Film review: Accidental Love June 18, 2015 Cert 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ Accidental Love was supposed to be David O Russell’s follow-up to 2004’s I Heart Huckabees, but he bailed on the project in 2010, perhaps after finally getting around to reading his own script. The story is daft: when Alice (an insignificant Jessica Biel) gets shot in the head by an errant [...]
Film review: Mr Holmes is an elementary character study of elderly Sherlock June 18, 2015 Cert PG | ★★★★☆ A century and a quarter after his literary debut, Sherlock Holmes has never been more popular. Given the renewed interest caused by two hit TV series and a Guy Ritchie movie franchise, it was only a matter of time before we got a film adaptation of A Slight Trick of [...]
Murray ready for last-eight trial by serve June 18, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray expects a barrage of big serves when he faces Gilles Muller in today’s Aegon Championships quarter-final after sealing his last-eight spot by cruising past Spain’s Fernando Verdasco at Queen’s Club yesterday. Top seed Murray dispatched Verdasco in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, to record his first victory on grass over the world No42 [...]
Johnson makes perfect start to US Open assault June 18, 2015 AMERICAN Dustin Johnson produced an eye-catching opening round as his quest to land a first Major title started in impressive fashion on day one of the US Open at Chambers Bay yesterday. World No7 Johnson, who earlier this year returned from a six-month leave of absence from golf, carded a five-under-par round of 65, which [...]
U21 European Championship: Southgate urges young lions to bounce back from early setback June 18, 2015 ENGLAND 0 PORTUGAL 1 ENGLAND boss Gareth Southgate urged his side not to dwell on the disappointment of slipping to defeat against Portugal in their opening group clash of the European Under-21 Championship last night. The decisive goal came 12 minutes into the second period when Sporting Lisbon midfielder Joao Mario forced the ball home [...]
Charlton kid Reds-bound June 18, 2015 LIVERPOOL are poised to land teenage Charlton defender Joe Gomez for £3.5m and are expected to follow up that signing by reviving interest in Southampton and England right-back Nathaniel Clyne. Centre-back Gomez, 18, is believed to have caught the eye of several Premier League sides but the Reds appear to have won the race for [...]
Moore rides into Royal Ascot history June 18, 2015 JOCKEY Ryan Moore was hailed as one of racing’s greats after he took his tally at Royal Ascot this week to a record-equalling eight winners with a 786-1 treble on Ladies’ Day. Moore almost went one better but he and Kingfisher were edged out by Graham Lee and Trip To Paris in the meeting’s highlight, [...]
Athletes defend Farah over tests June 18, 2015 BRITISH athletes have rallied to the defence of Mo Farah after it emerged that the double Olympic champion missed two drug tests. Farah, whose coach Alberto Salazar and training partner Galen Rupp have denied claims they broke doping rules, was reported to have missed tests in the two years preceding his success at the London [...]
England call up left-arm seamer for Ashes camp June 18, 2015 UNCAPPED Derbyshire seamer Mark Footitt has been handed the opportunity to stake a late claim for Test recognition this summer after being named in England’s pre-Ashes training squad yesterday. Left-arm fast bowler Footitt has taken 32 wickets in Division Two of the County Championship so far this summer, which follows an impressive haul of 82 [...]
Female F1 racer a certainty, says Toto Wolff June 18, 2015 But I won’t sign up my wife Susie, he tells Christian Sylt and Katy Fairman FORMULA One will eventually get a female driver according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, whose wife Susie is the only woman racing in the sport as development driver for Williams. “Somebody will do it,” he said. “Can you imagine [...]