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Gloucester City Queens head coach Jay Marriott on new signing Carolina Marques and what her addition means to the team’s roster

Gloucester City Queens have used the forced Covid-19 break in December to their advantage as they announced the signing of Portuguese guard Carolina Marques last week. Marques, who made her debut for the Queens last weekend, was playing for WNBL side Worcester Wolves. The guard decided not to continue her studies in P.E and Coaching […]

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Countdown to the 2022 tennis Australian Open: Who are the favourites going into the tournament? Who are the ones to watch?

Not long to go now until the 2022 Australian Open launches in Melbourne and with all the latest news surrounding world number one Novak Djokovic’s visa gate lets take a look at upcoming players, dark horses and ones to look out for when the tournament commemorates on Monday. Who are the men’s favourites? When we […]

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LIVE BLOG: Forest Green Rovers game build up, Manchester United FA Cup win reaction, VAR controversy, Sydney International coverage: Emma Raducanu’s thrashing and Andy Murray after his win

Hello and welcome to the live ParkLife Sport blog. Today we have a reaction to Manchester United’s FA Cup victory against Aston Villa last night including the VAR controversy, game build up to Forest Green’s latest match as well as all the latest as the clock ticks down to matchday two of the Africa Cup […]

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Gloucester City Queens Head Coach Jay Marriott talks Sevenoaks Suns defeat and gives update on injury to captain Maura Fitzpatrick

Despite a third consecutive defeat for the Women’s British Basketball League newcomers Gloucester City Queens, head coach Jay Marriott believes there were many positives to take out of their last game. The Queens hosted a Sevenoaks team that are flying with confidence at the top of the WBBL and ended up on the wrong end […]

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University of Gloucestershire’s Enya Lackie on Rugby defeat to UWE: ‘For myself it was definitely the most physical game so far’

University of Gloucestershire Rugby Women found themselves on the wrong end of a 43-5 hammering yesterday when they faced University of West England at Lockleaze in the BUCS league.   Despite the heavy loss, Gloucestershire back and 2nd Year Sports Journalism student Enya Lackie remained positive and said the team’s mindset going into the match was […]

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Gloucester Rugby Star Ollie Thorley: ‘1 in 8 players currently playing have used the helpline’

The 25-year-old Gloucester Rugby winger gave a detailed description on how a variety of mental health support is made widely available within his club and how much social media can affect some players’ performance levels.  After a bleak 18 months dealing with a global pandemic mental health has arguably never been highlighted more within modern […]