Lalji has become one of Canada’s foremost football experts, on many levels, as well as being a community builder for the sport in the province. He moved to the city with his family when he was six.

Lalji played football for Burnaby Central and after graduating in 1986 he helped coach the team from 1987 to 2000. He did a stint as Simon Fraser University’s sports information director in the early 1990s before becoming a sports reporter for CBC Vancouver from 1995 to 1997.

He joined TSN as a regional reporter in 1997 and while he cover the regional sports for the network he as become one of TSN’s football experts. Lalji has covered 22 Grey Cups, 16 Super Bowls and 12 NCAA championships. He is frequently seen on the sidelines of CFL games as a reporter for TSN and occasionally is in the booth as a play-by-play announcer as well as anchoring TSN’s coverage of the annual CFL Canadian college draft.

His in-depth knowledge of football at all levels — professional, collegiate and even high school — is not only on display on TSN throughout the year but also as a frequent expert commentator for many broadcast and podcast outlets on both sides of the border.

In addition to reporting extensively on the Vancouver Canucks, Lalji has covered Stanley Cup finals, NBA finals, MLB and NBA all-star games, the U.S. Open and PGA golf championships and three Olympic Games.

His community contributions have also earned him a place in the BC Football Hall of Fame. In 2003, Lalji revived the dormant football program at New Westminster Secondary School, not only serving as its head coach but also cultivating sponsorships for the program to make it thrive and helping many of its players obtain post-secondary scholarships. The football hall said “there are few individuals who have had as profound an impact on the growth of high school football in BC than Farhan Lalji.”

His efforts in growing sponsorship for the organization included obtaining sponsorship from Subway for the provincial championship games to be held in BC Place and to appear on television from 2002 to 2012.

Lalji pioneered the provincial high school football all-star awards dinner and annual all-star games and went on to serve as BC High School Football president from 2010 to 2012. During that sting one of his major accomplishments was developing a safety policy around concussion prevention for the BCHSF.