Sports

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that the former Sussex and Pakistan “A” cricketer Naveed Arif Gondal has been banned from cricket for life after he admitted breaching the ECB’s Anti-Corruption Code. Arif pleaded guilty to six breaches ...

Four special cricketers have been honoured at a special dinner held in the Long Room at Lord’s which was hosted by ECB and Waitrose, the sponsor of all England’s cricket teams.  They are the winners of awards which recognise outstanding ...

London Tigers Sunday Football team, which plays in the Musical Association League, won the Division Cup final on Sunday. The game was played at London Tigers Stadium in Greenford, with the home team winning with a score of 6-2 against Hackney Casuals. ...

Show off your stunts, flips and air tricks at free BMX sessions hosted by Tower Hamlets Council over half term. Young people aged 5-16 can take advantage of the sessions run in partnership with Tower Hamlets BMX Club and learn ...

By Emdad Rahman Sports group Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) welcomed an array of sporting stars as the charity celebrated the achievements and ambitions of fledgling sports stars in Tower Hamlets. Cricketing great and Sri Lankan World T20 champion ...

Special Olympics GB has announced its team for the 2014 European Summer Games. A team of 48 athletes from across Great Britain has been chosen to represent the country at the Special Olympics European Summer Games in Belgium this September. ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...

London Tigers reached the finals of the UK Bangladesh Championship Football Tournament on Sunday 11th May in Milton Keynes in a 14 team competition. Tigers came second in the group stages and went to the quarter-finals to win 3-0 against Beaumont FC ...

One of the greatest managers of all time and current Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho joins latest signings – Hollywood star Jeremy Renner (The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy, The Hurt Locker), Italian footballing legend Alessandro Del Piero and Santiago Cabrera ...

ELN spoke to Wesley Travis who runs the East London Martial Arts Association (ELMAA). ELMAA runs Kung Fu classes in the SELMO Community Hall on Samuda estate on the Isle of Dogs. ELN: Why did you start running classes in ...