Australian Open: Murray, Nadal and Raducanu discover first round ties January 12, 2023 Late last night the draw for the men’s and women’s singles took place in Melbourne for the Australian Open Grand Slam, which begins on Sunday evening. A number of the world’s best players, and the British contingent, learned of their potential root to Grand Slam glory. Here are the key takeaways from the draw. Australian [...]
Kyrgios, Jabeur and Nadal: How Netflix’s Break Point looks to grow tennis January 12, 2023 Tomorrow morning the latest sports docu-series goes live on streaming giant Netflix as Break Point – the tennis version of Formula 1’s Drive to Survive – offers a peek behind the scenes of the sport. Here’s what we learned from the series. Tennis’ special Ks Break Point grips you instantly, using Nick Kyrgios and his [...]
Ed Warner: The row over sport banning Russian players will be even bigger in 2023 January 12, 2023 Wimbledon will be here before we know it. Expect the debate about banning Russian and Belorussian stars to start soon. The tug of war over the two bellicose nations’ participation at next year’s Paris Olympics and Paralympics has already begun. Schisms within sports and between their leaders and politicians are inevitable. Last year, backed (or [...]
Arsenal unveil artwork for exterior of Emirates Stadium January 11, 2023 Premier League leaders Arsenal unveiled a series of artworks that will don the exterior of the Emirates today. The north London club have worked with Turner-Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller among others to design the artwork. Each of the eight pieces of art have a different theme and aim to celebrate the club’s history. Arsenal [...]
M3gan review: A Black Mirror-esque take on the classic murder puppet January 11, 2023 ★★★★☆ There is a proud cinematic tradition of haunted doll movies. You can trace the lineage back from Annabelle (first appearing in The Conjuring in 2013), through to Chucky (Child’s Play, 1988), all the way back to Hugo the ventriloquist’s dummy from 1945 horror anthology Dead of Night. Glossy new sci-fi horror M3gan picks up [...]
Joao Felix: Chelsea pay eight-figure loan fee to make Portugal and Atletico Madrid star the 12th signing under Todd Boehly January 11, 2023 Chelsea have continued their recruitment drive by signing Portugal forward Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid for the rest of the season. The 23-year-old is the 12th player to join since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the Premier League club from Roman Abramovich for £2.5bn last summer. Chelsea are believed to have agreed to pay [...]
John Javier, chef at The Tent (at the end of the universe) on his favourite London restaurants January 11, 2023 John Javier is the mastermind behind The Tent (at the end of the universe), an invite-only “members club and restaurant” at 17 Little Portland Street in Fitzrovia. We asked him his favourite places to eat on his day off in London. Old Street Chinese Restaurant Hands down my favourite Chinese restaurant in London. You gotta [...]
How England captain Owen Farrell escaped a Six Nations ban despite being found guilty of dangerous tackle January 11, 2023 England rugby captain Owen Farrell has avoided a ban for the Six Nations Championship despite being found guilty of dangerous play. Farrell was hauled in front of an independent disciplinary panel last night after being cited for a high tackle in Saracens’ Premiership trip to Gloucester last week. The fly-half argued that his challenge on [...]
Why Manchester United sale could fetch the Glazer family even more than their £6bn asking price – despite Cristiano Ronaldo exit January 11, 2023 The Glazer family’s hopes of achieving a record valuation for the sale of Manchester United have increased after the football club’s share price reached a four-year high. Some analysts believe it could push the price of a takeover towards $10bn (£8.2bn), in excess of the American owners’ original $7bn (£5.8bn) asking price. United’s share price [...]
Golden Globes audience shocked by Tom Cruise Scientology joke January 11, 2023 The Golden Globes took place last night in Los Angeles, the second biggest awards show night in Hollywood, and in many ways the annual pre-cursor to the Oscars. Ricky Gervais is no longer on hosting duties, but he may as well have been given how shocking things got. At one point, host Jerrod Carmichael did [...]