Lancaster: Ford has earned right to start Australia Test November 24, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has confirmed he is set to retain George Ford at fly-half when his side conclude their autumn programme against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday. Bath No10 Ford is now the man in possession after impressing on his first international start as England ended a deflating run of five successive defeats [...]
Golf Comment: Sublime Stenson 100 per cent ready for a first Major triumph November 24, 2014 TWELVE months ago Henrik Stenson played a brilliant approach to the 18th hole at the DP World Tour Championship to ensure he rounded off a landmark season with another victory. It also won him the European Tour’s shot of the year prize. But on Sunday, back in Dubai again, he mustered an even better effort, [...]
England set to face ghosts of Sri Lankan tours past as hosts name their armoury November 24, 2014 ENGLAND are set to face some familiar foes after Sri Lanka named their squad for the first one-day international, which gets underway at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium tomorrow. Batsman Mahela Jayawardene and the explosive Kumar Sangakkara are in the mix to face Peter Moores’ side in the day-night clash as the veteran duo prepare for their [...]
Brendan Rodgers or Arsene Wenger out: Are Arsenal or Liverpool Twitter users more angry with their manager? November 24, 2014 One has overseen his club’s worst start to a league campaign for 32 years, the other has seen his team slip to 12th after finishing second last season. Both have just suffered damaging defeats they’d rather forget. Only by scrolling through Twitter could it have got any more miserable for Arsenal's Arsene Wenger or [...]
Roger Federer’s Davis Cup triumph completes successful season with over $9m in prize money November 24, 2014 Roger Federer’s year finished in a familiar fashion. Racquet flying through the air, fists pumping, knees falling to the floor – the Swiss maestro has passed another milestone after sealing Switzerland’s first ever Davis Cup. Of course, this triumph was as much of a team effort as it was a piece of individual brilliance, [...]
Lewis Hamilton’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win celebrated by Rentokil’s landscaping arm Ambius in flower portrait November 23, 2014 There might be some sore heads in the City this morning as F1 fans all over Britain celebrated along with Lewis Hamilton yesterday, having watched him clinch his second drivers’ world championship in Abu Dhabi. But some celebrated his triumph in a slightly different and we dare say, odd way. London-listed pest control giant [...]
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 [...]