Rob Edwards says Forest Green Rovers’ game against Chelsea U21 on Tuesday evening is an opportunity for some of the squad’s fringe players to get some minutes. Rovers are flying at the top of League Two, and moved onto 40 points at the weekend with a 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers. With the Nailsworth club […]
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Cheltenham Town Ladies manager Tom Davies proud of his side’s performance in Women’s FA Cup
Tom Davies said there were plenty of positives to take from the game despite Cheltenham Town Ladies being knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties. The Robins led 2-1 and 3-2 against Southampton Women’s, but the visitors took the game to extra time and prevailed in a thrilling penalty shoot-out, 6-5 after a 3-3 […]
PDC World Darts Championship: Five players to watch out for ahead of last-chance qualifier
It’s just two weeks until one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar, as 96 players descend on Alexandra Palace to compete for the PDC World Championship title. Almost all of those players are confirmed, with today’s PDPA Qualifier providing the last chance to make it to the festival of darts from Wednesday, 15 […]
Live Blog 29th of November – Rangnick announced as new Manchester United manager, Gloucester Rugby boss George Skivington gives an update on his squad
Welcome to today’s live blog. There’s a lot of action throughout the day, from the weekend’s football and rugby games to all the latest sports news in Gloucestershire and all around the world! Ralf Rangnick has been announced as new Manchester United manager, New Zealand rescue a draw vs India, Gloucester Rugby press, the world […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton wins the Brazilian Grand Prix closing the gap to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton has closed the gap on Championship leader Max Verstappen cutting the gap between the two drivers to just 14 points with victory at Interlagos. The Brit had to make up 25 places in total to win on Sunday after taking a new engine before the weekend started setting him back five places but […]
Game by Game. How Australia won the T20 World Cup
It’s not been the longest tournament, but we’ve been blessed with a lot of high quality cricket in the past month. Australia won their first ever T20 World Cup by beating New Zealand in the final yesterday, but their road to the final was a tricky path. Here’s a look at their performances game by […]
“I think it was my hardest weekend I’ve had.” Lewis Hamilton on his victory in Brazil and closing the gap on Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton has labelled the Brazilian Grand Prix as his “Hardest weekend I’ve ever had,” as he closed the gap on Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship. “Coming into this weekend I never ever thought we would be able to close the gap like we had today,” Hamilton said after the race. Whilst Verstappen was […]
Australia: Brilliant or overachievers?
This has been a tournament of tricky, two-paced pitches, and, as a consequence, it has recorded the lowest scoring rate of any T20 World Cup. The final, however, came as close to pure T20 as anything we have seen over these past few weeks in the UAE. The Australian T20 team is a bit of an […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton closes gap to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after win at F1’s Brazil GP
Lewis Hamilton’s 101st Formula One career win saw him reduce the gap to Championship leader Max Verstappen to just 14 points despite taking 25 grid places worth of penalties. Hamilton took an engine change before the weekend started, a five place penalty and was then disqualified from qualifying on Friday due to a DRS infringement […]