Padium: Inside Canary Wharf’s new premium padel club backed by Spotify co-founder September 5, 2023 Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon is providing hits of another kind – as the backer of new high-end padel club Padium in Canary Wharf.
Top London bars to drink organic wine September 5, 2023 September has been deemed Organic Month, so it seems only fitting to talk about the trend for organic wines. The idea of organic wine used to be met with suspicion – but those funky tasting bottles are thankfully a thing of the past. Now we have widely available, quality organic, biodynamic and natural wines, although [...]
Are France the Rugby World Cup hosts with the most to lose? September 5, 2023 Focus heading into this Rugby World Cup will be on the underwhelming hopes of England and Wales, and the dreams of success for Scotland and Ireland. But in hosts France there are a fascinating series of events that could help make or break their World Cup challenge. Being hosts in a Rugby World Cup isn’t always [...]
Alcaraz breezes through to last eight in US Open title defence September 4, 2023 Carlos Alcaraz’s attempt to defend the US Open title he won last year goes on as he beat Italian Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets at Flushing Meadows. The 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory in New York sends the Spaniard into the quarter-finals, and banks him a minimum cheque of $455,000 (£360,000) depending on his further progress. [...]
Exclusive: Women’s rugby set for invitational Champions Cup final September 4, 2023 This year’s Champions Cup rugby finals weekend is set to include an invitational women’s fixture for the first time as European chiefs look to take advantage of the growth in the game, City A.M. can reveal. Gloucester-Hartpury, champions of England, and Stade Bordelais, champions of France, could play each other under plans proposed by European [...]
Ryder Cup: Team Europe named with Aberg set for debut in Rome September 4, 2023 Ludvig Aberg has been named in Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup side as Team Europe get set to try and win the iconic golfing tournament later this month. Aberg won the European Masters on Sunday having tuned professional just a matter of months ago. Tommy Fleetwood, Nicolai Hojgaard, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose and Sepp Straka join [...]
Huge US Open shock as Swiatek dumped out September 4, 2023 Flushing Meadows felt tremors last night as world No1 and favourite for the US Open Iga Swiatek was dumped out of the Grand Slam. Jelena Ostapenko toppled the Polish No1 seed 3-6 6-3 6-1 in one of the biggest tennis shocks of the year. “I’m surprised that my level changed so drastically,” said 22-year-old Swiatek. [...]
Wild 1,360hp Lanzador concept previews Lamborghini’s first EV September 4, 2023 The electric Lamborghini Lanzador is a two-door, four-seat 'Ultra-GT' that blurs the boundary between an SUV and a supercar.
Emma Stone’s Poor Things receives eight-minute standing ovation for graphic sex scenes September 4, 2023 Emma Stone has received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival for her lead role in new Frankenstein-inspired film Poor Things. In Poor Things, Stone, most famous from films like the new Cruella movie and The Favourite, acts in a series of graphic sex scenes including one where she pleasures herself with fruit. [...]
Burning Man festival chaos as 73,000 festivalgoers stranded September 4, 2023 Tens of thousands of festivalgoers have been stranded at Burning Man festival deep in the Nevada desert after weather conditions worsened on site. Heavy rains have been falling which has caused the entire site to become a mud bath, meaning toilets cannot be cleaned and it is incredibly difficult to get around the site or [...]