American Formula One takeover edges closer but subject to European Commission sign-off September 4, 2016 The eagerly-anticipated sale of Formula One to Liberty Media will need to navigate a series of tight chicanes including potential scrutiny by the European Commission (EC). Private equity fund CVC is putting the final touches to a $9.1bn (£6.8bn) deal that will see the American media giant take full control of Formula One . Fox media mogul Chase [...]
Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton at a loss to explain poor start as rival Nico Rosberg cuts his title lead with victory at Monza September 4, 2016 Britain's Lewis Hamilton struggled to explain his calamitous start to the Italian Grand Prix which ruined any chance of a 50th career win and ultimately saw his championship lead cut by rival Nico Rosberg. Following an emphatic performance in qualifying on Saturday which had resulted him take pole, the world champion looked set to secure his [...]
Former Premier League ref claims he was told to say he hadn’t seen incidents by authorities September 3, 2016 A former Premier League referee has claimed he was instructed by the refereeing body to say he had not seen particular incidents. Retired ref Mark Halsey wrote on Twitter that the Professional Games Match Official Limited (PGMOL) had told him to claim he had not seen incidents when they were making a decision on retrospective [...]
US Open 2016: Kyle Edmund pockets biggest prize money payday of his career after beating John Isner in the third round September 3, 2016 British No4 Kyle Edmund has scored the biggest payday of his tennis career to date with a shock fourth round victory over home favourite John Isner at the US Open. Edmund will now face world No1 Novak Djokovic in a fourth round match which marks the furthest he has ever progressed at a Grand Slam tournament. [...]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: I’m cool enough to stay away from £80m transfer fees September 3, 2016 Jurgen Klopp has lamented football's focus on the transfer market but believes he is cool enough to avoid its excesses. The Liverpool manager claims he would never spend as much as £80m on a single player, as rivals Manchester United did on £89m summer signing Paul Pogba, unless he was convinced it was in the club's long-term interests. Premier League [...]
Txiki Berigistain: Manchester City director says club remains committed to developing young players despite summer spending spree September 3, 2016 Manchester City's director of football Txiki Begiristain says the Premier League club remain committed to developing and blooding youth despite a record-breaking summer spending spree. City gave new manager Pep Guardiola the ultimate show of support by bankrolling a £181m transfer window splurge on new players including £47m centre-back John Stones, £15m Spanish winger Nolito and £23m German international Ilkay Gundogan. [...]
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah factor pulls in over 1m applications for tickets to 2017 London World Championships September 2, 2016 Over 1m ticket applications have been made for the World Championships in London next year, where legends Usain Bolt and Mo Farah make their final appearances on the track. According to organisers some 486,000 of 700,000 available tickets have already been sold for the 2017 World Championships at the London Stadium next August. The chance to watch Bolt in [...]
Yaya Toure left out of Manchester City’s Champions League squad by new manager Pep Guardiola September 2, 2016 Yaya Toure's diminished status at Manchester City was brought into stark focus after the midfielder was left out of the club's Champions League squad for the upcoming season. With teams limited to 17 overseas players in their squad for Uefa competition, City opted to leave out the 33-year-old midfielder. Toure has starred for City in recent [...]
Sausage Party review: Knob-gags abound in Seth Rogen’s family unfriendly animated film September 2, 2016 The term ‘animated comedy’ generally comes with the assumption that it’s also family friendly. However, the team behind The Interview are back to lampoon Pixar et al in Sausage Party, imagining a world where items of food come to life (a la Toy Story) and believe they go to The Great Beyond once they are [...]
Cafe Society film review: Woody Allen conjures up old Hollywood glamour for this formulaic, but enjoyable, romance September 2, 2016 The Cannes debut of Woody Allen’s latest film was marred by controversy when French comedian Larent Lafitte made a jibe about the allegations of sexual impropriety made against the director. The picture itself, however, is a decidedly uncontroversial trip down Tinsel Town’s memory lane. Set in the 1930s, Jesse Eisenberg plays a young man lured [...]