Botticelli Reimagined is a blockbuster show full of ideas and insights March 3, 2016 V&A | ★★★★★ When an exhibition says it will focus on an artist’s “influence”, it’s often a signal that it hasn’t got enough of his or her work to show. The Royal Academy’s disastrous Rubens and His Legacy and the National Gallery’s Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art are cases in point, both containing far [...]
Manchester United kit deal helps Adidas to record football sales of £1.75bn March 3, 2016 Adidas enjoyed the best ever performance of its football business last year – thanks in part to the lucrative £75m kit deal it signed with Manchester United. Football sales for the fiscal year reached a record €2.2bn (£1.7bn), the company revealed in its annual results, helping it to overall sales of €17bn for 2015. The [...]
Great Britain begin defence of Davis Cup title against Japan: When is it? Where can I watch it? Who is playing? March 3, 2016 Andy Murray and team-mates can take heart from Great Britain’s impressive history of defending the Davis Cup when they begin their title defence with a first-round tie against Japan in Birmingham tomorrow. The last time Great Britain won the competition before last year’s triumph, it marked a fourth straight year that they had won tennis’s [...]
Premier League leaders Leicester City winning on and off the pitch after revealing record profit and revenue figures in latest financial accounts March 3, 2016 After increasing their lead at the top of the Premier League this week, Leicester have given fans more reason for cheer by announcing record profit and revenue figures. Leicester heralded the "transformational impact" of being in the Premier League after they turned a £26.4m pre-tax profit last season, their first in the top flight in [...]
Could a European super league actually happen? Three experts discuss the likelihood of Arsenal, Manchester United and co breaking away from Uefa March 3, 2016 Could a European super league actually happen? Are the Premier League's biggest clubs plotting to break away from the Champions League? Those are the questions being asked by football fans after representatives from Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool were photographed emerging from a meeting at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Tuesday. [...]
Arsenal 1, Swansea 2: Petr Cech injury compounds sorry night for Arsene Wenger as Gunners waste chance to close gap on Tottenham before north London derby March 2, 2016 Arsenal 1, Swansea 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger banned title talk after his team's Premier League challenge crumbled further with a dispiriting defeat to struggling Swansea. The Gunners missed a huge chance to close the gap on leaders Leicester and rivals Tottenham — ahead of Saturday's north London derby — despite winger Joel Campbell putting them in [...]
Mauricio Pochettino: Second half spirit means Tottenham should remain positive despite West Ham defeat March 2, 2016 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino encouraged his side to remain positive ahead of Sunday’s crunch North London derby, after a 1-0 loss at West Ham denied them the chance to go top of the Premier League. A first half Michail Antonio header was enough to seal victory for the Hammers and prevent Spurs from leapfrogging Leicester [...]
Huge Premier League title blow for stuttering Manchester City as Liverpool gain revenge March 2, 2016 Manchester City’s stuttering title challenge suffered another critical blow as Liverpool gained revenge for their Capital One Cup defeat with a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Anfield. First-half goals from Adam Lallana and City old boy James Milner, together with Roberto Firmino’s strike in the second period, consigned Manuel Pellegrini’s side to a third successive Premier [...]
Thumping maiden victory leaves Pendleton on track for Cheltenham Festival March 2, 2016 Double Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton did her chances of mounting Pacha Du Polder at the Cheltenham Festival no harm at all after completing a comprehensive victory on the 5/4 favourite at Wincanton. Pendleton set out with the express intention of riding in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on Friday 18 [...]
Arsenal and Manchester United distance themselves from European Super League and Champions League breakaway rumours March 2, 2016 Arsenal and Manchester United have distanced themselves from reports linking them with plans to form a European Super League. Representatives from Arsenal, United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool have been pictured outside the Dorchester Hotel in London, where they were reported to have discussed plans to breakaway from the Champions League. Read more: Premier League chiefs [...]