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Good morning and welcome to the Park Life Sport Live Blog on Thursday, February 9. Coming up throughout the day: we have three radio bulletins live at 10:30, 11:30 and 14:00. If you want something to listen to on the go, we have a sporting podcast coming to you shortly. You can stay up to […]
Gareth Bale announced his retirement from Football last month, following a disappointing World Cup with Wales in Qatar and almost immediately joined the PGA Tour Pro-Am in the USA, just two months later. Bale is Wales’ all time goal scorer, has won five Champion’s League titles with former team Real Madrid and is often regarded […]
Cinderford RFC will travel up to Birmingham Moseley tomorrow in the hope they can redeem their reputation, having not won away since October. This weekends fixture is a highly anticipated game that was originally going to be played in December, however the frozen pitches meant a reschedule was in order. Last week Cinderford lost to […]
Cheltenham Town manager Wade Elliott reflected on the Gloucestershire based team’s transfer business in January, believing that they had ‘a decent window’ The Robins acquired the services of Championship midfielder Glen Rea, on loan until the end of the season. He won’t be able to link up with his new side as of yet, as […]
A new dawn has arrived for England as the Steve Borthwick reign begins with England taking on Scotland in their opening match of the Six Nations. For the past two seasons Scotland have opened up their tournaments with stunning victories over the old rivals, but as a new tenure begins at Twickenham a hat-trick of […]
Forest Green Rovers’ Duncan Ferguson has his side playing better football but has the challenege of facing football league luminary Darren Ferguson at the New Lawn. The 51-year-old was struck by the heartbreak of League One football in his first game, back-to-back goals beyond the ninetieth minute saw the Green Devils lose all three points. […]
Six Nations returns this weekend, with England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland having already released their teams. Five Gloucester Rugby players have been included in international squad’s ahead of the tournament. The five selected players have been picked by the four nations of England, Wales, Scotland and Italy. England have brought in a new coaching setup […]
Worcester Warriors have been given a conditional offer to retain their place in the Premier15s next season despite being left out of the earlier announcement in December. Women’s Team operating manager Mike Hall said: “After the initial announcement went out that 8 teams had been selected the next iteration of the premier 15s and Worcester […]
“Confidence is a massive part of it – individual form and results play a part in that” – Bishop’s Cleeve assistant manager Freddy Ward ahead of Friday’s trip to Frome Town. Cleeve have picked up five wins in seven and are pushing themselves closer to a mid-table position rather than a relegation battle. A 94th-minute […]
Sale Sharks and Worcester Warriors have been offered a place in the Allianz Premier 15s for next years season, despite being left out in the December offers. In December eight clubs were offered places for the 23/24 Premier 15s season but Sale and Worcester were both controversially left out despite being key additions to the […]