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

The family of Kyle Sekhon, a young Chelsea FC supporter who recently died by suicide in the London Underground, launched a Twitter campaign to give a minute’s applause during the 23rd minute at the football team’s next match against Wolves on 7 May. The young man, who has been described as “an all-round good guy” by

Picture by Ready Steady Active Picture by Ready Steady Active Rashida Salloo, the Founder and Director of Ready Steady Active, a sports organization in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, organized the country’s first midnight football session for South Asian women. Picture by Ready Steady Active The women, who are fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, wanted

Sri Lankan top-order batsman Dimuth Karunaratnehas been signed by the Yorkshire team for a short-term, three-game stint, starting this week. He will join another international player, Haris Rauf, and will play the first match against Northamptonshire. The world number six test batsman is expected to bring his experience and form to the game and lead the