Liverpool data guru Michael Edwards to take charge of transfer negotiations following director of football promotion November 4, 2016 Liverpool's technical director Michael Edwards is set to become the club's new director of football in move that will relieve Jurgen Klopp from dealing with transfer negotiations and contract renewals. Analytics expert Edwards was first brought to Liverpool in 2011 by former director of football strategy Damien Comolli who had worked with him at Tottenham. The 37-year-old is [...]
The Accountant review: Ben Affleck stars in silly but fun throwback to 90s straight to video thrillers November 4, 2016 David Fincher’s Gone Girl has done for straight-to-video thrillers what Wes Craven’s Scream did for the slasher movie. All of a sudden there’s a lucrative niche for acceptably trashy, middle-class mind-candy, paving the way for the likes of The Girl on the Train and now Ben Affleck vehicle The Accountant. It follows the apparently mild-mannered Christian Wolff, a [...]
Nocturnal Animals: Tom Ford’s second film is a heartbreaking tale of loss and vengeance November 4, 2016 Tom Ford has been doing interviews recently decrying materialism, which is a bit like Michael Fish admitting that the weather is a lie. Ford’s second film – after the heartbreaking A Single Man – continues the theme: possessions won’t make you happy, life is short, don’t waste it chasing the consumerist dragon. Where A Single [...]
Southampton 2, Inter Milan 1: Saints show why they’re attracting takeover talk with stirring win over Italian giants November 3, 2016 Southampton 2, Inter Milan 1 Southampton came from behind and recovered from missing a penalty to record a memorable victory over Inter Milan and revive their hopes of progressing to the Europa League knockout stage. Inter striker Mauro Icardi put the visitors in front and the Saints wasted a chance to equalise just before half-time when [...]
Andy Murray coasts into Paris Masters fourth round as faltering world No1 Novak Djokovic struggles November 3, 2016 Britain's Andy Murray kept up his hopes of dethroning Novak Djokovic as world No1 later this week by progressing with greater ease than the Serb at the Paris Masters. Murray, who is on a 17-match unbeaten run, reeled off eight games in a row as he beat Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-0. The Scot, 29, can hit [...]
Fenerbahce 2, Manchester United 1: Jose Mourinho fumes at lazy and complacent United as they lose for the fifth time in 13 games November 3, 2016 Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho accused his team of being lazy and complacent after Europa League defeat at Fenerbahce capped a miserable week for the under-pressure boss. Forward Moussa Sow’s dazzling overhead kick rocked United in the second minute and an exquisite free-kick from former Sunderland winger Jeremain Lens doubled the hosts’ advantage after half-time. [...]
Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to outlaw Chelsea’s policy of stockpiling players and loaning them out November 3, 2016 World football chief Gianni Infantino says he wants to make it illegal for clubs such as Chelsea to “hoard” legions of players and farm them out on loan. The Blues are not the only club to stockpile talent but are the best-known proponents and currently have 38 fringe payers and youngsters out on loans at clubs in [...]
Are we at a watershed moment for women’s boxing? Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields pave the way for a professional future November 3, 2016 Next month’s blockbuster night of boxing at the Manchester Arena promises to be a big occasion for a number of reasons, most notably for Anthony Joshua’s chance to secure a potentially career-defining fight with Wladimir Klitschko by successfully defending his title against American Eric Molina. Yet it is a less heralded bout at the bottom [...]
West Ham London Stadium controversy: LLDC boss David Edmonds resigns November 3, 2016 The chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the company that owns the Olympic Stadium, has resigned after Mayor Sadiq Khan announced an investigation into rising conversion costs. David Edmonds, who has been an LLDC board member since its 2012 inception was appointed chairman in September last year, has become the first high profile departure [...]
Adidas share price falls after sportswear giant announces Reebok restructuring November 3, 2016 Adidas' share price fell by over four per cent in morning trading as the German sportswear giant announced it would be taking one-off expenses to make investments for further growth and restructure the Reebok brand. In its third quarter report, the first set of results delivered under new chief executive Kasper Rorsted, Adidas said that net [...]