Forest Green Rovers head coach Ian Burchnall was happy to avoid a potential banana skin after seeing his side safely through to the second round of the FA Cup by beating South Shields on Saturday. Connor Wickham scored in the first half before closing the game out with a strike from the halfway line in […]
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Park Life Sport Live Blog: FA Cup Reaction As Forest Green Rovers Advance And Cheltenham Town Crash Out Plus Updates From The Sporting World
Hello and welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog. Be sure to check here to keep up to date with all the goings on in the sporting world. We’ll be looking back at the weekend’s football, including local sides Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers who were in FA Cup action, while also previewing the […]
Filippo Ganna becomes new cycling hour world record holder with 56.723km effort
Ineos Grenadiers and Italy rider Filippo Ganna has set a new cycling hour world record with a distance of 56.792km, achieving the feat at the Tissot Velodrome indoor track in Switzerland. The 26-year-old, who raced in the prestigious Tour de France earlier this year, smashed the record previously held by Ineos team-mate Dan Bigham by […]
LIVE BLOG: Reaction to Dale Vince stepping down from Ecotricity, World Cup draw preview and build-up to the weekend’s sport
Welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog. Here you can keep up to date with the latest stories breaking around Gloucestershire and the UK. Today, we’ll be bringing you previews to all the sport taking place this weekend, as the Premier League returns and Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers are also in action. It was […]
Louis Rees-Zammit returns to squad as Gloucester welcome internationals back for Worcester derby
International pairing Chris Harris and Mark Atkinson will play together in the centres for the first time since January as Gloucester Rugby play host to Worcester Warriors this Friday at Kingsholm. In addition to this, George Skivington has made two more changes to his starting XV with Adam Hastings and Val Rapava-Ruskin in the line-up, […]
LIVE BLOG: Build up to Varsity and Non-League Day, plus press conferences from Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City and team news for crunch Gloucester rugby match
Welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog. Here you can keep up to date with the latest stories breaking around Gloucestershire and the UK. We’ll bring you updates from the Cheltenham Town (13:45) and Gloucester City press conferences, team news from Gloucester Rugby (12:00) plus build up to Varsity, as the universities of Gloucestershire and Worcester […]
GB men’s Curling team aim to secure Britain’s first medal of Beijing Olympics
The Scottish foursome of Bruce Mouatt, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan face the USA in the men’s semi-finals at 12:05 on day 13 of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. If they win, it will guarantee Britain their first medal of what has been a barren campaign so far in the Chinese capital. However, […]
LIVE BLOG: Content from Bristol City and Forest Green, FA Cup build up, Winter Olympics and much more
Hello and welcome to the Park Life Sport live blog! We will be providing content from yesterdays press conferences at Bristol City and Forest Green Rovers, as both sides look forward to their games on the weekend. You can expect build up for this weekend as the fourth round of the FA Cup approaches, previewing […]
High flying Worcester Bears edge University of Gloucestershire Raiders in GBL clash
The University of Gloucestershire were beaten 83-76 as they travelled up the M5 to face high-flying Worcester Bears in round 10 of the Gloucestershire Basketball League. The away side got the better of the first quarter, leading 19-13 thanks in part to first-team captain Toby McLuskie’s nine points, but that was where things peaked for […]
Gloucester City Queens: Marlee Ball “raises quality of players around her” says coach Jay Marriott
Although the going has got tough at points, Marlee Ball is developing into a vital player for the Gloucester City Queens. Head coach Jay Marriott is a huge fan of Ball, and knows when she is playing at the top of her game “she raises the levels of the other people around her.” She may […]










