Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates last night thanks to second-half goals from Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino, the win moves the Reds to within one point of Manchester City. Arsenal’s hopes for the top four took a hit last night after the defeat, but it was a bright first half for Mikel Arteta’s […]
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Champions League Recap: Chelsea distract from ownership fallout to progress, Villarreal upset Juventus
Champions League holders Chelsea are into the quarter finals following a 2-1 win against Lille, amid uncertainty over the teams long term future. Holding a 2-0 lead going into the match, Chelsea were heavy favourites to progress past the reigning Ligue 1 champions, but it seemed to take them a while to realise. The French […]
Cheltenham festival Live Blog: Coole Cody wins shock Plate Handicap Chase, Flooring Porter retains Stayers Hurdle and Bob Olinger wins dramatic Turners Novices’ Chase
Good morning everyone! Welcome back to another ParkLife Sport live blog with the Cheltenham races still at centre stage. Yesterday was another brilliant day at Prestbury with Tiger Roll bowing out with a second placed finish in the 4:10 as Energumene wins in the 3:30 Queen Mother Champion Chase. Today we’ll be bringing you all […]
MATCH PREVIEW: Can holders Chelsea progress to Quarter-Finals of Champions League amid off-field controversy?
European Champions Chelsea travel to France this evening to face Lille in their Round-of-16 second leg tie amid on going controversy surrounding their owner Roman Abramovich. Thomas Tuchel’s men take a 2-0 aggregate lead with them to Lille, looking to progress into their third quarter-final in four seasons. The Blues will look to try and […]
Barnsley 2-0 Bristol City: Nigel Pearson ‘Players Have The Opportunity To Show What They’re Made Of’
Bristol City fell to a fourth defeat in five games after losing 2-0 to relegation candidates Barnsley at Oakwell last night. The Tykes got off to a great start after the Robins failed to clear a corner in the tenth minute where forward Carlton Morris was at hand to stab the ball home from close […]
Cheltenham Saracens ends home season with draw against Malmesbury Vics
Cheltenham Saracens will be the more disappointed of the two teams following a 1-1 draw against Malmesbury Vics, extending their winless run at The Big Local to five games. Malmesbury opened the scoring with Chris Zebroski pressing a deep Saracens clearance, making a clean breakaway from the defenders, before a smart finish saw him slot […]
Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Leyton Orient: Rob Edwards believes draw “was a fair result”, Wilson: “We want to start seeing these games out”
Forest Green Rovers were unable to get their first league win since February 8th as they were held to a 1-1 draw with relegation threatened Leyton Orient. Matty Stevens scored his 22nd league goal of the season after ten minutes following good work from Jamille Matt to get Rovers off to a flyer , but […]
OPINION: West Brom are more than capable of achieving Championship Playoffs after 1-0 win over Fulham
At the beginning of the season, fresh from Premier League relegation, playoffs were seen as bare minimum for a West Brom side that surely contained enough quality to challenge for the automatic places. Now, it would be something of a miracle if the Black Country side were able to sneak into 6th place. But it’s […]
Chelsea remove request to FA to play FA Cup tie at Middlesbrough behind closed doors
Chelsea have back pedalled in their request to the FA to have their weekend Quarter-final FA Cup fixture at Middlesbrough to be played behind closed doors. In an embarrassing turn of events for the club, Chelsea have decided to do a U-turn on their initial enquiry to the FA about a potentially playing the game […]