The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Hello and welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog of the day’s sporting news, including day two at Cheltenham Festival. The highlight of the day’s racing will be the Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase, at 15:30. Last year’s winner Energumene will be running again this year, although Edwardstone is many bookmakers’ favourite to win. In […]
Leeds United have sacked American manager Jesse Marsch after a winless run of seven games, and the club sat in 17th place in the Premier League. The former RB Leipzig manager has been dismissed following a 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday. He took over at Elland Road in February […]
Football in this country is at a crossroads and a clear choice between right and wrong, and it’s time for football’s higher-ups to finally start setting a better example. A four-year investigation into Manchester City by the Premier League has allegedly uncovered serious breaches of rules to do with disclosure of sponsorship payments, player and […]
The RFU have announced that the England women’s head coach Simon Middleton will step down at the end of the 2023 TikTok Women’s Six Nations. The 57-year-old guided England to two Rugby World Cup finals in 2017 and 2022, and oversaw a 30-match winning run, having joined in 2015. Speaking to the England Rugby website, […]
Last week the Jockey Club, which run 14 racecourses in the UK including Cheltenham, announced they would be removing the requirement of a formal dress code for spectators. The decision was made in an effort to make going to the races a more inclusive experience, as racegoers will no longer be restricted to certain enclosures […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies pulled off a stunning 2-1 win over previously unbeaten league leaders Oxford United, in their first home match since October. Issy Newns and Laura Holden both scored in the first half to give the Robinesses a convincing lead, and they were able to hold despite Oxford halving the deficit midway through the […]
Chris Harris helped get Scotland over the line in the Calcutta Cup, as every away nation recorded victories on the opening weekend for the first time in Six Nations history. Harris came on as a replacement for Huw Jones in the 76th minute at Twickenham, a couple of minutes after Duhan van der Merwe had […]
Head coach Wade Elliott hailed Cheltenham Town’s performance as ‘committed and resilient’, but ultimately his side were beaten 1-0 by Bolton Wanderers in Lancashire. The Robins left the University of Bolton Stadium with nothing to show for their efforts, after they were downed by a long-range effort from Kyle Dempsey in the 80th minute. His […]