English retired footballer and current Football Association Council member has become the first British South Asian footballer ever to receive an MBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. No other British Asian current of ex-footballer has received the honour until now. Uddin, is one of the four people in the sport to receive

England all-rounder Moeen Ali is being awarded an OBE, a recognition for his contribution to cricket in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Ali made his debut in all three formats for the England cricket team in 2014 and played Test matches until the summer of 2021. He is the first Asian-origin cricketer to captain Team England

A much-appreciated Bangladeshi cricket association has been launched in Bradford to provide support and representation to talented cricketers from the Bangladeshi community by Yorkshire Cricket, Lancashire Cricket and Cheshire Cricket. The North Bangladeshi Cricket Association (NBCA) is said to be the first ever association set up for Bangladeshi cricketers in the UK and was launched

Zidane Iqbal, the first footballer of South Asian heritage to play for Manchester United. Image by Martin Rickett. A new scheme to identify talented South Asian football players was introduced in Birmingham at a meeting where over 100 coaches and 35 clubs from all over England were present. The initiative, called South Asian Action Plan

From L-R: Karnesh Ssharma, Founder, Clean Slate Filmz; Darren Gough, Managing Director, Yorkshire Cricket; Anvitaa Dutt, Co-Founder, Clean Slate OTT; Amreesh Chandra Co-Founder Clean Slate Filmz; and Lord Kamlesh Patel, Chairman, Yorkshire County Cricket Club Bollywood star Anushka Sharma’s brother Karnesh Sharma recently unveiled the ‘Clean Slate Pavilion’ at the Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s Headingly