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2 December 2010, a dramatic day in the footballing world that saw FIFA president Sepp Blatter announce Qatar would be hosting the 2022 World Cup. It was a decision that sparked controversy around the globe as the prestigious competition moved to the middle east for the first time. With a population of around three million, […]
Max Verstappen ended the 2022 Formula One season with 15 wins after dominating at the Yas Marina Circuit much like he has all year. The Dutchman finished on 454 points, 146 points ahead of his closest rival, Charles Leclerc who narrowly pipped Sergio Perez, Verstappen’s teammate, to second place in the Drivers’ Championship. Further down […]
In 2010 the decision was made to hand the 2022 World Cup to Qatar and while it was met by celebrations in Doha it has also sparked a lot of criticism. FIFA officials who voted for Qatar to host faced allegations of bribery and corruption and there has been a large concern over the human […]
For the first time in the 92-year history of the World Cup a host nation was defeated in their opening group game as Qatar fell to Ecuador. Enner Valencia was the hero for Gustavo Alfaro’s side, despite having an early goal disallowed after a controversial VAR decision he went on to score twice in the […]
Hello and welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog. Be sure to check here to keep up to date with all the goings on in the sporting world. We’ll be looking back at the weekend’s football, including local sides Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers who were in FA Cup action, while also previewing the […]
Gloucester City Queens take on Oaklands Wolves, Cardiff Met Archers and Newcastle Falcons in a crucial run of games in the WBBL this week. All the teams, including the Queens, currently sit in the bottom five in the Championship, meaning it could be a decisive week for all involved. The Queens are on a seven […]
Gloucester City Queens head coach, Jay Marriott, believes his side’s chances of getting to the play-offs have been heavily hampered by injuries. Throughout this season, the Queens have had to try and remain competitive without the services of star guard Maura Fitzpatrick, which has been tough enough, but now the injury list is getting bigger. […]
International pairing Chris Harris and Mark Atkinson will play together in the centres for the first time since January as Gloucester Rugby play host to Worcester Warriors this Friday at Kingsholm. In addition to this, George Skivington has made two more changes to his starting XV with Adam Hastings and Val Rapava-Ruskin in the line-up, […]
Wales will be hoping to move just one win away from qualifying for their first World Cup finals since 1958 with a victory against Austria tonight. It has been a painful run of near misses for Wales; 64 years ago was when they last managed to get through the play-offs, defeating Israel 4-0 on aggregate. […]
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the end of last season provided us with an immense amount of controversy. With the situation still evolving, yesterday we received another update. Lewis Hamilton will have to wait for two months for the decision on Abu Dhabi to be revealed on the 18th of March. The 2022 season-opening […]