SHE CAPTAINED the England Cricket Team which won the Women’s Cricket World Cup held in England just two years ago. Now Heather Knight has welcomed the news that women’s cricket may be one of the new sports being played at ...
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Get ready for a right royal run!
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is one of East London’s newest parks – and it’s the host to one of running’s newest events, which began two years after the 2012 Olympics. On the first Saturday of every month, the park ...
Read More »Karate kid is Sports Personality of the Year
NINE YEAR OLD Karissa Ho has won the 2018 Canary Wharf Group Sports Personality of the Year award. The award was presented – in front of local sports enthusiasts, players and administrators, and dignitaries gathered in Canary Wharf’s own East ...
Read More »Murder in Hackney Wick
TOWPATH WALK, E9 – near the Mabley Sports Ground and within a stone’s throw of many of the venues built for the 2012 Olympics – is usually the last bit of Hackney people go through before they reach Tower Hamlets. ...
Read More »Canary Wharf announces 2017 Sports Personality
DEVELOPERS Canary Wharf Group has announced the winner of their Sports Personality of the Year award. She is boxer Caroline Dubois, who was presented her award on 15th March at a ceremony at Canary Wharf’s plush East Wintergarden. Three local ...
Read More »Team England gets lifting!
A SQUAD OF 18 athletes have been chosen to go to the Commonwealth Games in Australia’s Gold Coast in April and take part in the weightlifting and powerlifting competitions. The Games begin on 5th April. The Team England weightlifters will ...
Read More »Police Cadet Programme needs Leaders
THE VOLUNTEER POLICE CADET Programme (VPC) is a youth engagement and diversion programme supported by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). It’s for young people aged 10 to 24 years and it gives them the chance to learn about policing skills, ...
Read More »Sporting youngsters to lobby Council tonight
SUPPORTERS OF the Tower Hamlets Youth Sports Foundation (THYSF) will be lobbying the Council tonight to protest against a lack of funding for this organisation – and its extensive programme of sport enjoyed by young people across the borough. The ...
Read More »Joe Kellaway crowned king of the 10K Karate Clash
Emdad Rahman AFTER AN absence of a decade, the Troxy was once more the grand stage as the renowned 10K Karate Clash returned with a bang – with 20 year old Joe Kellaway from Orpington storming to the title. English ...
Read More »The 10K Karate Clash is back for 2017!
Emdad Rahman For the past decade English karate has been in a dark place. Last year, 2016, witnessed karate being accepted into the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. England has a newly crowned World Champion in Jordan Thomas, and the richest prize ...
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