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Cricket ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup; Malaysia, (June 3-10) Bangladesh stunned the cricket world by defeating India by three wickets to win the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup in a fairytale finish in a last-ball thriller in Malaysia. By doing so, they have broken India’s stranglehold on the Asia Cup as they […]

25th Nov 2016

Eight-year-old Kashmiri girl wins gold in kickboxing

Nadine Osman An 8-year old Kashmiri girl made history by winning the gold for India in the World Kick Boxing Championship in South Italy’s Andria earlier this month. Tajamul Islam defeated her rival from the United States in the under 8’s category to become the world champion in the kick boxing championship. She is […]

30th Sep 2016

Farah unfazed by Russian leak

(Photo: Creative Commons) Nadine Osman Mo Farah insisted he has “nothing to hide” after becoming the latest star to be targeted by Russian hackers. The four-time Olympic champion’s confidential medical information was leaked online by the Fancy Bears group, which also left Sir Bradley Wiggins facing questions about his regulated use of prohibited substances. Golfer […]

29th Jul 2016

Sport Brief: 68 Russian track and field athletes be banned from Rio Olympics

Despite never testing positive for any performance enhancing drug Pole Vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva (pictured with Russian President Vladimir Putin) will along with 67 other Russian track and field athletes be banned from taking part in the Rio Olympics (Photo: Creative Commons) Athletics Yelena Isinbayeva, a two-time Olympic pole vault champion, has suffered […]

1st Jul 2016

Sport Brief: Mo Farah breaks a 34-year-old British record

Athletics Mo Farah broke a 34-year-old British record at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting on June 5 to underline his form with the Rio Olympics exactly two months away. The Briton dedicated his victory to his hero Muhammad Ali, the boxing great who died on June 4, aged 74. “I just want to wish his […]

27th May 2016

Sport: Khan dismisses Brook match

Nadine Osman Amir Khan has reiterated that Kell Brook is not in his plans and revealed the IBF world champion has talked himself out of a bout. Khan (31-4-KO19) was knocked out by WBC world middleweight champ Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas on May 7 having stepped up to a catchweight of 155lbs. Despite confirming […]

29th Apr 2016

Sport brief: Khairul Idham Pawi makes history

Athletics Mo Farah won a bronze medal as Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor won back-to-back World Half Marathon titles in testing conditions in Cardiff on March 25. Farah’s time of 59 minutes 59 seconds in a fast-paced race was 27 seconds off his own European record. Defending champion Kamworor won in 59:10 despite falling at the start, […]

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.