Sports

WHAT A RARE EVENT! It’s not often that a real life World Cup comes to East London – but on Sunday, 16th January the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup came to Tower Hamlets. The Cup, which is currently held ...

Muhi Mikdad THE NEW YEAR opened with a fantastic badminton tournament held in East London by well-known badminton promoter and coach Abdallah Mohim. The tournament, held on Sunday, 2nd January, saw British Bangladeshi teams come from all over London to ...

Emdad Rahman I HAD BEEN communicating with Ed for a while in the hope of visiting this historic ground and taking part in the stadium tour of London’s oldest club. I got there in the end, and it was well worth ...

START 2022 as you mean to go on – not being a potato on your couch, but going for a bracing run. East Londoners need look no further than Victoria Park to stretch their legs on a 5k, 10k or ...

Muhi Mikdad THE GOLAPGANJ Social and Cultural Trust UK (GSCT) organised the Cup Carrom Tournament 2021 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the great independence of Bangladesh. It was a great initiative, taken for the first time by this organisation. ...

Muhammad Hamza The Doubles pair of Enayet Hossain and Md Jubayrul Miton beat Md Shahin and Fahim Ahmed to emerge as the champions of the London Sportif Gala Badminton Championships. The internal tournament was held at Newham Leisure Centre and ...

Muhi Mikdad The Inner London Football League (ILFL) celebrated its 20th anniversary at this year’s awards ceremony – which took place on 30 November at the Mayfair venue in Romford. The Awards recognised many clubs, players, volunteers and match referees ...

IF YOU FANCY a pre-Christmas 5k or 10k run on 8th December, RunThrough has just the thing. Head over to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Runners are invited to raise money for Macmillan. The “Chase the Moon” runs start at ...

Muhammad Hamza SYLHET EXPRESS, a collective of former cricketers and supporters hailing from the Bangladeshi region of Sylhet, held an evening of celebration to highlight charitable efforts taken to support those in need.  The project has gone from strength to ...

Emdad Rahman A SUCCESSFUL tournament organised by London Sportif was delivered jointly at the Newham leisure centre and the London Enterprise Academy in Tower Hamlets.  One hundred and eight teams from all over the country – including London, Birmingham, Cambridge, ...