Modric urges Spurs to finish the job off in grand manner December 6, 2010 FC TWENTE vs TOTTENHAM TOTTENHAM midfielder Luka Modric has urged his teammates to ensure they don’t blow the opportunity to top Champions League Group A with a victory in Holland tonight. The north Londoners have performed admirably in their debut season in the competition, qualifying with a game to spare from a section which included [...]
Modric urges Spurs to finish the job off in grand manner December 6, 2010 FC TWENTE vs TOTTENHAM TOTTENHAM midfielder Luka Modric has urged his teammates to ensure they don’t blow the opportunity to top Champions League Group A with a victory in Holland tonight. The north Londoners have performed admirably in their debut season in the competition, qualifying with a game to spare from a section which included [...]
Real deals: The transfers that look like happening January 10, 2011 THE JANUARY transfer window is slowly clicking into gear. With time running out for managers to bolster their squads here are three deals likely to beat the deadline. STEVEN PIENAAR The South Africa international (right) is one of a quartet of Everton midfielders who would comfortably slot into a top four side. With Harry Redknapp’s [...]
Real deals: The transfers that look like happening January 10, 2011 THE JANUARY transfer window is slowly clicking into gear. With time running out for managers to bolster their squads here are three deals likely to beat the deadline. STEVEN PIENAAR The South Africa international (right) is one of a quartet of Everton midfielders who would comfortably slot into a top four side. With Harry Redknapp’s [...]
Watches ready for action November 18, 2010 BACK in the heady days of what we’re now calling “the bubble” (2006, basically) things in the world of watches had all got a little bit much, frankly. If the thing strapped to your wrist wasn’t big enough to eat your dinner off and full of enough moving parts to dazzle a rocket scientist, it [...]
Admiral on track to hit its targets as turnover rises April 28, 2010 MOTOR insurer Admiral said its performance in the first quarter put it on track to meet analyst expectations for 2010 as turnover was boosted by the firm insuring more cars. Admiral said yesterday that sales for the first three months of the year increased to £345m – 28 per cent higher than the same period in [...]
How a fit blonde girl sparked a £200k idea January 13, 2011 OH MY God, have you seen that gorgeous guy in the library? The one that’s always on the third floor, you must have seen him.” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? If not, it’s probably because you weren’t at university recently and have forgotten the bizarre methods of procrastination students devise to keep them from their books. [...]
Mount Gay, Barbados: a tour round rum’s natural home January 30, 2011 THE heart of the Barbados rum trade is perched at the northernmost tip of this small Caribbean island. High in the mountains in the St Lucy district sits the Mount Gay refinery, surrounded by a nine feet tall sugar cane plantation and gazing out over wild Atlantic waves which crash into the Florida coast 1,600 [...]
A suave place to dine in SW3 January 10, 2011 86 Fulham Road, SW3 6HR Tel: 020 7052 9620 www.86restaurant.co.uk FOOD *** SERVICE *** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £40 Coming up with a name for a restaurant must be a difficult thing. Do you go for something sexy and exotic, a chic bit of Euro-cuisine jargon, something abstract and opaque, or hope [...]
Christmas party poopers Everton spoil City’s opportunity to go top of the table December 20, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY v/s EVERTON A BATTLING display from 10-man Everton prevented Manchester City from topping the table at Christmas for the first time since 1929. Roberto Mancini’s side were boosted prior to kick-off by the news of Carlos Tevez’s transfer request u-turn, but that was as good as it got on a night of missed [...]