Forest Green Rovers have announced that the club’s academy has been upgraded to Category 3 status by the Premier League and EFL. Embed from Getty Images The Green Devils invested significant funds and recruited new support staff to their youth set up following the club’s promotion to League 2, and after just one season in the […]
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RUGBY: Four Gloucester players selected by England U20s for World Championship
Four Gloucester rugby players have been selected for the England Squad ahead of the U20 World Championship starting on 30th May in the South of France. For the hooker, Henry Walker it will be his second time with the England side after helping them reach the final in Georgia last year where they were beaten […]
ATHLETICS: Gloucester Athletics secure record medal haul
Across two days of competition last weekend, Gloucester Athletics Club secured over 120 medals at the Gloucestershire County Track & Field Championships. The club’s youngsters impressed, particularly with the U15 girls 4 x 300m relay. The team of Tricia Stanfield, Emma Tillot, Darcey Barton and Isobelle Herbert won their race in 3:06.8 to break the Club record […]
WORLD CUP 2018: How far can Iceland and Panama go?
In qualification, Iceland did a stellar job. They managed to top a group containing Croatia, Ukraine and Turkey, winning seven games and scoring the most goals in the process. Meanwhile, Panama – in truth – scraped through the qualification process. They finished third, on a negative goal difference (but above the USA who finished in […]
LIVE CRICKET: England vs Pakistan Test match at Lord’s – England batting
LIVE UPDATES WICKET – Cook finally departs. After 148 balls Alastair Cook makes way after being bowled off-stump by Mohammad Amir. He set a record for the highest ODI score in the competition’s history against Pakistan, but it doesn’t look like anything ground-breaking will occur today as Jos Buttler comes in for Cook. WICKET – […]
PREVIEW: FA Cup final – Chelsea vs Manchester United
Two of the Premier League’s superpowers lock horns at Wembley tomorrow, as Chelsea battle Manchester United in their last chance to win some silverware this season. The rivalry between Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho is likely to take centre-stage, as the two had a public falling out earlier this season after Mourinho called the Italian a “little man” […]
ROAD TO GLORY: Football league to World Cup Glory
With Gareth Southgate announcing his 23 man squad to take to Russia this summer, one thing which is always debated is who has been left out. Instead the focus should be on the players who will be taking part this summer. Only 4 years ago Leicester City’s Harry Maguire was playing in League One with Sheffield United and […]
SNOOKER: World Grand Prix comes to the Racecourse
Cheltenham Racecourse will play host the World Snooker’s Grand Prix during February 2019. The ranking tournament moves from Preston’s Guild Hall to The Centaur auditorium at the famous National Hunt venue. The competition, which boasts a winners prize fund of £100,000 and will likely feature the talents of Ding Junghui and Ronnie O’Sullivan, who […]
CRICKET: Gloucestershire’s season so far
Gloucestershire start their Royal London One Day Cup campaign today as they take on Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. But how have Gloucestershire fared so far this season in their opening four County Championship matches? Gloucestershire are currently seventh in Division two with 37 points having won and drawn once while losing twice. The […]
ATHLETICS: Doping athletes won’t get criminal prosecution
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has ruled out criminal prosecution for drugs cheats following a select committee report on doping in sport. Crouch has stated that there is no reason to go against the findings of the review into criminalising doping (2017). ”Clean and fair environment” to be set up Crouch insisted changes being made to the […]