The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70
Murray doubles riddle as Great Britain target Davis Cup win over US March 5, 2015 INTRIGUE surrounds Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie with the United States, which starts today in Glasgow, after Andy Murray insisted he was likely to take on a reduced role for the weekend. World No5 Murray had been expected to spearhead Britain’s attempts to repeat last year’s away victory over the Americans by playing in the [...]
6 March on this day… March 5, 2015 1999: England went over to Dublin and won, 27-15, helped by an injury-time try by Tim Rodber. Jonny Wilkinson, drop-goal hero of England’s World Cup victory four years later and more recently adored son of Toulon, is the Englishman being trampled by the Irish forwards. Wilkinson was in the centre that day alongside Jeremy Guscott, [...]
Zip can leave McCoy top of the pile again in tomorrow’s Imperial Cup March 5, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF THE WEEKEND’S RACING THE PIPE family have won tomorrow’s Imperial Cup at Sandown Park (3.10pm) a staggering nine times and current trainer David will be hoping Bidourey or Heath Hunter can give Pond House a record 10th success. Tom Scudamore has picked the unbeaten Bidourey and he will be [...]
Road to Cheltenham March 5, 2015 ON PAPER the Irish look to have as strong a hand as ever before at this year’s Cheltenham Festival and one race they have a great record in is the County Hurdle on the final day. Paul Nicholls won it with Lac Fontana 12 months ago, but prior to that Ireland had taken the previous [...]
Cheltenham – a special week March 5, 2015 BILL ESDAILE TAKES AT LOOK AT THE BEST OF THE BOOKMAKERS’ CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL SPECIALS WITH only days to go until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, bookmakers are falling over themselves with generous offers to attract new clients. Champion Chase sponsors Betway have pledged to refund all losing bets on their sponsored feature race next [...]
The Gunners can earn replay at Old Trafford March 5, 2015 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE UPCOMING FA CUP AND PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION MANCHESTER UNITED and Arsenal leave their battle for European football next season aside for the moment as they vie for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals. It’s the only silverware United have a chance of getting their hands on and it’s a similar [...]
Rejuvenated Aston Villa ready to inflict more pain on the Baggies March 5, 2015 It was difficult to find a superlative on Tuesday evening which was a fair reflection on what Christian Benteke’s injury time penalty meant to all associated with Aston Villa. Newly appointed Tim Sherwood saw his side collect three points against a West Brom outfit who had lost just one of their last eight prior to [...]
Maximum excitement on the FA Cup March 5, 2015 MANCHESTER United take on Arsenal on Monday night and it’s a match that will lead to a shake-up on Sporting Index’s FA Cup Outright Index. The index rewards teams in the FA Cup points according to how far they get in the competition with the winners getting 100 and the runners-up 75. Losing the semi-final [...]
Considered for Fifty Shades of Grey, Christian Cooke is one of the UK’s hottest new actors March 5, 2015 There’s handsome, and there’s “that guy should star in a soft-core BDSM blockbuster” handsome. Christian Cooke is the latter, to the extent that he was in the running to bag the lead role in Fifty Shades of Grey, before it was given to fellow Brit Jamie Dornan. In person Cooke seems far too nice for [...]
Flower power: Get ready for the new season in floral prints and pastel shades March 5, 2015 Christian Dior jumpsuit, £4,700, dior.com Giorgio Armani dress, £18,440, armani.com; BLK DNM shirt, £195, net-a-porter.com; Jimmy Choo flats, £375, jimmychoo.com Peter Pilotto dress, £1,500, harveynichols.com Marni dress, £1,170, 26 Sloane Street, SW1X 9NE Kate Spade top, £395, katespade.co.uk; Brooks Brothers shirt, £95, brooksbrothers.com; Hudson jeans, £250, Selfridges.com; Jimmy Choo flats, [...]