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(Photo: Hadi Abyar/Tasnim News Agency) Athletics Mo Farah has defended his title in the Big Half race, finishing in one hour one minute 14 seconds in London on March 10.The four-time Olympic champion won the half marathon in a sprint finish to beat his time of 1:01:40 in the inaugural event last year. The 13.1-mile […]

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, […]

26th Jan 2018

Mohamed Salah named African Football Player of the Year

Football Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named the 2017 Confederation of African Football Player of the Year on January 5. For the first time, a public vote was used to help decide the winner. Salah secured 97.65 percent of the vote. The 25-year-old has scored 17 Premier League goals this season and helped Egypt […]

24th Nov 2017

Mahrez, Fellaini and Sissoko Spain bound?

Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini, Tottenham’s Moussa Sissoko and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez could all be heading to Spain in January (Photo: Commons) Athletics Mo Farah is one of three male finalists for the IAAF 2017 World Athlete of the Year award. Four-time Olympic champion Farah retired from track racing to concentrate on marathons after winning […]

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 […]

23rd Jun 2017

Sport Brief: Zidane can stay at Real Madrid as manager for life, says club President

Football Zinedine Zidane can stay at Real Madrid as manager for life, club President Florentino Perez said on June 3, after the Frenchman became the first manager to win the Champions League two years in a row with a dominant 4-1 win over Juventus. “Zidane can stay at Real Madrid for the rest of his […]

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

27th Jan 2017

SPORT: Ozil scoops Germany Footballer of the Year award for the fifth time

Mesut Ozil (Photo: Benutzer Steindy/CC) ATHLETICS Newly-knighted Mo Farah and Andy Murray are among the nominees announced on January 11 for the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards, competing in the Sportsman of the Year category against the likes of Usain Bolt and Cristiano Ronaldo. The British pair have been nominated by the world’s media for […]

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.