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Joey Barton’s side suffered the crushing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Boreham Wood who are 11th place in the National League. Despite being strong home favourites, Rovers failed to make early pressure count and found themselves behind with first half goals from defenders Will Evans and David Stephens putting the visitors 2-0 up before […]
The Afghan Warrior lit up Fight Town with a 60-54 points victory against Tatenda Mangombe to thrill the fans on Saturday night. It was another successful bout for the Super Featherweight who impressed the Swindon crowd with some impressive displays of movement and punching power. Despite securing the win comfortably on the scorecard, Mangombe proved […]
With the start of the Vitality Netball Super League just around the corner, Worcester based franchise Severn Stars announce their exciting new line-up for the upcoming 2023 season. After a tough 2022 season, Stars saw a vast array of talent depart including club captain Liana Leota and vice-captain Iman Thomas, and head coach Melissa Bessell. […]
Saturday’s racing saw a jubilant Skelton team up at Haydock, but a despondent Henderson team down at Ascot. Protektorat laid down the gauntlet for the Gold Cup, as he stormed to an 11-length victory in the first Grade One of the season. Lit up in the early stages, jockey Harry Skelton held his mount towards […]
A huge 48 places separated Saudi Arabia from World Cup heavyweights Argentina heading into the opening Group C clash in Qatar. Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after just 10 minutes as Lionel Scaloni’s side looked to open the attacking floodgates early on. However, two goals within four minutes just after half-time […]
Head injuries in football have been very well documented for the last few years and it’s certainly something that needs to be improved with how players are treated on and off the pitch. This year’s world cup has only just kicked off and although it has only been three days, there has already been a […]
Another big week of sport is around the corner for the University of Gloucestershire as their BUCS teams are back in action. Dziugas Kandrotas insists the University of Gloucestershire’s second team “can cause an upset” ahead of their derby day cup fixture against the first team at Plock Court. The UoG men’s football first team […]
Bristol City striker Sam Bell deserves regular first-team football, following an in-form start for the Robins’ Under-21 side this season. The one area of the pitch where City aren’t shy of quality is in attack, with Andi Weimann, Antoine Semenyo, Nahki Wells and Tommy Conway all at the disposal of Nigel Pearson. The front four […]
For the first time in Britball history, Britain is sending a youth American football team to compete in an 11-a-side competition. The GB Lions juniors, already less experienced than their Austrian rivals, have a mountain to overcome as the sport is restricted to 5-a-side at Under 16s club level in this country. The national team […]
Villa climbed up to 5th spot in the Women’s Super League table after their 4th win of the season, courtesy of a Rachel Daly hat-trick. Ward was impressed with the England International’s performance. “Absolutely [when asked about if it was Rachel Daly’s hat trick] if she heads it towards goal in the manner that she […]