The Premier League will have no sponsor for a season after failing to find £60m backer June 5, 2015 The Premier League will be without a title sponsor for a season after it parts ways with current backer Barclays next year. Read more: Fifa sponsors celebrate Sepp Blatter resignation The competition reportedly wants to be known simply as "The Premier League", replicating the "clean" brand image seen in American sports such as the NFL [...]
Art review: Agnes Martin brings peace and quiet to Tate Modern June 4, 2015 Tate Modern | ★★★★★ When we think of 20th century abstraction we tend to think of great male painters who divided the canvas into blocks (Mondrian, Rothko) or set colours against each other in explosions of warring pigment (Pollock). Agnes Martin’s approach was different. She ruptured the chains of figuration only to find another [...]
Something for the weekend June 4, 2015 WATCH! MORE LONDON FREE FESTIVAL This weekend the More London Free Festival returns, bringing a varied programme of arts and events to the concrete amphitheatre next to the Mayor’s building. See everything from child-friendly adaptations of Greek tragedies to a French Riviera-inspired pop up restaurant. Visit morelondon.com PERUSE! MAP FAIR What better way to add [...]
From Field Day to the Chelsea Fringe, the best of summertime in London June 4, 2015 The summer season is finally upon us! This means music festivals, rooftop drinking and lounging around in the park. Don’t wait for the weather to arrive, take advantage of all the adventures you can have outdoors this weekend Field Day Saturday and Sunday, Victoria Park, fielddayfestivals.com This may have been Field Day’s [...]
Andrew Flintoff: ‘I can’t remember England this strong’ June 4, 2015 Ex-England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff tells Ross McLean how he expects his old side to beat Australia and regain the urn Former captain Andrew Flintoff insists the current England side is the strongest he can recall and one that is primed to regain the Ashes which were unceremoniously surrendered 18 months ago. England head [...]
Besieged Fifa in cash row over Henry handball June 4, 2015 CRISIS-HIT world governing body Fifa were last night at the centre of a fresh cash row over payments made to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to drop a legal case over striker Thierry Henry’s infamous World Cup handball. Former Arsenal forward Henry handled the ball in the build-up to a William Gallas strike in [...]
Football Comment: Barca playing better now than under Pep June 4, 2015 ELEVEN months ago, when they appointed Massimiliano Allegri as their new head coach, Juventus could scarcely have imagined they would be closing in on a possible treble within a year. For Allegri, who had been sacked by AC Milan earlier in 2014 and was tasked with replacing club legend Antonio Conte, retaining the Serie A [...]
Murray takes solace in clay revival and plots Djokovic French demise June 4, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray believes his standout scalps during an unbeaten 2015 clay season can ignite the fuse under his bid to overpower world No1 Novak Djokovic today and reach a first French Open final. Two-time major champion Murray recorded his maiden clay-court titles in Munich and Madrid this year, the latter secured with a first [...]
Williams sets up tilt for 20th career grand slam title June 4, 2015 TOP seed Serena Williams shook off the effects of illness and the loss of the opening set to confirm her place in the French Open final by dispatching Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky yesterday. World No1 Williams came from a set down for the fourth time at Roland Garros this year, surpassing her previous record of three [...]
This World Cup row is over, now real battle set to start June 4, 2015 Women’s football showpiece kicks off tomorrow. ALREADY the biggest ever in terms of number of teams, hopes are high that this year’s Women’s World Cup, which starts in Canada tomorrow, will also prove to the best-supported. Organisers forecast that 1.5m spectators will attend the 24-team tournament, and say another 500m could follow it on television. [...]