Emdad Rahman FRIENDS FC have won the annual Sonali Othith Indoor Masters Cup for 2017.  The six team tournament for over-40s was played at the Mulberry Leisure Centre over six weeks and included Shadwell, Poplar, Shagor, Brothers and Weavers. Friends ...

LABOUR’S SHADOW Sports Minister, the newly elected MP for Tooting Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, has called on the Premiership to do more to improve access to stadia where premiership games are played. Her comments came after the House of Commons Culture, ...

Muhammad Ismael MUSTAFA SHAHID scored the perfect hat trick as Stepney FC made hard work of beating Robin Hood Tigers to start 2017 at the top of the Inner London Winter Football League.  Muj Rahman’s men went a goal down ...

A majority verdict from the jury at the Old Bailey just before Christmas saw James Roberts, 32, of Ambleside Avenue, Hornchurch convicted of murdering 60-year-old Aiden O’Mahony. The guilty man will be sentenced at a further hearing at the Old ...

Emdad Rahman Revive FC have beaten off stiff competition to become champions of the Bangladesh Football Association Vets Cup 2016.  The ten team competition was played at Stepney Astroturf. Revive met Smash & Grab in a tight final. The game ...

Muhammad Ismael Football coach and community volunteer Emdad Rahman has been appointed the new Chair of current Inner London Football League leaders Stepney Football Club. The move was announced recently and Emdad takes over the role from previous incumbent Balal Ahmed. ...

The Bangladesh Football Association (UK) is looking to recruit a part time Youth Mentor to work with disaffected children and young people between 14-16 years of age playing in the Tower Hamlets Youth League.  The Youth Mentor will be responsible for setting ...

Emdad Rahman Stepney 4-2 St Katharine’s Stepney FC rounded off a satisfactory year with a four goal victory over St Katharine’s to go into the Christmas break as leaders of the Inner London Football League Premier Division. Shahidur Rahman set ...

Emdad Rahman I often come across interesting discussions and notions of coaching – the so-called glamour and the mega huge wage packets. I personally have not met a coach in any sport who does it for the money. Take, for example, ...

Emdad Rahman How do you coach and manage a bunch of world record breakers? Do you need a higher level of authority or inspiration? Should your command of your fellow humans be a level above, and do you need to ...