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From Track Star to Netball Star: Pierrette Simuene

Early Life Pierrette Simuene was born in Gloucester on the 13th July 2001. She then moved to Enfield at a young age. She moved around...

Newham and Essex Beagles James Ellington Sues Fellow Teammate

James Ellington, a British Olympic sprinter, has filed a £1 million lawsuit against his former teammate Nigel Levine for the motorbike incident that ended...

Ex-UEL Student Adam Gemili Out Of UK Athletics Program

After a string of poor performance, former UEL scholar, Adam Gemili, has been removed from UK Athletics World-class Program funding level. He was unable to...

Hello Budapest And, Goodbye Oregon

In less than a year, Budapest will host the biggest sporting event in Hungary's history, the 2023 World Athletics Championships, with athletes from over 200...

GB’s CJ Ujah Faces 22 Months After Failed Drug Test

It has been confirmed that GB athlete CJ Ujah has been banned for 22 months after testing positive for Ostarine and S-23. The ban has...

Player Profile: Pierrette Simeune

After watching UEL’s netball team convincingly dismantle King's University 45–8, I caught up with one of their newest recruits Pierrette Simuene. Pierrette is a...

BUCS Nationals Ones To Watch: Korede Awe

With the BUCS Nationals taking place at Sheffield just around the corner the University of East London has plenty of athletes to support and...

Former Olympian & UEL Student Loses UK Athletics Funding

Former University of East London student and British Olympian Adam Gemili has been dropped from UK Athletics' funding after refusing orders to leave his...

How Doping Scandals Affect Future Athletes

The sporting world of athletics has seen it all with drug doping. Some of the biggest top-name athletes have broken the rules, including Canadian...

The London 2012 Olympics: A Historic Games, With A Proposed Long-term Benefit for The East London Area?

When the area of Stratford is mentioned, what is the first thing that springs to mind? Westfield or Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, right? Well, go...

“My Dream And Goals For Athletics Is To Be The Best” – Kore Samuel Interview

For many sports athletes, making the right decisions at the right moments holds the key to a successful sporting career. East London’s scholar sprinter,...

Q&A With UEL Scholar And Sprinter, Kore Samuel

Who Is Your Idol? “From an athletics point, I wouldn’t say my idol was Usain Bolt, my idol was Justin Gatlin because his form...

Covid Not Slowing Down Sprinter Kore Samuel

Despite Covid-19 shutting down all athletics competition, 100 and 200-metre sprinter, Kore Samuel has continuously trained throughout the lockdown period, with major competitions in...

“Work Stops, Training Stops and My Income Stops Too” – Student Athlete on the Affects of COVID-19

The world of athletics has certainly faced some tough times due to COVID-19, with authorities having to shut off arenas, gyms and stadiums, as...

The 2012 Olympics – London’s Missing Legacy?

There can be no doubt that the 2012 Olympic games were a huge success. Hackney were excellent hosts, the venues spectacular and the competition...

Team GB’s Tom Bosworth Reveals The Impact of Olympic Postponement

Last week, many athletes across the globe were hit with the disappointing news that the Tokyo Olympics, due to be staged later this year,...

East London Sport Scholar Targeting Olympic Dream

Rising East sat down with East London Sport's Scholar, Korede Awe, to take a look at the promising athlete who's dreaming of competing at...

Amy Holder Throws Personal Best To Clinch Spot In BUCS Final

Following this year's BUCS Indoor Championships in Sheffield, Rising East sat down again with Amy Holder to review the weekend. The East London Sport athlete...

East London Sport Kick-Off BUCS In Style

East London Sport came away with two gold medals, one silver and one bronze as the 2020 BUCS indoor Athletics Championship got underway in...

“I’ve dreamed of being a Wrestler since I was a kid.”

Alf Edwards (pictured bottom right), is set to make his Pro Wrestling debut at the end of April at Battle Pro’s Winner Stays On...

East London Sport Scoops Indoor Success

On a manic and very busy weekend at the BUCS Indoor Championships in Sheffield, East London Sport reigned supreme in the sprint events claiming...

Prepping for BUCS With Amy Holder

With the BUCS indoor championships in Sheffield just around the corner, different athletes from East London Sport are preparing for this showpiece event in...

UEL Athletics Scholar: Emmanuel Sosanya

https://youtu.be/nNkyH0MOV5w Sosanya is a sprinter in the 100m, 200m and 400m distances and recently travelled to Sheffield with UEL for the BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships....

Farah Gets Gold in SE10

Mo Farah once again reigned supreme in London as he retained his half marathon title on Sunday. The Brit crossed the finish line by the...

UEL: The Place To Make Your Mark

The University of East London is where talent and passion give life to incredible opportunities to be remembered for a lifetime. UEL allows athletes who...

Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Goes the Distance with UEL Athletes

Having reached the very pinnacle of track and field by taking global medals at both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, UEL’s athletics Team Manager...

Hylton Aiming For 2020 With Murray Support

UELSports Athletics Scholar Shannon Hylton has recently been signed to Andy Murray’s Sports Management Company. “It’s a new venture that I am doing along with...

Conditioning Going From Strength To Strength

With a £21 million pound SportsDock complex built in 2012 for the Olympics, UEL's sporting performance through the BUCS leagues has gone from strength...

World Champion Gemili Inspires Next Generation of UEL Athletes

https://youtu.be/bYmVBReDESY Before coming to UEL I was very excited at the prospect of studying at the same University where one of my sporting heroes had...

Being A Bucs Champion

Omolulu Abiodun, is an aspiring British and UEL sprint elite and BUCS 200m Indoor and Outdoor champion. With his 2017 season off to a...

East London Runners Make for Marrakech

The 26th edition of the Marrakech half marathon took place ilast month and among the over 8,000 participants from across the world were 16 athletes...

Daobry Aims for Tokyo

Vanessa ‘Nessa’ Daobry, an F34 shot putter, is dreaming big after Rio 2016. Born in North London with a neurological impairment, Vanessa continues to have...

UEL Dominate The 200m At BUCS Championships

Omololu Abiodun wins another gold whilst Kyle Ennis takes Bronze on a day UEL dominated the Men’s 200m race at the BUCS Nationals. Manny...

Omololu Aims For Championship Gold 

Last year's silver medallist, Omololu Abiodun, is confident in his track abilities and wants to do even better at this year's BUCS championship as...