The most recent version of South Asians in Soccer Weekly is out after one other respectable week for the group within the Lovely Sport…
Panjabi Blues co-founder Sukh Singh will head up Birmingham Metropolis’s landmark new Official Supporters’ Golf equipment (OSC) community.
Singh has emerged as a distinguished determine in plenty of force-for-good initiatives at Blues lately, together with his Panjabi Blues group elevating greater than £11,500 for Blue Nostril Day in December, assist of Birmingham Metropolis’s partnership with the Birmingham Youngsters’s Belief after organising the very first ‘Sleep Out at St Andrews’.
An immediately recognisable determine at matches residence and away, Singh was a part of Birmingham Metropolis’s Equality, Range and Inclusion steering group final season. He additionally appeared dwell on Sky Sports activities Information to react to the announcement Tom Brady had turn into a minority proprietor within the membership.
Singh, who will work to signify supporters’ pursuits alongside fellow Platinum away member Paul Delves, informed Sky Sports activities Information: “It’s an honour and a privilege to serve a beautiful establishment like Birmingham Metropolis Soccer Membership. Our membership has supporters in each nook of the globe, and collectively all of us need to see us up there with the perfect in the case of followers, soccer and leisure.
“The official supporters club give us a unique opportunity to properly unite, bringing Blues fans everywhere closer to the club and making them part of the special journey that this football club is embarking upon.”
Information of Singh’s appointment comes lower than per week after British-Pakistani wonderkid Layla Banaras joined Wolves Girls on a twin registration for the rest of the season.
Banaras – who launched a vitamin information and meal planner on Sky Sports activities Information to assist Muslim athletes fasting throughout Ramadan when she was simply 14 – grew to become the primary South Asian heritage girl to signify Blues within the skilled period when she turned out for Blues in final 12 months’s Girls’s FA Cup.
Banaras now appears to be like set to make her Wolves debut towards WSL opposition this weekend, with Wolves internet hosting Brighton in a Girls’s FA Cup fifth-round tie.
Talking after finishing the deal to convey Banaras in, Wolves supervisor Dan McNamara stated: “She’s a extremely gifted particular person, technically superb and we’re actually wanting ahead to seeing her on the pitch.
“She can play in numerous positions. She can play in midfield, out wide, at full-back and is really comfortable on the ball and has a really good eye for a pass.
“She’s a younger participant who we may give alternatives to play senior soccer and see if we can assist her alongside in her journey.”
Head of women and girls football Jenna Burke-Martin added: “Layla is a extremely gifted participant with an thrilling future forward of her in soccer and we look ahead to welcoming her into the pack.”
Banaras, in the meantime, has turn into a youth ambassador for Birmingham Housing Week in effort to encourage younger folks to become involved within the dialog round housing in England’s Second Metropolis and what that would seem like for future generations.
Banaras stated: “I think it’s really important to create opportunities for young people as it gives them a voice and allows them to feel heard.”
Majestic Mahmood proves matchwinner
Mariam Mahmood grabbed an help earlier than scoring West Brom’s winner in a surprising 2-1 victory towards Kira Rai’s Derby County.
Simran Jhamat and Mahmood each featured for West Brom, with Rai beginning for the guests as three ladies from South Asian backgrounds took to the pitch in a keenly contested Midlands derby at Redditch United’s Valley Stadium.
Mahmood, who returned to the line-up after harm to make her first West Brom look of 2024, appeared on her sport from the primary whistle, beginning on the left flank as supervisor Siobhan Hodgetts-Nonetheless fielded an attacking line-up for the go to of the Ewes.
The 19-year-old attacker skinned Derby County’s full-back and squared for Niamh Deasy to transform West Brom’s opener, earlier than smashing residence what proved to be the winner after a pleasant, flicked move from Phoebe Warner.
There was additionally a touching second throughout the first half when Derby County midfielder Amy Sims wanted therapy for a head harm, with Rai becoming a member of the membership’s medical employees to are likely to her stricken team-mate throughout a 15-minute delay.
Pakistan worldwide Zahmena Malik is the most recent British participant to make a transfer to Saudi Arabia.
Jordan Henderson might need lower brief his stint within the nation to affix Ajax, however Leicester-born Nigeria worldwide Ashleigh Plumptre remains to be taking part in in Saudi, with Malik now becoming a member of her after finishing a transfer to Riyadh-based Al Hmmah.
Former Spurs academy star Malik performed at London Seaward final season, along with her gorgeous kind incomes her a global call-up.
Malik grabbed a memorable 89th-minute help on her worldwide debut in a historic conflict towards Comoros final 12 months, with Pakistan’s girls taking part in African opposition for the primary time.
The east Londoner, who featured in final 12 months’s launch of the primary South Asian heritage feminine participant timeline, scored Pakistan’s winner in an Olympic qualifier towards Tajikistan final April.
“Zahmena has been an amazing find for the Pakistan National Team and having scored the country’s winning goal in our first-ever Olympic qualifying win, it’s clear that she can certainly play at a high level in Asia,” Footballistan podcast host Shahrukh Sohail informed Sky Sports activities Information.
“Al Hmmah are an ambitious club who are well-positioned to challenge at the higher echelons of the game in Saudi Arabia in coming years.”
Former Aston Villa midfielder Arjan Raikhy adopted up on his FA Cup look for Leicester Metropolis, by making his Championship debut in a 3-1 victory for the Foxes towards Swansea Metropolis.
Raikhy began for Leicester’s U21s, two days after making an look within the 3-0 FA Cup win over Birmingham Metropolis, earlier than approaching in its place within the win towards the Swans lower than 24 hours later.
Sky Sports activities Information solely revealed again in August Raikhy had signed for Leicester as a free agent after leaving Villa the place he had been a part of the FA Youth Cup-winning workforce.
Raikhy made his senior debut in English soccer in an FA Cup third-round tie towards Liverpool in 2021.
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