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On this day in 1872, Wanderers FC beat Royal Engineers AFC in the first ever FA Cup final, a 1-0 win for Wanderers at The Oval. This weekend sees the quarter finals of the latest iteration with Cheltenham Town Academy Graduate George Lloyd’s Grimsby Town facing Brighton having already beaten Plymouth Argyle, Cambridge, Burton and […]
It’s day three of the Cheltenham Festival and everyone at Park Life Sport is hoping it will be as captivating as it was on day two. The feature race of the day today is the Ryanair Steeple Chase at 14:50. The clear favourite for that race is Shishkin, who has odds of 1/1, and Jockey […]
With the third day of action set to commence in the 2023 edition of the Cheltenham Festival, what better time to cast our minds back to 12 months ago and remind ourselves of what happened on this exact day in the 2022 iteration of the carnival that is Cheltenham. Coming into the Thursday, star trainer […]
With the final international break of the season looming, England will be announcing their squad for the upcoming clashes with Italy and Ukraine at 2pm today. With that in mind, let’s take a look at three players who have never been called up to the Three Lions Squad, who Gareth Southgate should consider getting on […]
Seven time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi is a legend of motorsport, earning plaudits from the likes of Michael Schumacher and Sir Lewis Hamilton having dominated the highest level of motorcycle racing from 2001 to 2009. With the dawn of the new MotoGP season, there’s no better time to look at one if its greatest products. […]
Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival is the highlight of the week for many, as the large Irish contingent celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The racing gets underway at 13:30 with the Grade 1 Turners Novices’ Chase, previously won by the likes of Yorkhill and Vautour in recent times. The second race of the day is the […]
All-rounder Ollie Price has agreed to extend his stay with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club until 2025 having impressed across the formats in the 2022 season. Price scored the fourth most runs for Gloucester in List A cricket, averaging 26.63 across eight games at a strike rate of 92. The best of his performances coming against […]
It’s three years to the day since Boris Johnson said “now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact and traffic”, the Cheltenham Festival enjoys the first of its two massive closing days with St Patrick’s Day seeing 50,000 flock to Prestbury Park. But in 2020, the races weren’t stopped and thousands still came. […]
As we head into day three of the Cheltenham Festival, the big headline is the celebration of St Patrick’s Thursday, amid the rising excitement ahead of the Gold Cup on Friday. However, today’s collection of races will see the return of the world’s tallest professional jockey, Mr Jack Andrews. Stood at a remarkable 6ft 4in, […]
Jack Andrews is set to write his name in the record books when he makes his Cheltenham Festival debut in the National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup on the third day of action at Prestbury Park. Andrews, 24, stands at a huge 6ft 4in and is the clear outlier in a field of jockeys whose […]