Brutal slavery epic is destined for awards January 9, 2014 FILM 12 YEARS A SLAVE Cert 15 | By Simon Thomson Five Stars STEVE McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is a brilliant film, but its brutality makes for difficult viewing. That might be the point. Based on a memoir of the same name, the book’s subtitle offers a succinct, albeit bloodless, summary of the film: [...]
Capital One Cup: Fans turn on Allardyce as West Ham are hit for six by slick City January 8, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 6 vs WEST HAM UNITED 0 BELEAGUERED West Ham boss Sam Allardyce believed there was no disgrace in seeing his makeshift team become the fourth side this season to ship at least six goals at the Etihad Stadium. A hat-trick from £16m summer signing Alvaro Negredo, plus a brace from strike partner Edin [...]
Moyes facing more misery as FA probes blast at ref Marriner January 8, 2014 MANCHESTER United boss David Moyes could face a Football Association charge after the governing body launched a probe into his latest criticism of referees. Moyes, who saw his team suffer a third consecutive defeat on Tuesday at Sunderland, said of official Andre Marriner and his assistants: “We’re having to play them as well as the [...]
Fifa in Qatar 2022 U-turn January 8, 2014 WORLD governing body Fifa insisted yesterday that the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar would not definitely be staged in the winter, just hours after secretary general Jerome Valcke had declared it would switch from its regular summer slot. Concerns over high temperatures teams would be forced to compete in during the Qatari summer prompted [...]
Premier League star comes out January 8, 2014 FORMER Aston Villa and Germany footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger says he hopes to spark a change in sporting culture after he yesterday became the first Premier League footballer to come out as gay. The midfielder, who won 52 international caps and also played for West Ham, Everton, Lazio, Stuttgart and Wolfsburg, retired in September due to [...]
Prior shrugs off heroic rescue of suicidal Briton January 8, 2014 ENGLAND wicketkeeper Matt Prior yesterday played down talk of heroism after he and fellow cricket star Stuart Broad prevented a British man from committing suicide in Australia. Prior, 31, grabbed the man as he appeared to prepare to jump from Sydney’s Pyrmont Bridge, before he and England team-mate Broad talked him round while they waited [...]
Ford set for England call-up as Lancaster opts for young squad January 8, 2014 FORMER world junior player of the year George Ford is set to be named in a new-look 35-man England squad today for the forthcoming Six Nations. With France-bound fly-half Toby Flood set to be overlooked, the Bath No10 is in line for a first senior international call-up from coach Stuart Lancaster. And Ford could be [...]
Schumacher skied at safe speed January 8, 2014 FORMULA ONE: Prosecutors have labelled seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher an “extremely good skier” and said he was not travelling at a dangerous speed in a fall on 29 December which caused a severe head injury. Findings show one of Schumacher’s skis hit a rock, causing him to lose balance and hit his head on [...]
Murray goes fourth in Australia January 8, 2014 TENNIS: Three-time Australian Open runner-up Andy Murray has been seeded fourth for this year’s event.
Capital One Cup: Moyes blasts ref as United suffer third straight loss January 7, 2014 SUNDERLAND 2 vs MANCHESTER UNITED 1 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes felt a “laughable” performance from referee Andre Marriner was to blame for his team’s Capital One Cup semi-final first leg defeat to the Premier League’s bottom club. Evergreen midfielder Ryan Giggs turned the ball into his own net on the stroke of half-time following [...]