Arsenal are hunted, Arsene Wenger warns April 12, 2015 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has challenged his team to win their six remaining Premier League games and ensure that they are not caught by either of the Manchester giants. The Gunners go into Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Reading on the back of eight consecutive league victories, after which they face Chelsea at Emirates Stadium. [...]
Hamilton and Rosberg resurrect feud as Briton triumphs in China April 12, 2015 SIMMERING tension between Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg erupted again after the British driver cruised to victory in the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday. Rosberg accused Hamilton of pitching him into a tussle for second place with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by deliberately and unnecessarily slowing down when leading in [...]
Kevin Pietersen boosts England bid with 170 on Surrey comeback April 12, 2015 EXILED batsman Kevin Pietersen issued a timely reminder of his talent yesterday just as England attempt to rediscover form in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua. Pietersen boosted his campaign for an international recall more than a year after his sacking by hitting a dazzling 170 in his first match since rejoining [...]
Wasps closing in on top-six place as Sale stumble April 12, 2015 WASPS boss Dai Young declared his team’s performance unacceptable despite them running in six tries in a bonus-point victory over already relegated London Welsh yesterday. Winger Tom Varndell plundered a hat-trick in the 40-13 win, which tightened their grip on sixth place in the Premiership and likely qualification for next season’s European Rugby Champions Cup. [...]
Wiggo denied farewell glory April 12, 2015 BRITISH cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins missed out on a glorious farewell from Team Sky as he finished 18th in the Paris-Roubaix one-day Classic yesterday. German rider John Degenkolb won in a sprint finish after four-time Olympic champion Wiggins, who had made becoming the first British winner of this event his chief remaining road-racing aim, saw [...]
Trevor Hemmings becomes joint-most successful owner in Grand National history as Many Clouds wins April 11, 2015 AP McCoy missed out on a fairytale goodbye to the Grand National today as he competed in the race for a record 20th time, but another small slice of racing history was made when 25-1 bet Many Clouds sealed the victory. The triumphant horse's owner, Trevor Hemmings, has now had three Grand National winners making [...]
Leeds United: A Red Bull Salzburg fan sheds light on life following a fizzy drink’s football club April 10, 2015 Could Leeds United one day have Red Bull affixed to their name? Rumours that the renowned energy drink brand is interested in a takeover of English football’s beleaguered giants have circulated since 2013, even in spite of Red Bull’s repeated denials the suggestion still seems to have wings. Earlier this week Dylan Thwaites, chief executive of [...]
Film review: Woman in Gold April 10, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ Ryan Reynolds, playing lawyer Randy Schoenberg, sums up the plot succinctly when he tells an Austrian court “this is a simple matter of one woman getting back what’s rightfully hers.” Of course, when it comes to the Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt, the reality is more complicated than that. Not [...]
Film review: Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River April 10, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★☆☆ Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, Lost River, could charitably be called a paean to his cinematic heroes: David Lynch, Terence Malick, Harmony Korine, Guillermo del Toro and, most of all, his sometime collaborator Nicolas Winding Refn. He borrows themes, tropes, sometimes even complete shots from all of them, weaving a lurid, dark, [...]
Film review: John Wick April 10, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ Reports that Keanu Reeves is staging a comeback are too true to be good. Over the past decade, as the actor languished in b-movie limbo, the more optimistic among us began to hope that we’d soon be rid of him altogether. But lo and behold, his latest action thriller has done [...]