Europe’s top football clubs back new spending cap in place of financial fair play March 28, 2022 The influential European Club Association (ECA) has backed the proposed scrapping of football’s controversial financial fair play (FFP) rules in favour of a new cost-control system based on a soft spending cap. Uefa’s planned shake-up is the biggest change to the financial regulation of European club competitions such as the Champions League and Europa League [...]
Colourful, hip Copenhagen is a city that’s always changing March 28, 2022 THE WEEKEND: The original Scandi city break, Copenhagen is straight out of a fairy-tale. Royal palaces, looming church spires, cobbled streets and higgledy-piggledy rainbow-bright houses punctuate the serene canals. Yet there’s nothing old-fashioned about the Danish capital, which is always changing. This hip, seafront city is as contemporary as they come, with futuristic architecture, a [...]
As tourism returns, we say: ‘Good morning Vietnam!’ March 28, 2022 Like much of the world, Vietnam was on its knees these last few years. Around 18 million foreign tourists visited in 2019 compared to a paltry 3,500 in 2021. But now visitors are flocking back. What’s more, there’s never been a better time to go: some high-end resorts are offering 25 per cent discounts on [...]
Watch the Oscars end in chaos: Hollywood jaws drop as winner Will Smith smacks Chris Rock in the face and shouts obscenities March 28, 2022 Hollywood super star Will Smith, 53, appeared to take offence to a gag comedian Chris Rock made on stage about Jada Pinkett Smith’s short haircut, resulting in him marching on stage to confront the comedian. He appeared to hit Rock before returning to his seat and shouting from the audience to Rock on stage. As [...]
Canada reach World Cup for first time in 36 years: ‘We can become a powerhouse’ March 28, 2022 Canada “can be a powerhouse” in men’s football, says their English coach, after they qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1986. The team assured themselves of a place at this winter’s tournament in Qatar with a 4-0 win over Jamaica on Sunday night in Toronto. Canada’s women are Olympic champions and [...]
England’s defeat to the West Indies scuppers Root’s rebuild as captain March 28, 2022 Another lost series and another without a single Test win. England’s capitulation in the glaring sun of Grenada leaves captain Joe Root’s record seriously tarnished. Their third Test defeat at the hands of a brilliant West Indies by 10 wickets sees England fly home as 1-0 series losers, having drawn the opening two matches in [...]
Premiership talking points: Top four, cancellations and London’s showpiece March 27, 2022 Round 21 of England’s premiership rugby competition saw the battle for the semi-finals intensify as Leicester secured the first of the four spots, while we saw yet another draw – this time not involving London Irish. Here are the talking points as internationals returned to their clubs from Six Nations duty. One down The league [...]
Verstappen on top in Saudi as Formula 1 fans in for relentless title battle March 27, 2022 We’re just two races into the Formula 1 season and already it looks like fans the world over could be in for one mighty drivers championship battle. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen pipped Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with a handful of laps remaining in a relentless Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, to get his first points on [...]
Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World review: An instant classic March 27, 2022 Director Joachim Trier rounds out his Oslo Trilogy, which began with 2006’s Reprise and continued with 2011 Cannes favourite Oslo, August 31st. For this final chapter, Trier has chosen a romantic comedy, one of the more challenging film genres with all its tropes and cliches to avoid. Yet, by subverting all of those conventions he [...]
Chopper is 20 years old, and still a brutal, brilliant modern great March 26, 2022 The early 2000s were a goldmine for stylish crime classics. Films like Sexy Beast and Lock, Stock… might have stolen the headlines, but The 21st century had barely started when a gem from Australia introduced us to a new star. Eric Bana, a TV comedy actor, found instant stardom when he took the lead in [...]