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(Photo: Wiki Commons) Boxing Amir Khan has performed a U-turn and is ready to fight Kell Brook. Khan had been in talks to fight world welterweight champion Terence Crawford in March – and snub his countryman. But after Brook struggled to beat Michael Zerafa last month, Khan has had a re-think. A fight between Khan […]

28th Dec 2018

Sterling accuses the press of ‘fuelling racism’ following racist abuse

(Photo: Joshjdss/Wiki Common) Elham Asaad Buaras Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling slammed sections of the press of helping to “fuel racism” with their portrayal of black footballers. The 24-year-old England international who is of Afro Caribbean descent made the comment after he was allegedly subjected to vile racist abuse during City’s 2-0 defeat at Chelsea. […]

26th Oct 2018

Sport brief: Zidane unlikely to manage in the Premier League

The agent of former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has cast doubt over any potential move to Manchester United for his client (Photo: Hadi Abyar/Tasnim News Agency/ Wiki Creative Commons) Athletics Mo Farah scored a stunning Chicago Marathon victory as he won in two hours five minutes and 11 seconds in only his third race […]

24th Aug 2018

World Cup exposes racism in Poland

Polish social media was flooded with racist comments about the black football players following France’s World Cup victory (Photo: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency) Kasia Narkowicz and Bolaji Balogun After the French World Cup victory, Polish social media was flooded with racist comments about the black football players, describing them as dirty and calling them monkeys. […]

29th Jun 2018

Human right groups welcome Argentina decision to cancel Israel football match

Elham Asaad Buaras The decision by the Argentine FA to cancel a friendly match with Israel in Jerusalem earlier this month has boosted the Red Card Israel campaign, which has called on FIFA to expel Israel – as it expelled apartheid, South Africa – due to its violations against Palestinian football and its disregard for […]

23rd Feb 2018

Mirza to return in time for Asian Games

Mirza to return in time for Asian Games (Photo: Creative Commons) Cricket Pakistan Cricket Board Chair, Najam Sethi, is confident international cricket will be fully restored in Pakistan within a maximum of two years. Sethi expressed hope that in view of the improving security situation in the country and the successfully-hosted T20 matches in Lahore, […]

29th Sep 2017

Turkey wins under 23 Women’s Volleyball Championship

Athletics Birmingham Diamond League, August 20: Mo Farah sprinted clear to win the 3,000m at the meeting in his final track meeting on home soil. The 34-year-old, who is switching to road racing in 2018, came home in seven minutes 38.64 seconds to win the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. “All I dreamed of as a […]

25th Aug 2017

The summer of two Mo’s

Distance runner Mo Farah and spin bowler Moeen Ali cemented their place as British sporting greats this summer (Photo: Creative Commons) Athletics IAAF World Championships London August 4- 13, 2017: Mo Farah missed out on a fifth major championships distance double in a row as he finished second in the 5,000m at the World Athletics […]

28th Jul 2017

Mo Farah undefeated at 10k for almost six years

Mo Farah’s 10k victory in the Czech Republic means he is now undefeated at this distance for almost six years (Photo: Citizen59/Flickr Creative Common) Athletics Mo Farah’s 10,000m victory Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava in the Czech Republic means he is now undefeated at this distance for almost six years. Farah won in a time […]

28th Apr 2017

SPORT BRIEF: Nour El Sherbini retains the El Gouna Squash Open

Nour El Sherbini retained the El Gouna International Squash Open (Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons) Athletics The doctor who gave double Olympic champion Mo Farah a controversial supplement has the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on April 19 that he failed to properly document the treatment. Dr Robin Chakraverty said the amount of L-carnitine was well […]

31st Mar 2017

SPORT BRIEF: Emre Can insists his contract stand-off with Liverpool is not about money

(L-R) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Yaya Toure (Manchester City) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) and Emre Can (Liverpool) are all in talks to move from their clubs this summer (Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons) Athletics Mo Farah has welcomed any move to reanalyse his drug test samples despite the body that governs anti-doping in Britain appearing to warn against […]

24th Feb 2017

SPORT: Aboubakar seals win for Cameroon in the Africa Cup of Nations

A late goal by Vincent Aboubakar sealed a 2-1 championship win for Cameroon over Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations on February 5 in Gabon. I

25th Nov 2016

SPORT BRIEF

Athletics Great Britain’s Olympic champion Mo Farah is one of three athletes still in contention for the men’s IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. The 33-year-old will go up against Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and South Africa’s 400m star Wayde van Niekerk. The women’s award is between Ethiopia’s 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana, Jamaican […]

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.