Wasps take aim at play-offs with win over Exeter April 26, 2015 WASPS boss Dai Young believes that the club have tightened their grip on the top six with yesterday’s win over Exeter and has refused to rule out finishing in the play-off places. Young’s side improved their hopes of securing European qualification with a 36-29 win over their play-off rivals at the Ricoh Arena. An early [...]
Moores: Victory starts World Cup healing process April 26, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Peter Moores believes his side’s victory in the second Test against the West Indies represents a crucial first step in drawing a line under a dismal World Cup showing. The tourists claimed a nine-wicket win in Grenada as seamer James Anderson turned the match decisively in England’s favour with an inspired bowling [...]
Hazard and Kane big winners on PFA award night April 26, 2015 CHELSEA playmaker Eden Hazard was last night crowned PFA Player of the Year at the 42nd edition of the awards held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London. The 24-year-old followed up his PFA Young Player of the Year gong last term by taking this season’s major accolade after netting 18 goals across all competitions for [...]
Health risks of horse racing helped me decide to call time on record-breaking career, says McCoy April 26, 2015 CHAMPION Jockey AP McCoy has admitted that the dangers of horse racing contributed to his decision to retire, ending two decades of dominance over fences. McCoy bid racing farewell on Saturday at Sandown, where he was confirmed as the leading jump jockey for a 20th successive year despite not winning either of two rides on [...]
Rose chalks up Classic victory April 26, 2015 ENGLAND’S Justin Rose birdied the final two holes to claim victory in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last night and secure his seventh PGA tour title. World No9 Rose carded 66 in yesterday’s final round at TPC Louisiana to post a tournament-record 22 under par, beating second-placed American Cameron Tringale by a single shot. [...]
Rich list 2015: Who is the UK’s richest sports figure? And who wins the Wenger Mourinho wealth duel? April 25, 2015 Lewis Hamilton is the UK’s richest sportsman, according to the Sunday Times’s Rich List. The list reveals that Hamilton is worth £88m, with his wealth increasing by a massive 29.4 per cent from £68m last year. That means the Formula One world champion is now £4m better off than Wayne Rooney in second place and [...]
Theatre review: Ah, Wilderness! April 24, 2015 Young Vic | ★★★★☆ The life of American playwright and Nobel Laureate Eugene O’Neill was often tragic but in Ah, Wilderness! he mines his youth for comedy, and the results are unexpectedly delightful. The action takes place over the 4 July weekend, 1906, mostly at the Miller family’s Connecticut beach house. They suffer [...]
Theatre review: Carmen Disruption April 24, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★☆☆ Carmen Disruption asks two big questions: 1) what becomes of a performer who plays the same role over and over again for her entire life, and 2) what happens when a culture becomes obsessed with disruptive, distracting technologies? Prolific playwright Simon Stephens obviously thinks one informs of the other – [...]
Film review: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence April 24, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★★★★ “We just want to help people have fun,” intone two ashen-faced salesmen of crummy novelty items. Lord knows the people in this film need the help. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the third part of Swedish director Roy Andersson’s trilogy “about being a human [...]
Film review: The Falling April 24, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ Jean-Luc Godard once said that a story should have a beginning, middle and end, but not necessarily in that order. The Falling has several middles, even more beginnings, and an end that doesn’t resolve any of them. This is no feat of narrative ingenuity – just a mess. The setting [...]