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Film Review: Welcome to New York August 8, 2014 ★★★★☆ Welcome to New York is a grotesque character study of the French head of a world bank – not to mention Presidential hopeful – who stands accused of raping a maid in a New York hotel. Director Abel Ferrara’s film is certainly bold. In fact, you wonder how he got away with it: the [...]
Make a ton and series is ours to lose, insists six-wicket Broad August 8, 2014 SIX-WICKET hero Stuart Broad believes England are just a century away from establishing an unassailable series lead after dominating day one of the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford yesterday. England made a mockery of losing the toss, reducing India to 8-4 under favourable overhead conditions before routing the tourists for just 152, with [...]
Oscar dropped baton of truth, says prosecutor August 8, 2014 PARALYMPIC superstar Oscar Pistorius cannot escape a conviction for the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, prosecutor Gerrie Nel told a South African court yesterday in his concluding remarks. Nel said Pistorius, the first double amputee to run at an Olympic Games, had presented two arguments on his defence that “can never be reconciled”. [...]
Westwood cards lowest Major round to head PGA leaderboard August 8, 2014 ENGLAND’S Lee Westwood matched his lowest ever round in a Major to share the lead with Americans Kevin Chappell and Ryan Palmer on six under par after round one of the US PGA at Valhalla yesterday. World No1 Rory McIlroy entered the tournament in prime form after wins at the Open and last week’s WGC-Bridgestone [...]
Andy Murray receives double boost in Rogers Cup ahead of quarters August 8, 2014 Britain’s Andy Murray was handed a double boost yesterday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto as top seed and would-be opponent Novak Djokovic was knocked out before Richard Gasquet was forced to withdraw from their third-round tie. Murray received a walkover into the quarter-finals after Gasquet pulled out shortly before the clash due to an [...]
West Ham star threatened girl with acid attack, court is told August 8, 2014 WEST Ham star Ravel Morrison threatened to throw acid in his ex-girlfriend’s face, blow up her house and have her killed during a four-year campaign of terror, a court heard yesterday. The harassment allegations emerged as England Under-21 midfielder Morrison appeared before Manchester magistrates charged with assaulting his former partner and her mother last month. [...]
Arsene Wenger cools Sami Khedira rumours as Thomas Vermaelen nears Arsenal transfer exit August 8, 2014 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has distanced himself from a move for Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira but admits there is every chance he will make further signings before the transfer window shuts next month. Wenger last week acknowledged his interest in Khedira, a signing which would add to the club’s nucleus of German players. Fellow [...]
Cowes Week Diary: Action switches from sea to sky as regatta reaches a conclusion August 8, 2014 AS THE curtain comes down on another Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week this weekend, I was lucky enough to join the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation on board a racing yacht during the regatta’s Ladies Day yesterday. The weather was glorious. So glorious, in fact, that we didn’t manage to do much racing due to [...]
Legia probe offers Celtic Champions League hope August 8, 2014 CELTIC were last night given hope of an extraordinary Champions League reprieve after their conquerors Legia Warsaw revealed that they are under investigation for fielding an ineligible player. The Polish title winners said European governing body Uefa was probing the participation of full-back Bartosz Bereszynski, who only came on as a substitute for the final [...]
Football Comment: Costa fortunes are key to Chelsea August 8, 2014 Champions Manchester City may have had a quiet summer but their Premier League rivals have all spent big on stars who they hope will turn them from also-rans into prize-winners. Chelsea’s key buy is Diego Costa. They have also splashed out on Cesc Fabregas, but the Brazil-born Spain striker is the signing with most riding [...]