A 66-69 defeat to Manchester Met Mystics handed Gloucester City Queens their first loss of the WBBL season in a nail biting finish at Oxstalls Sport Park. The Queens looked down and out midway through the 4th quarter but almost made a dramatic comeback to send the game into overtime. Head coach Jay Marriott remained […]
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Every Premiership side’s most embarrassing defeat after Bath’s record loss to Saracens
Following Bath Rugby’s comprehensive thrashing to Saracens at The Rec yesterday, Park Life Sport rugby correspondent Nathan Russell reflects on each Premiership side’s record defeat, and why each club’s fans would prefer to forget these particular games. Bath – 71-17 to Saracens (October 2021) Embed from Getty Images What better way to kick off this […]
“It brings the NFL a whole new audience”: Gloucestershire Gladiators on games being held in England as Jaguars finally win
Since 2007, London has been host to 30 NFL games, the sport proving a resounding success for decades. The last two weeks have seen the most recent matchups take place in the capital, as the Atlanta Falcons took on the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins faced the Jacksonville Jaguars. Embed from Getty Images […]
Cameron Norrie becomes first Briton to win Tennis’ Indian Wells – other historic British firsts
Cameron Norrie created history late last night by becoming the first British tennis player to win the Indian Wells Masters in California beating Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6 6-4 6-1. To celebrate this historic achievement, here are some more examples of historic British firsts. Rachel Blackmore Horse Racing is one of the best examples of men […]
Park Life Sport Live Blog-18/10/21: All the latest from Rob Edwards’Forest Green Rovers Press Conference and a look back on Gloucester’s draw against London Irish
Welcome to today’s Park Life Sport Live Blog, where all your latest sporting news will be found. Forest Green Rovers manager Rob Edwards will be talking ahead of his sides’ clash against Leyton Orient tomorrow. We will also be speaking to experts on defliberators and CPR following the incident during the Newcastle United and Tottenham […]
MMA promotion Battle Arena 64 makes debut in Gloucester, main event cancelled
MMA organisation Battle Arena marked its debut in Gloucester with a largely successful outing in spite of the cancellation of the main event. Battle Arena 64, which took place on Saturday night, saw 11 fights hosted at Gloucester’s GL1 Leisure centre in front of a packed-out crowd. The main event was due to be headlined […]
Gloucester Rugby head coach George Skivington admitted “harsh reality” he’s experienced since his appointment
Ahead of their clash with the Northampton Saints at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday George Skivington explained the biggest things he’s learned during his time as head coach: “I’ve learnt a huge amount, I think there is genuinely loads I’ve learnt. The reality of how quickly you can put plans in place, you obviously spend a […]
Camping on beaches, battling long-term fatigue and completing a world’s first: Remembering Sean Conway’s ultra-triathlon around the GB coastline
“When you’ve been going for so long that long-term fatigue kicks in and your hormones begin to modify themselves, that’s when the real fun starts.” It’s day 71, Sean Conway has just taken the last of his 1.5 million strides from Scarbrough to Brighton and is ready to swap his running shoes for his swimming hat, goggles and wetsuit to commence […]
UCL Preview: Paris Saint-Germain need Mbappe magic to make it past Manchester City
PSG will be looking for star forward Kylian Mbappe to add to his Champions League goal tally on Tuesday night, in a game where they need two unanswered goals to secure their place in the final. Manchester City won the first leg 2-1 after goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez put them in […]
Cheltenham Town’s George Lloyd discusses his “difficult” time with concussion this season
There has been a lot of emphasis recently on identifying and treating concussion in sports in an attempt to limit the lasting damage to the brain when a player sustains a head injury. The dangers of suffering concussion are now being fully realised and more measures are being introduced to ensure players can properly recover […]