The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Pitch invaders, particularly in football is becoming a more and more frequent issue. Whilst it is only a minority of fans who are conducting the invasions , the incidents are becoming more violent and dangerous, as opposed to an attempt at a light-hearted selfie with your favourite player. On Saturday, the football league was hit […]
Walsall’s League Two match against Swindon Town was postponed on Saturday due to a frozen pitch at the Poundland Bescot Stadium. Town fans were quick to criticise the home side’s decision. Some mocked the groundsmen for not getting the game on, while others took the cynical approach that Walsall never wanted the game to go ahead. […]
Cheltenham Town welcome Sheffield Wednesday to The Completely-Suzuki Stadium on Tuesday night, as they look to recover from Saturday’s 4-2 loss to league leaders, Plymouth Argyle. It is the third consecutive league fixture in which The Robins have played one of the top four, having also narrowly lost to Derby County. Wade Elliott’s side will […]
Having earnt his first England call up, Gloucester Rugby’s George Mcguigan has now been ruled out of the England squad due to a knee injury and is replaced by Bath’s Tom Dunn. The hooker, who joined the Cherry and Whites from Newcastle Falcons in December, played 76 minutes on Saturday as Gloucester secured their place […]
The FA have come under fire after a Women’s Super League clash between Liverpool and defending champions Chelsea was abandoned after six minutes due to a frozen pitch. Sub-zero temperatures across the UK this week have caused hundreds of games across the country to be called off due to frozen pitches being unsafe to play […]
With the imminent announcement of the British and Irish Lions squad in two days, the most intriguing question remains who will be selected as tour captain, retired Welsh legend Sam Warburton was captain of both previous tours to Australia and New Zealand respectively, leaving Gatland with a headache as to who to trust with the […]
Bill Belichick had a rocky season last year as he dealt with the loss of Tom Brady, the Patriots recorded seven wins and nine loses as they failed to reach the play-offs, Belichick seems intent on building a much stronger squad this year as he’s already completed four signings in the first two days of […]
‘I just can’t believe it. I am so lucky to be able to ride all these good horses. You just can’t do this without the horses. Being attached to Henry is just utterly phenomenal. This horse is just unbelievable . I just… Yeah I don’t know what to say I wouldn’t swap the grand national […]
James Stevens “Day one there’s a horse running in the Arkle called Shishkin trained by a guy called Nicky Henderson and the feeling is that Shishkin could be the next superstar of horse racing. “On Wednesday, one of the Irish bankers of the week, Chacun Pour Soi runs in the Champions Chase. He’s an unknown […]
It would be disastrous if a Premiership Rugby team was relegated this year just because they were fit and healthy. There’s a serious risk of that happening now due to the fact that you get two Premiership points if you can’t play a fixture due to positive COVID-19 tests. It means that a club who […]