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Welcome to the Park Life Sport live blog! The Cheltenham Festival finally gets underway. Join us for build-up and reaction from the races that take place throughout the day, with the featured meet, The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy, starting at 15:30. In football, we’ll have previews for the second legs of the UEFA Champions […]
Hello and welcome to Park life Sport. We’ll keep you up to date on the latest with the start of Cheltenham Festival. As well as the start of the prestigious horse racing event, we’ll keep you up to date on the rest of the sporting world from Gloucestershire beyond! It’s the biggest week in Cheltenham’s […]
Green Party parliamentary candidate Daniel Wilson has urged the Jockey Club to play their part in helping combat the environmental challenges the Cheltenham Festival presents. The biggest event in the horse racing calendar begins on Tuesday with over 250,000 people expected to visit Cheltenham during the week. “You’ve got an awful lot of people travelling […]
The Chessable Masters 2023 started with 75 simultaneous games. Amid the 150 competitors was four-time Dutch Chess Champion Anish Giri, a defensive player known for his quality in the Classical time controls. The Play-in round includes nine rounds of games to decide which division those who qualify will play in the knockout stage. Two of […]
Gloucester Rugby were defeated 26-5 by Leicester Tigers on Sunday at Kingsholm in a contest that has severely hampered their chances of making the play-offs. It was an important game for both teams, with just five rounds to go before the end of the season, the battle for the Champions Cup places is heating up. […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies will welcome London Bees to the Completely-Suzuki Stadium in what they hope will be a record breaking occasion this Saturday. The Robins will be making a rare appearance in front of the home fans at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium and are looking to break their attendance record. The Cheltenham men’s team take on […]
Tuesday see’s the start of the Cheltenham Festival, a week in which thousands of race fans travel from afar to watch the best horses, jockeys and trainers at one of the best courses in the UK. For most, it is the pinnacle of the racing calendar and for lifelong racing fan and Slimbridge AFC assistant […]
The biggest horse racing festival is right around the corner. The Cheltenham festival attracts the biggest crowds from around the world but what is it like for those who don’t have to travel too far? For trainer Fergal O’Brien, the horses at his stable only have to travel a matter of miles, being based in […]
Every year the Cheltenham festival sets the town alight in a unique week filled with every emotion from outright heartache to unbridled joy, but what we don’t see away from the emotional rollercoaster of the racecourse itself, is the seismic impact on the businesses in the town. Thousands of horse racing fans journey to Cheltenham […]
Everton’s stadium had a photograph of chairman Bill Kenwright removed overnight on Friday as pressures mounts from fans for his resignation. In the statement, Merseyside Police have said they have been made aware of the stolen panel and are conducting inquiries. A spokesperson for the police said: “We are aware that a section of the […]