A spokesperson from UEFA has confirmed that an emergency meeting will take place tomorrow in order to discuss the venue of the 2022 Champions League final. An official statement from UEFA’s verified twitter account read stated: “Following the evolution of the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the UEFA president has called an extraordinary meeting.” Reports […]
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WORLD CUP: Who are the young stars?
At the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez won the Golden Boot, goal of the tournament and was named in the All-Star team and the Dream team of the tournament. He later secured a £63m move to Real Madrid. At the 2010 World Cup, Thomas Muller won the Golden Boot and the Best Young Player. His […]
WORLD CUP 2018: Missing XI Dream Team
The World Cup is one of sport’s greatest ever concepts – an all-inclusive competition uniting the entire globe. Teams from all the metaphorical corners of Earth will ascend upon a single nation – this time Russia – and compete to show why they are the best. A downside to this though, is there needs to […]
WORLD CUP: England’s Route to Moscow
Firstly, they are placed in Group G, alongside Belgium (currently at the height of their ‘Golden Generation’), Panama and Tunisia. England open against Tunisia on the 18th of June, with the game against Panama six days later, meaning that the last game against Belgium is likely to be pivotal in securing top spot in their group. After […]
Nike receive over 3 million orders for Nigeria kit
Nike have received over 3 million orders for Nigeria’s new World Cup jersey. The kit is not even released properly until next week but since February’s unveiling, the shirt has been in high demand. Nigeria’s new kit is supposed to pay tribute to their 1994 World Cup run in USA. The Super Eagles got to […]
ENGLAND TEAM: Who should start at wing-back?
With England announcing their squad for the 2018 Russia World Cup, there is still much uncertainty surrounding who Gareth Southgate will start in the opening match vs Tunisia on the 18th of June. England will have games against Nigeria and Costa Rica before flying out to Russia which will give Southgate a chance to assess […]
Hypocrisy in athletics leads to Russia being “demonised”
Ryhall said suggests that this is because many athletes potentially use Therapeutic Use Exemptions as a means to cheat, rather than state-sponsored doping Russia has been plagued with. Ryhall said that “I think they [Russia] should be allowed back into the Olympics and the politics of it all… they’re demonised”. She also thinks Team Sky […]
Ex-UoG student Lizzy Yarnold to carry Winter Olympic flag for Team GB
Reigning skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold, will carry the Team GB flag at the opening ceremony of this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The University of Gloucestershire graduate won gold in Sochi back in 2014 and will carry the flag when the Games officially start on Friday. Embed from Getty Images The former Geography and Sport and […]

