Capitalising on rugby fever to the max: MaxiNutrition’s Mark Morgan on a huge year for the sports supplement maker July 19, 2015 The carnival is around the corner. In a few short weeks, the spotlight will fall on England as it stages an event widely recognised as the third biggest sporting festival on the planet. The Olympics and football’s World Cup may dwarf all others, but for those associated with it, this autumn’s egg-shaped jamboree promises a [...]
Cook hints at changes after Australia demolish England July 19, 2015 AT LORD’S SKIPPER Alastair Cook admitted the axe may fall on England’s misfiring batsmen after his side wilted to a 405-run drubbing on day four of the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord’s yesterday. Australia declared their second innings on 254-2 shortly before lunch, leaving England with a notional victory target of 509 or 155 [...]
Murray inspires Britain to historic Davis Cup glory July 19, 2015 TEARFUL Davis Cup hero Andy Murray admits Great Britain are “punching above their weight” after he led them into the competition’s semi-finals for the first time since 1981 yesterday. Murray came from a set down to record a hugely gutsy win over Gilles Simon that earned Britain a 3-1 victory over France and a last-four [...]
Amateur Dunne storms into Open contention July 19, 2015 IRELAND’S Paul Dunne surged into contention to become the Open’s first amateur winner for 85 years yesterday at St Andrews, but a host of big names, including Jordan Spieth, remain within striking distance heading into the tournament’s rain-delayed climax. Dunne, 22, shot a 66 to finish his third round on 12 under par and share [...]
Former Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb extradited from Switzerland to US July 17, 2015 Former Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb has been extradited to the United States from Switzerland on charges of bribery and racketeering, filed by American prosecutors. “He was handed over to a three man US policy escort in Zurich who accompanied him on the flight to New York,” the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in [...]
Open 2015: Properties overlooking golf courses like St Andrew’s command prices 140 per cent above local average July 17, 2015 Properties next to golf courses are not only a winner for fans of the sport, but are good for their wallet too, with a premium price tag more than double that of nearby properties lacking fairway views. Anyone looking to sell up their course-side home aside any of the nine spots to host The [...]
The Open: Golf courses like St Andrews add a property price tag premium double the local area July 17, 2015 Properties next to golf courses are not only a winner for fans of the sport, but are good for their wallet too, with a premium price tag more than double that of nearby properties lacking fairway views, Anyone looking to sell up their course-side home aside any of the nine spots to host The Open [...]
Cityboys drive Porsche from London to Mongolia via a few 18 holes of golf – for charity July 16, 2015 We know what you’re like – you’re well-travelled, you play golf, you drive a Porsche, you drive the Porsche to the golf course while travelling, you get the idea. It should come as no surprise then that a couple of Cityboys are planning to do just that for charity; driving from London to Mongolia in [...]
Theatre review: Constellations is a beautiful and sad play about life’s possibilities July 16, 2015 Trafalgar Studios | ★★★★☆ A disconcerting and comforting thought: everything that has ever happened, every permutation of what could possibly take place, is taking place now, forever, and stretched back infinitely into the past. It’s a point drummed softly but precisely home in Nick Payne’s thoughtful play Constellations, in which bee-keeper Roland and cosmologist Marianne [...]
Film review: True Story lacks direction July 16, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ True Story takes a fascinating premise and does its best to drown it with clumsy story-telling and a lack of clear direction. The film, which really is based on a true story, begins with two men on opposite sides of the world introducing themselves as Michael Finkel from the New York [...]