Crystal Palace 4, Stoke City 1: Eagles boss Alan Pardew insists victory vindicates his summer changes September 18, 2016 Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew insists his side's hammering of winless Stoke City is a vindication of the tactical and personnel changes he implemented during the summer. The Eagles have now won-back-to-back matches for the first time this year as strikes from James Tomkins, Scott Dann, James McArthur and Andros Townsend consigned Stoke, who replied late [...]
Watford 3, Manchester United 1: Some players are not coping with pressure of representing United, fumes Jose Mourinho September 18, 2016 Furious Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has accused some of his players of failing to deal with the pressure of playing for the club after slumping to a third straight defeat against Watford. United had hauled themselves level through Marcus Rashford after Etienne Capoue’s first-half opener, only for substitute Juan Zuniga to restore Watford’s lead [...]
Anthony Joshua: In boxing it’s so hard, even if I beat someone like Deontay Wilder they’ll say he’s s**t September 16, 2016 In little more than four years Anthony Joshua has won an Olympic gold medal, turned professional, won 17 out of 17 fights by knock-out and been crowned heavyweight champion of the world. Yet he believes there are still boxing followers who doubt his ability, and may never give him credit even if he mounts a [...]
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week review: Ron Howard has made the definitive Beatles documentary September 16, 2016 Eight Days A Week is a fascinating look at a vital few years in the story of The Fab Four, covering their initial success, Beatlemania, and the unprecedented American success that caught a country unawares. Films about The Beatles often struggle to capture why they made such an impact. In Ron Howard's film archive footage [...]
Dressage stars lead gold rush as Paralympics GB enjoy more success at Rio Games September 15, 2016 Dressage star Sophie Christiansen took her tally of Paralympic gold medals to seven as Great Britain’s equestrians led the medal charge in Rio on Thursday. Christiansen, who juggles her sporting heroics with a City career with Goldman Sachs, defended her Grade 1a championship title ahead of British team-mate Anne Dunham, who took silver. Their success, [...]
Feyenoord 1, Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho suffers consecutive defeats as controversial winning goal sinks his £300m second string September 15, 2016 Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho blamed bad luck and an offside goal after Feyenoord inflicted the club’s second defeat in less than a week in the Europa League on Thursday night. A 79th-minute strike from midfielder Tonny Vilhena punished a lacklustre display from a United side that was much-changed but still contained almost £300m worth [...]
Doctor Faustus at the Barbican review: a lively, relevant morality tale September 15, 2016 Shakespeare’s contemporary Christopher Marlowe certainly gave him a run for his money when it came to blood and gore. Even a modern audience can’t help but flinch when the titular doctor slices his arm open – three times no less – to make an unholy pact with the devil. In fact, it’s these darker forays [...]
Teenage Lancashire batsman Haseeb Hameed expected to get England call for tour of Bangladesh September 15, 2016 England are expected to pick teenage Lancashire star Haseeb Hameed for next month’s controversial tour of Bangladesh when they name their squad on Friday. Hameed has played his way into contention to become captain Alastair Cook’s opening partner after a stellar county season which has yielded more than 1,000 runs. The 19-year-old from Bolton is [...]
Dream Play at The Vault review: A profoundly odd exploration of human emotion September 15, 2016 Very roughly based on the story of an alien who visits Earth to experience the full gamut of human emotions, Dream Play presents a series of disjointed vignettes that teeter on the fuzzy precipice between real and abstract. That’s to say, it’s supremely odd. Actors repeatedly swap characters as the audience moves from room to [...]
The Infiltrator review: Brian Cranston makes for an underwhelming lead in this coke-fuelled true story September 15, 2016 In the years since Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston has struggled as a movie lead, with the underwhelming Trumbo being followed by this true story of Bob Mazur, an undercover customs agent who goes deep into the operations of Pablo Escobar. Despite a confident performance from Cranston, who skates the line between good and evil as [...]