News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
It’s an occurrence that happens every four years. Leap years add an extra day to the calendar year to help keep the year synchronised with the seasonal year. However there are sporting events’ anniversaries that are only officially marked on this day. Most recently was on the last leap year in 2020, where Watford beat […]
Cheltenham Town announced this morning that they have an operating loss of £531,000 for the 2023 financial year. The figure means their finances have swung by £943,000 since their profit in 2022 of £412,000. With the club in the midst of a survival battle in League One, the financial figure will come as a shock […]
The world’s greatest darts players all meet this weekend for the highly anticipated UK Darts Open in Minehead. The tournament runs over three days from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 3. The UK open is one of the most unique tournaments in the PDC calendar. There is no televised tournament in the PDC which […]
Cheltenham Town suffered a disappointing mid week defeat against Wycombe Wanderers meaning that their four game undefeated run came to an end, this weekend they host Burton Albion at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium as they look to get back to winning ways. The Robins sit just three points from safety with two games in hand over […]
LeBron James scored 34 points while also putting up eight rebounds and six assists in the Los Angeles Lakers stunning comeback win against the Los Angeles Clippers. “I was in the zone, can’t really describe it. That was just the feeling – when you feel like everything you put up is going in,” said James […]
The DP World Tour returns to South Africa this week for the first of two back-to-back co- sanctioned events with the Sunshine Tour and heads in to the last two weeks of the international swing. Rory McIlroy tops the rankings as we head to the SDC Championship at St. Francis Links on the Eastern Cape […]
After Wednesday evening, the FA Cup draw for the quarter-finals have been finalised. Wolves and Chelsea will host Championships teams Coventry City and Leicester City respectively, while Manchester will host two top half Premier League games as Liverpool face their rivals Manchester United and Newcastle have a trip to the Etihad Stadium. Embed from Getty […]
Good afternoon! Welcome to our Parklife Sport live blog for Thursday 29 February, lets have a look at what we have in store for you today! Our writers will be keeping you up to date with loads of our university sports action, including Netball, Athletics, Rugby and Women’s Football. We have interviews from Cheltenham goalkeeper […]
First year student, Maddie Brown makes her first swimming debut for the University of Gloucestershire at the BUCS Nationals where she made history. Brown shocked herself over the weekend after a build-up of nerves where she had broken her own personal time. “I did so well in my 50-meter fly. I dropped 0.01 on my […]
Wall’s Club, home of Barnwood United and City of Gloucestershire WFC, has today announced it will be closing their doors on Sunday 31st March leaving the two clubs homeless for the remainder of the season. The venue released a statement during Wednesday morning on their social media and website which read: “It is with deep […]