Tony Bevan at Ben Brown Fine Arts: The tree of life, death and the mind November 23, 2014 Painter Tony Bevan speaks ahead of his show at Ben Brown Fine Arts. Tony Bevan established a name for himself with blood-coloured self-portraits that snarled and gurned and twisted into the white of the canvas. Meeting him today, you’d be forgiven for asking, where are the devilish flared nostrils, the vast egg cranium [...]
Hamilton toasts greatest victory as Mercedes aim to seal contract November 23, 2014 MERCEDES chiefs vowed to keep Lewis Hamilton at the team “for a long time” after the British driver clinched his second Formula One world championship in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Hamilton won his 11th grand prix of the season as a mechanical failure prevented colleague and closest title rival Nico Rosberg from turning the decider into [...]
Premier League: Liverpool relive Palace nightmare as Rodgers suffers fourth defeat November 23, 2014 AT SELHURST PARK CRYSTAL PALACE 3 LIVERPOOL 1 UNDER-FIRE Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers concedes last year’s title charge will not spare him the axe should results fail to improve as the Reds’ season sank to new depths with another Selhurst Park horror show yesterday. Rodgers’ side infamously squandered a three-goal lead in south London in [...]
Premier League: Bruce blasts Vertonghen as Spurs fight back November 23, 2014 HULL CITY 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 AGGRIEVED Hull manager Steve Bruce accused Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen of getting Gaston Ramirez sent off after Spurs came from behind to continue their strong away form. Former White Hart Lane midfielder Jake Livermore put the hosts in front but Ramirez’s red card precipitated their collapse, as Harry Kane [...]
Sport Comment: It’s not too late to salvage season November 23, 2014 ANY hopes of resisting Chelsea’s procession to the Premier League title vanished for Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham before the clocks even went back. But so collective is their failure that there is still much to gain for the next out-of-sorts “big” team to settle down and find a winning formula. Chelsea aside, faltering [...]
International Friendly: Germany play party-poopers on historic day for England women November 23, 2014 ENGLAND 0 GERMANY 3 ENGLAND’S women attracted a record crowd of more than 45,000 for their first standalone game at Wembley but Germany spoiled the party with a clinical victory. The crowd might have been even greater than 45,169 but around 10,000 ticket-holders did not attend the match, amid public transport disruption and bad weather. [...]
Stenson defends his Dubai crown and banks £1.3m November 23, 2014 RYDER Cup star Henrik Stenson is targeting a first Major title in 2015 after the Swede concluded the season by scooping a long-awaited victory and a £1.3m payday. Stenson survived a scare on the back nine to successfully defend his DP World Tour Championship title in Dubai yesterday and land a first win since his [...]
Lancaster: Ford has intensified fly-half debate November 23, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster admits the enterprising performance of George Ford against Samoa on Saturday has blown fly-half selection wide open ahead of the weekend’s final autumn clash with Australia at Twickenham. Saracens No10 Owen Farrell had been the man in possession but the 23-year-old was switched to inside-centre after successive uninspiring showings against [...]
First-half frailties dent Saracens title charge November 23, 2014 SARACENS boss Mark McCall cited an insipid first-half showing as the principal factor in his side’s 31-24 defeat to reigning Premiership champions Northampton Saints at Allianz Park yesterday. New Zealander James Wilson crossed the line twice for the visitors – who were without international stars Tom Wood, Dylan Hartley, Courtney Lawes and George North – [...]
Washout leaves England lacking practice ahead of Sri Lanka bout November 23, 2014 ENGLAND are at risk of heading into the one-day series with Sri Lanka severely undercooked after their second warm-up game in Colombo was abandoned due to heavy rain without a ball being bowled. Peter Moores’ side face their opening clash on Wednesday with only one rain-affected match under their belts – the team’s sole exposure [...]