The sun has come out to play, but not everyone is celebrating June 30, 2009 YESZOE STRIMPELPOOR weather gods. They just can’t win, not in Britain anyway. The age-old refrain on these isles – when other conversation dries up – is how crap the weather is. The rain, the cold, how England is so insufferably depressing it’s a miracle anybody still lives here when Spain is just an hour’s flight [...]
Baring too much skin at work is a risk June 30, 2009 DEAR VEXED: I work in a bank and the dress code is very professional. All the same, I’ve not been able to help myself from baring some skin lately. But I’m worried I’m being judged negatively. How can I enjoy my summer wardrobe without going too far? Lucy, private wealth I can understand your desire [...]
Automatic for the people? June 30, 2009 THE best high-performance cars come with a manual gearbox, right? Well, not according to Mercedes-Benz. On the evidence of this car, their stance appears to be that machines can change gear more efficiently than humans. But where’s the fun in that? Having driven this car in automatic form, I was yearning to feel how it [...]
Vaughan: I didn’t merit an Ashes call June 30, 2009 MICHAEL VAUGHAN, England’s most successful Test captain of all time, admitted he did not deserve to be selected for this year’s Ashes, after confirming his retirement from the game yesterday. The Yorkshire batsman, who led the country to glory against Australia in 2005, had pinned his hopes on earning a recall to the side in [...]
O’Driscoll joins third Test absentee list June 30, 2009 CENTRE Brian O’Driscoll has become the latest British and Irish Lions player to be ruled out of Saturday’s third and final Test through injury. O’Driscoll suffered concussion in last weekend’s series-clinching defeat in Pretoria, and doctors have decided he will not recover in time to finish the tour. Prop Adam Jones joins O’Driscoll in returning [...]
United land 16m Valencia now Benzema’s on the radar June 30, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED last night clinched the signing of Antonio Valencia – and then set their sights on completing a £51m double raid to add Karim Benzema. Ecuador winger Valencia made the switch from Wigan after putting pen-to-paper on a four-year deal believed to be worth around £16m. Now, with £80m at his disposal following the [...]
Strauss: Alcohol is not to blame June 30, 2009 CRICKET: England captain Andrew Strauss yesterday insisted all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s latest indiscretion was not alcohol-related. Flintoff, who was famously sent home from the 2007 World Cup for a drink-fuelled pedalo expedition, missed the team bus for a visit to World War I memorial sites in Belgium on Saturday. But Strauss said Flintoff’s lapse in timekeeping [...]
England World Cup bid boost June 30, 2009 RUGBY UNION: England’s bid to host the 2015 World Cup received a major boost yesterday when it was given the backing of the tournament’s organisers. Rugby World Cup Ltd recommended England ahead of South Africa, Italy and Japan, and endorsed the latter to stage the 2019 competition. The International Rugby Board, which makes the final [...]
Raikkonen swaps F1 for rally June 30, 2009 MOTORSPORT: Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will use a break in the Formula One season to take part in a World Rally Championship stage in his native Finland next month. Former F1 champion Raikkonen, who has raced in three non-championship rallies already this year, will test himself against title favourites Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen. The race [...]
Ace Murray set to raise the roof again for Ferrero clash June 30, 2009 ANDY MURRAY will once again have the hopes of a nation resting on his shoulders this afternoon as he goes in search of a place in the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the first time. Less than 40 hours after his gruelling fourth round clash with Stanislas Wawrinka, the British No1 steps back onto Centre Court [...]
