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Football Comment: Midfield fluidity and riches hold key to Germany World Cup hope July 10, 2014 DISCUSSING the World Cup with Liam Brady this week, he remarked that one of the notable things about the tournament had been a dearth of great central midfielders. Italy have Andrea Pirlo, but Brazil and England lacked playmakers, while Argentina pack their central area with stoppers. Germany, by contrast, have not just one but three [...]
11 July on this day… July 10, 2014 1982: ITALY’S Marco Tardelli celebrates scoring his side’s second goal in the World Cup final against West Germany. Italy won 3-1 in front 90,000 fans at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid and their captain and goalkeeper Dino Zoff become the oldest player to win the tournament, aged 40. It was Italy’s third World Cup [...]
World Cup final to go right down to the wire July 10, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE WORLD CUP FINAL AND BILL ESDAILE LOOKS AT NEWMARKET’S JULY MEETING AN ARGENTINA victory on Sunday night in the Maracana over Germany would be the final insult for a Brazilian nation left battered and bruised after the 7-1 drubbing they took at the hands of the Germans on Tuesday. Argentina were [...]
Ayaar can give Dettori third Bunbury Cup July 10, 2014 NEWMARKET’S July Meeting got underway yesterday. It’s always competitive stuff and not the easiest place to find a winner, but I have two strong fancies today. INTEGRAL was a winning tip for us at Royal Ascot in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes last month. And she didn’t just win, she absolutely coasted home from a [...]
World Cup Final: Germany v Argentina July 10, 2014 WE WON’T be treated to the Brazil versus Argentina World Cup final that so many neutrals were looking forward to, after Germany crashed the party in some style on Tuesday. It’s been a tournament of two halves with the group stages providing goal after goal and the knockout stages seeing teams shut up shop – [...]
Review: The Crucible at the Old Vic July 10, 2014 ★★★★★ South African director Yael Farber’s thrilling production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible begins with a moment of hushed alchemy – a spell, a game, a dance. Or perhaps it’s just soup in that steaming bowl? In fact, it probably is just soup. But these deeply religious, isolated communities make fertile ground for superstition. Three [...]
Review: Richard III at Trafalgar Studios July 10, 2014 ★★★★☆ In Jamie Lloyd’s Richard III, now is, quite literally, the Winter of Discontent. It’s set directly after the political turmoil of 1978-9, in a world where the military seem to have taken charge. It’s a neat one liner, but somewhat confusing in terms of plotting. For instance, it isn’t immediately clear why a bolshie [...]
World Cup: Argentina in final as Van Gaal made to pay penalty July 9, 2014 HOLLAND 0 ARGENTINA 0 AET, Arg win 4-2 on pens ARGENTINA will meet Germany in Sunday’s World Cup final after Holland coach Louis van Gaal’s penalty shoot-out tactics backfired spectacularly last night in Sao Paulo. Manchester United manager-to-be Van Gaal sent central defender Ron Vlaar up to take the first kick, only to see the [...]
Battered Froome forced to quit Tour after just five days July 9, 2014 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome conceded he was “devastated” last night after a third damaging crash in just two days forced him to abandon his attempt to retain the Tour de France. Two falls on stage five worsened pain in his wrist from Tuesday’s crash, leaving him unable to ride properly and fearing that the joint may [...]
We weren’t so bad, says Brazil coach July 9, 2014 BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari last night rejected calls to resign following the most humiliating night in the team’s history, insisting that the hosts’ World Cup “wasn’t so bad”. Tuesday’s 7-1 semi-final annihilation by Germany broke several records and brought an abrupt, painful end to Brazilian ambitions of lifting the trophy on home soil. But [...]