Aiman Khalid

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Sheffield Wednesday Ladies fell to AFC Bentley in an enthralling SHWGL cup semi final ending 5-3
Wednesday came into the game in great form having not lost a game since late January. However, despite a steady start they found themselves behind after a quarter of an hour. 
Things got worse for Wednesday as they conceded another two identical goals, the latter being a screamer from distance courtesy of midfield enforcer Becky Kendell. The fourth then hit the back of the net, plummeting the spirits...

With the Sheffield Steelers missing four key players competing for Team GB, former captain Jonathan Phillips was drafted in to much fanfare at the Utilita Arena, receiving the biggest cheer of the night from the home crowd.
Manchester Storm started the better side with Steelers keeper Matt Greenfield making some big saves in the opening stages. This didn’t last however as the Steelers opened the scoring through a tidy Patrick Watling finish. Kevin Tansey, captaining the Steelers for the first ti...

Criminal damage charges against a University of Sheffield student who was arrested during a peaceful protest outside the Town Hall have been dropped.
The student, who wishes to remain anonymous, was taken into police custody after spray painting the words ‘Free Gaza’ onto the Town Hall building. 
The charges were eventually dropped after a series of delayed court hearings, with the process slowed due to complications, recognised by the prosecution, around the laws of free speech and the right to...

Sheffield United will be hit with a two-point deduction the next time they play in the Championship after defaulting on transfer payments in the 2022/2023 season.
An independent disciplinary commission imposed the punishment which includes a further two-point suspended penalty.
With United sitting rock bottom of the Premier League 10 points adrift of safety with just three games remaining, it looks almost certain that they will have to deal with this points deduction sooner rather than later.
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A University of Sheffield student is currently stranded in Gaza, as the Israeli bombardment of the area continues. 
The university has been urged to do more to help Said Zaaneen, a 41-year-old Palestinian PhD student who took a leave of absence from his studies in Sheffield in 2021 to return to Gaza to be with his extended family in Beit Hanoun, located in the northeast of the Gaza strip. 
Said has lost at least 45 members of his family since October 7 and has been forced to flee to the south of...

Betting firms have become part and parcel of modern day English football, from the day 21 years ago that Fulham became the first Premier League club to agree a front-of-shirt sponsorship with one, to 2023 where nine out of the 20 Premier League teams carry the name of a betting firm on their shirt. However, it goes much further than this; a 2020 study by the University of Stirling found that a gambling sponsor could be seen every 21 seconds of a Premier League match TV broadcast. Advertising hoa...