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 [...]
Avengers: Age of Ultron is another Marvel marvel – film review April 23, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★★★☆ Marvel has achieved a rather incredible thing with Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s a bubbling cauldron of a film, filled with dozens of characters, layer upon layer of convoluted plotting, flash backs, flash forwards and dream sequences. It draws upon details introduced over no less than 10 previous movies – [...]
Something for the weekend April 23, 2015 EAT! CIRCLE PIZZA COMPANY Okay, so Hoxton’s newly opened Circle Pizza Company has hardly reinvented the wheel with its circular pizza concept, but head chef Tony won a silver at the world pizza championships so you know it’ll deliver on flavour. 2-4 Hoxton Square, visit circlepizzaco.com WATCH, LISTEN! BUSTER KEATON WITH LIVE SCORE The Royal [...]
Root century gifts England victory scent April 23, 2015 ENGLAND batsman Joe Root cruised to his sixth Test century as the tourists produced a resilient batting performance on day three of the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada. Root will resume today on 118 not out, while his first overseas Test hundred, brought up in just 125 balls, helped England finish on [...]