Leicester 1, Southampton 0: Wes Morgan’s header puts Foxes four wins from historic Premier League title win April 3, 2016 Leicester City 1, Southampton 0 Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri admits his team may never get a better chance to complete a “magical” Premier League triumph after they took another huge step towards the title. Captain Wes Morgan’s first goal of the season earned the Foxes a fifth 1-0 win from the last six games and [...]
Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester City refute links to doctor who claims to have doped 150 British sportspeople April 3, 2016 Arsenal, Chelsea and Premier League leaders Leicester have all strongly denied links with a London-based doctor who claims to have provided banned drugs to more than 150 British sportspeople. The Sunday Times reported claims by Dr Mark Bonar that footballers were among a client list that also included an England cricketer, leading cyclists, boxers and [...]
Leicester City’s season just got even better for fans – here’s why April 3, 2016 Are Leicester's fans the luckiest lot in the league? Not only is Leicester City top of the Premier League and in with a chance of winning the title, but fans were handed a particularly nice treat on top of all that success by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the club's owner. To celebrate the billionaire's birthday, the Foxes fans [...]
Miami Open prize money: Novak Djokovic will surpass Roger Federer as highest-earning tennis player with $1m final win over Kei Nishikori April 2, 2016 Novak Djokovic is just one win from becoming the highest-earning tennis player of all time after beating David Goffin to reach the Miami Open final. The No1 ranked player in the world will take his career prize money earnings over $98m (£68.8m) should he defeat Japanese ace Kei Nishikori in Sunday's final. Djokovic had amassed [...]
Artist focus: John Kørner’s land of milk and honey April 1, 2016 John Kørner is one of Denmark’s most recognisable contemporary artists, his semi-abstract works probing the ills of 21st century society, from poverty to sex work. Although he’s an accomplished sculptor, he’s best known for his vivid, ethereal, often wryly funny paintings: a man rifling through a skip in After Christmas; an old woman barfing against [...]
Diego Costa: Chelsea striker fined £20,000 and has ban extended by the FA April 1, 2016 Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been fined £20,000 and hit with an extended one-match ban by the FA after admitting a charge of improper conduct. The 27-year-old will now be absent for next Saturday's trip to Swansea on 9 April as well as this weekend's meeting with Aston Villa, having already missed Chelsea's 2-2 draw [...]
The Painkiller at Garrick Theatre starring Kenneth Branagh is a predictable but fun slapstick comedy April 1, 2016 The Painkiller | Garrick Theatre Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon bring star power to this funny but painfully anachronistic comedy. It tells the tale of a contract killer whose life is thrown into disarray when he is allocated a hotel room adjoining that of a lovelorn, suicidal photographer. It’s adapted from Le Contrat, a French [...]
Eddie the Eagle is a soaring success April 1, 2016 With hindsight, it’s a surprise Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards’ rise to fame wasn’t made into a film sooner. Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) dons thick-rimmed glasses and a permanent gurn as the plucky Eddie, a young man obsessed with being an Olympian. He exploits a loophole in the rules to enter the 1988 Winter [...]
The absurdist brilliance of Franciszka & Stefan Themerson April 1, 2016 Polish husband and wife Franciszka and Stefan Themerson’s output is so varied, spanning so many types of media and so many artistic styles, that making sense of it all in one room is rather overwhelming. Along the first wall is a row of cabinets filled with illustrations, mostly for children’s books – one features a [...]
Les Blancs at National Theatre is a spectacular tour de force April 1, 2016 As you walk into the Lyttelton theatre for Les Blancs, you’re hit by a wall of incense so thick it stings your eyes. It's the first indication that this is a play that refuses to remain anchored to its dusty, sun-baked set, bleeding subtly off the stage, playing on your imagined version of Africa and setting it against the [...]