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LARA'S JOURNALISM
Welcome
to my blog!
My name is Lara Alsaid...
and I am so glad you’ve arrived. I am a Journalism graduate of De Montfort University in Leicester. I am an aspiring journalist and I am constantly learning to be better. I moved from Sweden to England three years ago, and have loads of stories to share. On this blog, I will share with you what interests me most within journalism. I will share my thoughts and experiences. We all need something to motivate us. Take a look around; maybe you will be inspired.
From rock, paper, scissors to pro-football
Za’Khari Turner tells Lara Alsaid how she was scouted for the Bermudian National Team without ever having been to a football training...
Lara Alsaid
May 17, 20244 min read
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From Bangkok to London: Thai Tottenham Fan Turns Passion into Football Influencing Career
Achiraya Sinprasertkool tells Lara Alsaid about the remarkable journey that took her from her roots in Thailand to her current status as...
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Apr 28, 20244 min read
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Wembley under the lights
It is a Saturday evening in March, the sun has been out all day, and it had been the warmest day of the year so far, giving people a...
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Mar 27, 20243 min read
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‘My main issue is the fear of trying and failing. That is what stops me’
Zina Cheikh tells Lara Alsaid about her decision to play for Oakham United instead of professionally at The Posh Women's Football Club....
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Mar 5, 20244 min read
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‘Armstrong leads relegation-threatened QPR to a 2-1 victory against top-of-the-league Leicester City, scoring in seconds after being subbed in’
An early injury for Dennis Praet, a goal scored by Ilias Chair and a second goal by Sinclair Armstrong left City with a 1-2 defeat, with...
Lara Alsaid
Mar 2, 20243 min read
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'I didn’t expect us to win, we were the underdogs, but it made it ten times better'
Nicole Richardson tells Lara Alsaid about having to mask off emotions as a captain to seem confident, although she felt differently ahead...
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Mar 27, 20234 min read
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'DMUWFC are Varsity champions for the first time in five years after 2-1 win'
De Montfort University Women’s football team beat long time varsity champions University of Leicester with a dominant 2-1 win, with both...
Lara Alsaid
Mar 21, 20232 min read
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MATCH PREVIEW: De Montfort University v University of Leicester
De Montfort Women’s football team could break University of Leicester’s five-year winning streak in women’s football varsity On Monday...
Lara Alsaid
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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'Ronnie Roos will give you the blues'
Lara Alsaid was looking forward to an end of the week pint when she walked into Ronnie Roos bar. However, she was faced by empty chairs,...
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Feb 21, 20232 min read
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'And when life gets dark, I always find my light'
Dina Elmahy tells Lara Alsaid about her hectic life – fatally ill sister, job loss and stress – and how she triumphed in the face of this...
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Feb 2, 20234 min read
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Matt Piper: 'I’m a nice guy but I was a very different person at that time'
It’s 8 am, a hungover Matt Piper, former Leicester City player, wakes up. He looks to the side and grabs the whiskey bottle on the table...
Lara Alsaid
Jan 14, 20234 min read
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‘He used to point out what I deserved to eat after training depending on how well I had played’
It is Ellen Gustafsson’s 14th birthday. She is spending her evening playing football. After training she sits with her teammates in the...
Lara Alsaid
Dec 16, 20223 min read
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Match preview: Nottingham Trent University v De Montfort University
De Montfort women’s football team could secure first win of the season in Midland’s clash against Nottingham Trent DMU Women’s football...
Lara Alsaid
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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Lucky strike for DMU women’s football team as game was cancelled while being 0-3 down
DMU’s women’s football team breathed a collective sigh of relief after their game against University of East Anglia Women’s Team – which...
Lara Alsaid
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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'Everyone was panicking but not me. All I could hear was silence, it was a beautiful feeling'
Amani Elhoni told Lara Alsaid about the out-of-body experience she had whilst having a stroke on the train in 2007. She is alive and...
Lara Alsaid
Nov 17, 20223 min read
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‘And there, in that moment, I did think: oh no, what do I do here?’
It’s 9pm on a warm Thursday night in August and Jack Gabriel sits perched on his laptop, writing his latest match report. It is silent....
Lara Alsaid
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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TGI Fridays on a Friday- Review
The American restaurant TGI Fridays is named after our favourite day of the week. Always located in the heart of every city centre where...
Lara Alsaid
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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Active Oadby and Wigston's post-Covid vision to improve community wellbeing with physical activities
The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on how important social life and exercise are for people´s physical and mental health, according...
Lara Alsaid
Mar 28, 20222 min read
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DMU students to travel abroad this summer as volunteers with DMUglobal
DMUglobal is organising multiple volunteering trips all over the world for DMU students this summer. Aidan McLean, a First Year Economics...
Lara Alsaid
Mar 27, 20222 min read
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DMU dance society set to compete against English universities this month
March will be exciting for De Montfort University Dance Society as its members will compete against other English universities in dance,...
Lara Alsaid
Mar 27, 20222 min read
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