Moyes takes the blame as United attempt to dodge ghosts of 1962 December 9, 2013 UNDER-FIRE Manchester United boss David Moyes has accepted full blame for a run that sees them on the brink of losing three successive home games tonight for the first time in his lifetime. A Champions League defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk would equal that spell in 1962 and concede top spot in Group A, leaving United [...]
Silva ready for Bayern return December 9, 2013 PLAYMAKER David Silva could return from injury for Manchester City tonight when they visit Bayern Munich hoping to pip the Champions League holders to top spot in Group D. City need to win by at least two goals to overtake the all-conquering Germans but are without suspended midfielder Yaya Toure and injured left-back Gael Clichy. [...]
Double points for F1 season climax December 9, 2013 FORMULA ONE: Double points will be available to drivers and teams in the season’s final race from next season. Governing body the FIA has also confirmed it is working on a cost cap for all teams to be applied from 2015.
Gold leaves Bath director post December 9, 2013 RUGBY UNION: High-flying Bath have parted company with director of rugby Gary Gold. The South African, 46, took up his new role in the summer when the club, who sit third in the Premiership, promoted Mike Ford to head coach.
Fresh magic gets cast by Daniel Radcliffe December 8, 2013 FILM KILL YOUR DARLINGS Cert 12A | By Alex Dymoke Four Stars KILL Your Darlings revels in the cliché-saturated aesthetic of the Beats – think fusty professors, impromptu poetry recitations and furious typewriting in smoke-fugged Columbia dorm rooms – but admirably avoids hero-worship. Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac and co are presented not as [...]
A respectable remake still beaten by the original December 8, 2013 FILM OLDBOY Cert 18 | By Simon Thomson Three Stars IT’S COMMONLY assumed American audiences can’t handle foreign films. As a result, whenever you get a successful foreign film, somewhere in Southern California a producer will be asking whether it could translate into a Hollywood movie; this is the only reason Spike Lee’s 2013 remake [...]
Spectacle but no Disney sparkle December 8, 2013 FILM FROZEN Cert PG | By Melissa York Two Stars IT’S ABOUT time Disney set a film in Scandinavia – and what better time to do it than Christmas? Frozen is very loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen; thankfully, there are no children running around with shards of troll mirror glass in [...]
A journey into the colourless void of Midwest America December 8, 2013 FILM NEBRASKA Cert 15 | By Steve Dinneen Three Stars ALEXANDER Payne’s last three films – About Schmidt, Sideways and Descendants – have been bittersweet explorations of disappointment; a glimpse at the places we could all end up if life doesn’t go our way. Nebraska, his latest Oscar-baiting, black and white opus continues the theme, [...]
Premier League: Wenger happy with steady Arsenal despite late slip-up December 8, 2013 AT EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 1 vs EVERTON 1 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger admits his team blew the chance to go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League yesterday, but insists they are showing the kind of consistency required to win the title. The league-leaders were little more than seven minutes from victory [...]
Quality of Quins’ European win stuns even triumphant players December 8, 2013 HARLEQUINS No8 Nick Easter admitted the quality of their performance in Saturday’s bonus-point 32-8 win at Racing Metro shocked even their own dressing room. With two defeats to open up their Heineken Cup campaign, Quins gave their qualification cause a huge boost as Nick Evans, Easter, Charlie Walker and then Karl Dickson all went over. [...]