THE MAYOR’S Football Cup is the highlight of the local football season. The September matches close the summer of amateur games and bring in the new season of competition locally and nationally. It’s a fitting time for Mayor Lutfur Rahman ...

ONE OF the most popular football competitions in Tower Hamlets is taking place over the weekends of 19th/20th and 26th/27th September 2026. It’s an extravaganza of exciting football playing – and a little dose of competition. It’s a little hard ...

IT WAS football, not knives last month as Year 8 and Year 9 pupils from secondary schools in Barking & Dagenham got stock in to a football tournament organised by the Community Safety Partnership. The event marked Knife Crime Awareness ...

UK FOOTBALL Authorities are divided about whether Muslim women can observe their religion and play football in the UK at the same time – even if you did used to be the captain of the Somali women’s team. The row ...

WHEN IS A BBC Radio 4 news report about Tower Hamlets Council not accurate? The answer is: at 7.45am on Saturday, 30th September 2023, when the Today programme broadcast an item about a women’s football in Tower Hamlets. The report ...

Emdad Rahman THE EAGERLY awaited Sonali Othith UK Masters is returning to Hackney for what promises to be another sizzling event. The invitation-only veterans football tournament is among the oldest in the UK Bangladeshi community and has a longstanding tradition ...

Muhammad Hamza AS PART OF the festive celebrations, Leyton Orient Football Club put on a great match-day experience for football fans who are currently struggling a little bit with life.  The second oldest Football League club in London hosted eleven ...

THE SONALI OTHITH UK Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup 2022 – the biggest footballing extravaganza within the Bangladeshi community in the UK – has been launched. The event got off to a rousing beginning with a grand gathering of all the ...

Emdad Rahman THE INAUGURAL Nahid Charity Cup took place on Sunday in Enfield in memory of Nahid Ahmed. In 2020 Nahid was stabbed to death on Holbrook Road, Enfield. He was treated by the London Ambulance Service. Sadly, the 26 ...

Muhi Mikdad A TOWER HAMLETS Councillor hopes that a recent operation on an injured leg will see him return to being fully match fit. Councillor Shah Shuhel Ameen represents Whitechapel ward in Tower Hamlets. He took part in an exhibition ...