Watson roars back into top 100 May 18, 2014 TENNIS: Britain’s Heather Watson returns to the world’s top 100 today after beating Anna Schmiedlova 7-6, 6-0 in the Prague Open final. Serena Williams and world No2 Novak Djokovic won respective Italian Open titles.
Historic win for evergreen Jimenez May 18, 2014 GOLF: Record-breaker Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50, became the eldest winner of a European Tour event, by clinching the Spanish Open after a three-man play-off with Australia’s Richard Green and Thomas Pieters of Belgium.
Downie claims European crown May 18, 2014 GYMNASTICS: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Rebecca Downie became only the second British woman ever to win an individual European title yesterday. The 22-year-old scored 15.500 points on the uneven bars.
Surrey blast past Somerset May 18, 2014 CRICKET: Surrey opening batsman Jason Roy powered 64 runs off 47 balls to steer his side to a 14-run victory over Somerset in their Twenty20 blast group match. Surrey posted 173-7, with Somerset falling short on 159-6.
Football tackles its loss makers May 18, 2014 Frank Dalleres looks at the landscape for this week’s City A.M. panel discussion ON FRIDAY evening, after what has at times seemed an interminable wait, European football chiefs Uefa took a pin to Manchester City’s Premier League title celebrations and, in so doing, attempted to silence critics who have claimed that financial fair play (FFP) [...]
Platini’s grand plan will end in tears May 18, 2014 FOR CLUBS aspiring to compete in the Champions League, Uefa’s financial fair play (FFP) rules have reached their first monitoring hurdle and the offenders are now facing the imposition of sanctions. The rules embodied in a 90-page document are mired in complexity and open to accounting and legal interpretation. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have [...]
Why England’s clubs must stick to rules May 18, 2014 FINANCIAL fair play (FFP) rules are now a huge part of everyday life in the business of running a football club. Each Uefa league, and in our case in England each division, has its own set of FFP rules. In our view, none we’ve seen are perfect and they all present their own particular set [...]
Stay up to date on FFP May 18, 2014 Back in March we reported the impending punishment of squad sizes being cut for European competitions In May last year we brought you news of lawyer Jean-Louis Dupon taking on a legal challenge to FFP on behalf of a football agent City A.M. has been running detailed analysis of FFP as it is implemented both [...]
Godzilla thunders back onto screens May 15, 2014 FILM GODZILLA Cert 12a | By Alex Dymoke Three Stars SKYSCRAPERS haven’t come in for this much abuse since Prince Charles started sounding off about contemporary architecture. Brit director Gareth Edwards’ take on the classic Japanese B-movie doesn’t so much reimagine the original as inject it with growth hormones. It’s a monster of a monster [...]
Cannes 2014: old boys dominate the selection again May 15, 2014 From Cronenberg to Godard, familiar names leave room for only five Palme newcomers TWO DAYS ago, the Cannes Film Festival opened with a right royal stinker. Nicole Kidman’s Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco was met with a galaxy of one star reviews, the consensus being that it surpassed even last year’s Naomi Watts’ Diana [...]