News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Embed from Getty Images After a long few months, fans are finally being allowed back into football stadiums, much to the joy of managers and fans. For the likes of local side Cheltenham Town Football Club, this could provide the boost they need to get to the top. Currently second in the table, the team […]
Embed from Getty Images In perhaps the most bizarre match-up of the year in combat sports, former world heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr will collide on Saturday night in an exhibition match at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The pair have largely been hindered by a set of tame […]
Extreme weather could bring heartache to the University of Gloucestershire (UOG) rowing team as they seek their maiden win in Varsity. Last year the event was cancelled after Worcester failed to book out their stretch of the river Severn, Bevere Lock, and ended up forfeiting the point to UOG. The fixture, which has been dubbed […]
Temperatures are hitting 23 degrees in some places right now in England, and people are wondering.. is it time to get the Pimms out? We at ParkLife Sport think yes it is, so here are our favourite sports to play to make the most of the sun. Cricket A sport played outside exclusively in the summer and in […]
The English Commonwealth games team has a family feel to it this year as several athletes are joined by fellow family members on the Australian Gold Coast. In boxing we have Galal Yafai who has progressed into the final of the men’s light flyweight boxing competition. His two brothers Gamal and Kalid, although not […]
As it is international women’s day, I’m going to take you through who I believe are the biggest names in British women’s sport. Johanna Konta: Tennis is sport where we seem to be hit and miss. We will have a good run and then slip up, but Johanna Konta has been on a roll. Her […]
Take a trip to the theatre Head to the Everyman for a performance of the critically-acclaimed show ‘Birdsong’. Marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, it’s an enthralling tale of love and courage enjoyed by over 200,000 people on its previous sold-out show. Buy your tickets here. 2. Cheer on Gloucester […]
Lizzie Yarnold carried the British Flag in Pyeongchang at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. She led all 58 British athletes around the stadium in South Korea, there were due to be 59 British athletes however Katie Ormerod misses out with a fractured heal. Embed from Getty Images Yarnold said when speaking to the BBC: […]
Gloucestershire will be hoping their overseas signing Andrew Tye can have another key impact – the Australian fast bowler will take on England in the third Twenty20 match of the current Tri-series. England face Australia at 8:40 (GMT) on Saturday morning, with the Baggy Greens currently on top in the series having overcome both New […]
Forest Green Rover’s Fabien Robert has re-signed for Aldershot Town on loan until the end of the season. The French midfielder impressed for the Shots during the first half of the campaign, but a knee injury prompted Mark Cooper to recall the former Swindon man. Robert was pivotal in Forest Green Rover’s promotion during the […]