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With the 2023 edition of X games just weeks away, Freestyle Snowboarder and instructor Cerys Allen names her favourite to take glory. The winter extreme sport series sees the world’s best freestyle skiers and snowboarders invited to Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen, Colorado. Allen believes that Austrian snowboarder Anna Gasser is one to watch in the women’s […]
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, […]
Great Britain are still struggling to get success at this years Winter Olympics and the chance to secure a single medal is quickly fading. The men’s and women’s GB Curling team’s were both struck with unfortunate losses. Following their success of beating Sweden in their last match the women’s team came up short against South […]
Hello and welcome back to the ParkLife Sports. It’s Friday, it’s almost the weekend! But first we have a full day of sporting news and content for you, so stay tuned to our live blog if you’d like to keep up to date with any breaking news from in and around Gloucestershire. In breaking news […]
Great Britain’s women’s curling provided an immediate response after defeat earlier today, by thrashing Sweden 8-2 in their second round robin match. Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff were unlucky to lose 6-5 to Switzerland in the early hours of this morning, but responded well with a clinical win against the reigning […]
In the Winter Olympics so far, team GB have had a medal drought, and the Skeleton might be their last hope. GB has historically found success in the sport, with Gloucestershire local Lizzy Yarnold earning gold medals in the competition at the past two Winter Olympic games, 2014 and 2018. Team GB’s skeleton athletes for […]
Hello and welcome to the ParkLife Sport blog. Keep up to date with the latest news breaking from in and around Gloucestershire. Including the latest from Michael Duff as his side prepares to host Fleetwood Town at the Jonny Rocks stadium. We will also hear from Rob Edwards and Jordan Moore-Taylor ahead of Forest Green […]
Great Britain’s most famous Winter Olympian Michael ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Edwards reflects on his journey to the 1988 Calgary games. Edwards, born and raised in Cheltenham, reveals one of the many setbacks he had to overcame in his pursuit of ski success. A then-Alpine skier, the 58-year-old was beginning to make a name for himself […]
The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have been a welcome reminder of what affect sport can have on people’s lives. Whilst a lot of the focus from an English perspective has been on Lizzie Yarnold, there have been a few real feel good stories that have come from this year’s competition. In this morning’s events we […]
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 […]