News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Welcome to the ParkLife Sports blog. Here you can keep up to date with the latest stories breaking around Gloucestershire and the UK. We’ll provide updates on the Formula 1 testing, England vs West Indies and a look ahead to next week’s Cheltenham festival. And, after a spell of bad weather, the Players Championship is […]
Gloucester City co-chairman Alex Petheram has admitted there will be a huge turnaround of players in the summer as the club shifts to a hybrid training model for next season. It was reported back in January that The Tigers will be abandoning the full-time status that they have been operating under for the last two […]
Paris Saint-Germain were dumped out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage following a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in a game described as a “meltdown” by Ligue 1 journalist Robin Bairner. Despite a late winner from Kylian Mbappe in the first-leg, and another goal from the Frenchman in the […]
Four games get underway this evening in the Premier League as the race for top four heats up. Last place Norwich City host Chelsea, who’s owner Roman Abramovic has recently been sanctioned by the British government due to the controversy concerning Russia and Ukraine. Chelsea beat Burnley convincingly in their previous game, winning 4-0 againt […]
Eddie Jones has made a trio changes to the side which started in the 23-19 victory over Wales ahead of what he has described as a ‘semi-final’ against Ireland. Joe Marchant comes in at outside-centre for Elliot Daly, who drops to the bench whilst Sam Simmonds starts ahead of Alex Dombrandt who scored England’s only […]
Gloucester Rugby could leapfrog top four rivals this weekend with a win over Sale on Saturday. Off the back of a comeback win at Northampton, the Cherry & Whites will be high on confidence going into this game. However, Gloucester head coach George Skivington is well aware of the threat posed by Sale’s Faf De-Klerk, […]
Gloucester’s Louis Rees-Zammit has been recalled to the Wales squad ahead of their Friday night encounter with France. It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks for the 21 year-old who was left disheartened after his omission from the Wales squad to face England in the previous round of the Six Nations. However, his performances have […]
Gloucester Rugby star man Mark Atkinson has been left in no-mans-land after being overlooked by England head coach Eddie Jones. With the Six Nations well underway, Atkinson, who has become a mainstay of the Gloucester Rugby setup, was surprisingly not selected to face Scotland, Italy or Wales. After travelling between camps, game time has been […]
After three days of ‘shakedown’ testing in Barcelona, Formula One has taken the long trip across to Bahrain for the second set of testing, with the first day now well underway. The three days in Bahrain are being televised, giving fans the chance to watch the drivers for the first time after the previous test […]
Peter Wright is relishing the prospect of being world number one as he prepares to take on Jonny Clayton in the latest edition of the Premier League, where the weekly roadshow heads to The Brighton Centre on Thursday night. Reigning World Champion Wright went top of the Order of Merit after Gerwyn Price was knocked […]