Chris Tremlett: It’s curtains for England’s Ashes if they lose second Test December 12, 2021 At 1-0 down in the Ashes, after falling to a nine-wicket defeat at the Gabba on Saturday, England are in a very difficult position but not completely out of the series. Should they lose the second Test, a day-nighter in Adelaide which starts on Thursday, however, that will probably be curtains for their hopes of [...]
Manchester United Covid-19 cases could throw Brentford game into doubt December 12, 2021 Manchester United have recorded a series of positive Covid-19 cases within their squad and staff following their 1-0 Premier League win away to Norwich on Saturday. The club, now under the helm of Ralf Rangnick, have reported the cases to the relevant authorities. Depending on the spread of the cases, if any, in the coming [...]
Formula 1: Verstappen wins on last lap of last race on last weekend December 12, 2021 After the way this 2021 Formula 1 season had been going up to this concluding weekend, you probably would have got short odds on it coming down to the last lap of the last race of the last weekend. It’s what we deserved. All hail Max Verstappen, the 24-year-old Dutchman who joins a roster of [...]
Max Verstappen wins first world title in last lap drama December 12, 2021 Max Verstappen has won his first ever world title after an astonishing last lap victory over rival Lewis Hamilton in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The title makes it the first for a Dutchman and the first since Kimi Räikkönen’s in 2007 that has gone to a driver that’s not a Brit or a [...]
Lamb film review: Another unsettling horror from A24 December 11, 2021 The term Sheeple is given a whole new context in Lamb, the directorial debut from Valdimar Jóhannsson, co-written with Björk collaborator Sjón. Maria and Ingvar (Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason) are the owners of a farm in Iceland, whose quiet existence is disturbed when one of their sheep give birth to a human child [...]
Christmas gift ideas: Watches to satisfy the horology nerds in your life December 10, 2021 Aston Martin x Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph With seemingly hard-and-fast automotive hook-ups like Hublot x Ferrari and Breitling x Bentley suffering retirements from the race, you’d wonder who would venture gamely onto such a notoriously fickle scene. But the coming-together of Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux feels like something that soars way clear of mere badge engineering [...]
Being the Ricardos review: Aaron Sorkin’s I Love Lucy biopic is too tame December 10, 2021 Most people reading this won’t have been born when US sitcom I Love Lucy went off air in 1957. How- ever, it’s an evergreen institution to Americans, entertaining generations (as recently as 2011, 40m people worldwide watched re-runs). A movie about the show, or a biopic of star Lucille Ball, has been rumoured for some [...]
McLaren boss Zak Brown: ‘I can’t remember a F1 season more exciting than this one’ December 10, 2021 Sunday’s showpiece final Formula 1 race of the season will see either Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton crowned world champion and Red Bull or Mercedes win the constructors’ title. But a few spots behind the two current big hitters are McLaren Racing. A team with a longstanding F1 history is now in the hands of [...]
Champions Cup kick-off has been tainted by Covid complications December 10, 2021 Cardiff and Munster’s youngsters and fringe players may be dreaming of famous upsets this weekend in the Champions Cup but, for me, the situation has tainted European club rugby’s big kick-off slightly. It’s nobody’s fault that the two teams have dozens of players unavailable after being caught up in the omicron breakout while playing in [...]
Ashes talking points: Head shines as England tail off December 9, 2021 It was day two despair for England as a rampant Australia started piling on the runs at the Gabba in the first Ashes Test. The touring side may have started their innings in the field well but it soon unravelled. Here are the talking points from the second day. Heading the tail Travis Head’s 85-ball [...]