The West Ham Women U18s are going to play the London City Lionesses Development side on Sunday, and Rayhan will be in charge.

South Asian heritage coach Mo Ali is working at the club's famous 'Academy of Football' under the guidance of academy director Ricky Martin, and he is one of a group of aspiring coaches from diverse ethnic background.

Stephen Opoka is the only manager from a diverse ethnic background at the Women's Super League academy.

The U21 squad and Opoka are expected to feed into West Ham's first-team this season.

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Image: Stephen Opoka is West Ham's WSL academy manager

The young man from Tower Hamlets holds an FA level 2 talent identification qualification and is a candidate for a B licence.

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After working with the U14s for a year, he was asked to stay on to work with the U16s. Gillings is the manager of the U 18s.

Yusuf set for managerial return

Coach Ruudy Yusuf
Image: Ruudy Yusuf is set to join Hounslow Women after leaving Harlow Town Ladies

In a move that will see the East Londoner become the only British South Asian heritage manager in the top four divisions of the men's or women's game, the Hounslow Women are set to appoint a new manager.

After a year in charge at Harlow Town, the man who worked under Jamie O'Hara and Paul Konchesky has left the club.

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Ex-Billericay Town boss Jamie O'Hara said he was really impressed by his former first-team coach Ruudy Yusuf

Sky Sports News has learned that two former Harlow Town Ladies coaches, Junior Ndigwe Kings and Ethan Barr, will join the team.

There is a Division 1 South East clash this weekend.

Nadia Khan enters Pakistan record books

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Image: Doncaster Rovers Belles star Nadia Khan returns home a record-breaker

The first Pakistan Women's player ever to score four goals in an international match is now known as the folklore of Doncaster.

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After scoring all four goals in the second half, Khan assisted an injury-time goal in Pakistan's SAFF win over The Maldives.

Sky Sports News reported at the end of last month that Khan's paperwork had been completed and she could fly to Nepal to link up with her new Pakistan team-mates.

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One of the first British-Pakistani women to play for the national team was Khan, who made her debut in the opener against India.

On the final day of last season, Khan scored a 45 yard screamer, which was labelled as an early contender for the best goal award by the world governing body.

The 21-year-old is a formerLeeds United Girls' Centre of excellence player.

Football unites behind local Blackburn side

Euro Garages FC

The Sky Sports and Sporting Equals partnership, as well as the Hornets, stood in solidarity with Euro Garages FC.

The Euro Garages FC players were targeted by members of the opposing team in a local league game last month, with disturbing images from the match caught on camera and spread widely on social media.

Sky Sports News' British South Asians in Football lead was concerned about the incident and reached out to the integration and development manager of the club to offer some support.

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Blackburn Rovers' Integration and Development Manager Yasir Sufi and Head of Operations Lynsey Talbot reacting to the club landing last year's EFL Diversity award

They decided to have a get- together at Ewood Park to give everyone the chance to meet and learn from one another.

Dave Messenger, head of equality, diversity and inclusion atWatford, and Alan Lau, founder of fans' group ESEA Hornets, supported the home side in the game.

Mohammed Hansrot is the manager of Euro Garages FC. It was a great gesture when no one had to do anything. It's great to be able to come together and recognize what has happened.

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Alan Lau and Lawrence Lok are encouraging more East and South East Asians into football coaching to help make the game more diverse

All of us came together to make a difference on the day. The hope is that this can be the beginning of a lot more positive things. We win when we work with each other.

Lau said it was important for him to be here to representWatford and stand in solidarity with other Asians.

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