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  1. Waheguru Sadh Sangat ji, please help. A football club based in Willenhall, noose Lane called Sporting Khalsa fc is serving selling, alcohol as a pub, bar, violating and disrespecting the name of Khalsa. Please see attached evidence. I dont need to do parchaar on how sacred Khalsa is for us all. My cousins a parent who takes her son to the football club and recently in her 3rd attempt she complained to the club about the use of name, the huge responsibility that is undertaken to preverse and maintain such a prestige and invaluable Khalsa sidanth. They have ignored her and other parents have also have voiced their sadness of this. They have literally ignored this and said they can do whatever they want and no one can stop them. The parents are so scared of them. Leading panthic organisations have been informed on 2 separate occasions including Sikh news media and none will stand against this beadbi. Disrespect of Guru Khalsa ji. For panthic Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh ji and Guru Khalsa is everything for us, more than life itself. The people who own the club literally laugh at us and say they cannot be stopped, they can do as they wish and are breaking no British laws. The owners being Sikhs themselves give little regard to sikhi. They have beeb running the alcohol pub in the name of Khalsa for 2 years minimum now. Sikhs have stopped disrespect of maharaj at Gurudwara Sahibs on many occasions and for good reason, this beadbi is no different. They bank monies in the name of Khalsa and more importantly show regret or awareness that this is a heinous crime against Sikhi and Guru Khalsa. Anyone can go check and validate what they are doing. Even the English FA are aware and just don't give it any consideration until Sikhs themselves pick up the issue on it. People have said to the club, they don't care if they run a pub with football, just not using the name of Khalsa or anything Sikhi related. Again they just laugh and walk off. I beg the Khalsa please help.
  2. So, I'm gonna take up footy again soon. Under Kachera can I wear compression shorts (help with the hamstrings) or wear over the keshera (whereby they'll be less effective). Views please.
  3. Full article here. https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/euro-2020-sikh-civil-servant-20996198
  4. By Mandeep Sanghera BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53347268 When Jarnail Singh was a professional referee he would take his teenage sons - Sunny and Bhupinder - to run the line for him at summer charity tournaments for Asian teams. Singh became the first Asian referee in the EFL when he took charge of a League Two match in August 2004 - going on to referee more than 150 games in Leagues One, Two and the Championship before retiring in 2010. Singh has previously said he was "representing a wider community" by being "the first Sikh with a turban and a beard" officiating at that level. And at the same time he was helping his boys to follow in his footsteps. However, having started refereeing as teenagers, the brothers soon gave it up because of the verbal abuse they suffered. "I didn't like the intimidation from the Sunday league teams at the time," says Sunny Gill. "I was only 17. If I'm honest, a few times I wanted to start a fight, and that's the truth. It wasn't worth it." Bhupinder Gill, or Bhups, was 16 and taking charge of under-11 and 12 games. But he got fed up of the grief he would get from parents. However, in their mid-twenties and with more life experience and man-management skills, they were drawn back to refereeing. Prison officer Sunny, 36, is now the highest-ranked Asian referee with the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) - the body responsible for refereeing appointments in English leagues. He officiates at National League Premier level, while 35-year-old PE teacher Bhups is an assistant referee in the EFL. But they are a rarity - PGMOL match officials from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background. The pair are now determined to reach the Premier League and help pave the way for more much-needed diversity among officials at the professional level. "I've said it so many times before that if my dad wasn't a referee I wouldn't have thought twice about becoming an official," says Bhups. "So how are other people from the same background supposed to even think about wanting to become an official?" Sunny adds: "If we can get out there and be approachable for young referees from a BAME background who want to speak to us and be mentored or even given the right pathway to follow, it is only a good thing. We can direct them the right way." The Football Association says that, as of November 2019, nearly 2,000 (9.4%) of registered referees in England were from BAME backgrounds and that, while the figure "surpasses the target set", it will "continue to focus on further increasing diversity across football". Jarnail is 58 and retired in 2010. He is now a referee assessor in the EFL and keen to work with the FA to increase the number of BAME people working in the sport. "There is a lack of representation at the top, and that includes the Football Association, where we do need a greater number of BAME individuals being asked about their opinion and involved in working for them," he says. "Sometimes talking doesn't achieve anything. It's actually taking action. The ball is in the court of the hierarchy to see how they can improve the situation." 'I just turned around and gave some verbals back' Singh received a lifetime achievement award at the FA's first Asian Football Awards in 2012 The refereeing family, who are all Sikh, say racist abuse has actually been rare. "I personally came across only one occasion when that kind of language was used," says Jarnail. "A remark was made about the colour of my skin and where I came from. "I couldn't pinpoint which one of two players it was, so I just pulled two players over and said 'has one of you got the courage to repeat what you have just said?'" Bhups adds: "I think I have only received it once as well. That was from a fan when I was running the line. "It was the first time I'd ever received abuse and I didn't know what to do, so I just turned around and gave some verbals back, which I shouldn't have. "Now, running the line on Football League games, depending on the stadiums that you go to, you're literally yards away from fans and you can hear the abuse, but you have just got to learn to ignore it." Sunny believes his job as a prison officer has helped him as he has made his way up the refereeing ladder. "The decisions you make in a prison, you've got prisoners facing up to you, challenging you," he says. "But, because I can deal with the prison environment, it makes it easier for me to go and then manage 22 players on a football pitch." 'He needs to lose some more weight and get fitter' While Sunny and Bhups have designated coaches to guide them in their careers, their father does not hold back on advice about what they need to do to make it to the Premier League. "I've told Sunny already what he needs to do for next year - lose some more weight and get fitter," says Jarnail. "In my opinion, he can manage anybody with the work that he's done and his life experiences. But he has to build on his movement, positioning and fitness because that to me is the key." Sunny adds: "I remember a picture of when I did my first National League game with Bhups - you should see the picture and how heavy I was. "Compare it to now and you can see how far we've come." So can the sons go one step further than their father and reach the Premier League? "My next promotion will be Football League referee," says Sunny. "And then you also become a fourth official in the Premier League. "To me, I'm one step away from my goal which I set when I first started refereeing. I know what I need to do to get to that next step. I've got a few things I need to fix and I'm sure I'll do it."
  5. The referee/// spoiled the World Cup Final today. How that was given as a penalty, I cannot understand. It ruined the dynamics of the game, and basically made Croatia more of underdog than when the match started.
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    World Cup Final Prediction

    England 4 (Hat-trick by Kane and goal by Sterling perhaps) France 2 (two goals by Mbappe)
  7. sat sri akal. i've had a bit of a problem recently and i needed some help and i've been directed here. i'm planning on attending an amrit sanchar to be blessed with amrit in the summer and i'm also going to turn pro playing football professionally. where would i put my kirpan when i play? do i tie a small one around my neck or tie one around my thigh or keep one in my dastar? what do i do when i'm playing? thank you
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    Local football teams

    Wjkk Wjkf Hi, we are a couple moving from Somerset to Halesowen in Birmingham. I was wondering if there were any local football teams that my husband could join. He is 36 years old, nothing at a competitive level, just a weekly kick about in the park as something to keep fit. Also it would be a good opportunity to make some new friends within the sikh community here too. We are about a 10min drive from Oldbury. Thanks
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