »Birmingham 2022 breaks records for women and para-sport
THERE WILL BE record numbers of sports for women and para sports at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. This has become clear after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced the new sports to be included in the ...
Read More »EuroHockey Championships: England squad announced
THE EUROHOCKEY Championships begin tomorrow, 16th August in Antwerp, Belgium – and Team England has announced the men’s and women’s squads. The EuroHockey Championships are a qualifying event for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The men’s and women’s teams both ...
Read More »England pick up medals at Athletics Euro Championships
TEAM ENGLAND notched up some creditable performances at the European Team Athletics Championships held over the weekend in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Richard Kilty came to Poland with two Commonwealth Games medals to his credit. Once at the Championships, he won the ...
Read More »Disappointing start to League Two for Orient
ORIENT’S FIRST away match of the League Two season ended in disappointment, as the team came away from Macclesfield Town with a 3-0 defeat. Opinion was mixed about the reasons for the defeat, but – one way or another – ...
Read More »Orient announce Football for a Fiver dates
ALL TICKETS will be just £5 for selected home matches this season – and the first date of match date has just been announced. This special ticket incentive offer ran last year – and fans will be delighted to see ...
Read More »Indian Ocean are Team Bangladesh sponsors
Maruf Ahmed TEAM BANGLADESH are pleased to announce this year’s team sponsor for the Inner City Inner London Football League World Cup which takes place in September. The World Cup holders will be sponsored by the Indian Ocean catering and ...
Read More »Football community sends out anti-knife message in Barking
Emdad Rahman IN ORDER TO address the startling gang culture mentality and knife crime issues affecting communities, the Hedgecock Community Centre in Barking, in partnership with the Barking Youth Link, hosted a successful ‘United Against Knife Crime’ football tournament. The ...
Read More »Zisan Abedin’s ton puts Neo CC on a high
Emdad Rahman WHILE THOUSANDS of Londoners were busy cycling 100 miles through London, Neo Cricket Club took on Ocean XI CC at the Peter May Sports Ground in the National Cricket League (NCL) Champions Division fixture. Ocean won the toss ...
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