Kyle Edmund, Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans all on the up and proving there’s life beyond Andy Murray March 3, 2019 For so long the success of Andy Murray was all consuming in British men’s tennis. At his peak the three-time Major winner battled, and prevailed, against some of the sport’s all-time greats. He attracted millions of fans and dominated headlines through his performances and personality. But injury has struck down the Scot, leaving him on [...]
Jurgen Klopp blames windy conditions after Liverpool blow chance to regain Premier League lead March 3, 2019 A prickly Jurgen Klopp preferred to focus on the blustery conditions inside Goodison Park after his team drew 0-0 with Everton on Sunday but there is no escaping the conclusion that the Premier League title that Liverpool so crave is slipping from their grasp. Having fuelled hope of a first top-flight crown since 1990 by [...]
Dorothea Tanning at the Tate Modern review: The feverish, psychosexual work of a bona fide genius March 1, 2019 Strolling through the Tate Modern’s latest show is like revisiting a barely remembered dream: familiar yet strange, perhaps a little frightening. This retrospective of Dorothea Tanning’s 70-year career is a hell of a show, in more ways than one. It’s filled with bizarre, nightmarish visions that hint at psychosexual forces lurking just beyond our conscious [...]
Ollie Phillips: England’s Grand Slam dream is gone but bittersweet Six Nations title still a real possibility February 28, 2019 England’s dream of a Grand Slam was ended by Wales last weekend but I still think they will win the Six Nations. So far Warren Gatland is looking like Mystic Meg because his prediction before the tournament looks to be coming true. The Wales coach said that if his side beat France in their opening [...]
Roy Hodgson’s career enjoying late bloom at boyhood club Crystal Palace after England’s Iceland debarcle February 28, 2019 England’s infamous 2-1 defeat by Iceland at the 2016 European Championships could easily have been the end of Roy Hodgson’s management career. Embarrassed by one of the national team’s biggest ever shocks, Hodgson resigned immediately and was heavily criticised for his side’s dreadful performance, negative tactics and team selection. Aged 68 and with 40 years [...]
Brendan’s second coming: Rodgers to resurrect Premier League career with Leicester February 28, 2019 “My biggest mentor is myself,” was just one of the memorable utterances to emerge from Brendan Rodgers during his first stint in the Premier League, but more than three years after his sacking by Liverpool he has returned to England in the latest step in his bid to rebuild credibility. The Northern Irish manager has [...]
Only Fools and Horses The Musical review: This plonker of a cockney knees-up is as dodgy as a nine bob note February 28, 2019 Only Fools and Horses, the revered and endlessly repeated BBC sitcom you resort to watching only once you’ve scrolled past the show about police dogs and the other one about furious Vietnamese women trying to smuggle papayas past New Zealand customs, occupies a very special place in the British psyche. It’s a treasured relic of [...]
Improving Arsenal aiming to repeat finest hour of Unai Emery’s reign against stuttering Tottenham February 28, 2019 This was more like it. After a sticky opening double header, Unai Emery had crowned a 19-game unbeaten run with a watershed 4-2 triumph over Tottenham that suggested not only a challenge to Spurs’ new-found superiority in north London but also a successful transition to the post-Wenger era at Arsenal. It wasn’t just the result, [...]
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham: Spurs’s Stamford Bridge curse continues as Blues begin to click into gear after Kepa saga February 27, 2019 As Tottenham slipped to a disappointing defeat tonight they knew their Stamford Bridge curse had not been broken. Spurs have now won just once in the last 33 attempts away to their London rivals while the result also gave them the unwanted fact of four consecutive defeats away from home for the first time in 10 years. [...]
Chris Tremlett: Duanne Olivier’s Yorkshire move shows complexity of the Kolpak issue February 27, 2019 Duanne Olivier’s move to Yorkshire has sparked a familiar debate in cricket this week and I can see both sides of it. The fast bowler has signed a three-year contract with the county via the Kolpak ruling, meaning he has essentially given up his international career with South Africa, aged just 26. Kolpaks in county [...]