It’s loud and fast, but wide of the mark April 28, 2014 Peter Burgess failed to fall in love with the original F-Type – can the coupé version convince him otherwise? WE’VE HAD our issues, Jaguar and I, over the F-Type. Like the Emperor’s new clothes, all the press seemed bowled over, except for me. Sure, it’s mighty fast and incredibly sexy. But does it really need [...]
Great Eusebio dies, aged 71 January 5, 2014 PORTUGAL great Eusebio, widely considered to be among the best footballers of all time, died yesterday aged 71 following a heart attack. The Mozambique-born forward was top scorer at the 1966 World Cup in England and netted 41 goals in 64 games during a prolific career for his country. Eusebio – full name Eusebio da [...]
Six Nations: Lancaster eyes title as England end their Triple Crown wait March 9, 2014 ENGLAND 29 WALES 18 PROUD England coach Stuart Lancaster urged his players to refocus on this week’s Six Nations finale in Italy after they swept aside Wales yesterday at Twickenham to claim their first Triple Crown for 11 years. First-half tries from scrum-half Danny Care and centre Luther Burrell, allied to the unerring boot of [...]
Mills’ Winter Games bid thwarted December 17, 2013 PARALYMPICS: Heather Mills has been told she cannot compete in the Sochi 2014 Winter Games because she uses a non-officially approved boot.
Care could miss England’s Six Nations opener January 12, 2014 INJURY-HIT England are sweating on the fitness of Danny Care ahead of next month’s Six Nations after the scrum-half twisted an ankle in Harlequins’ 13-16 Heineken Cup defeat to Clermont on Saturday. Head coach Stuart Lancaster is already without eight key squad members through injury ahead of the opening match with France on 1 February. [...]
Scorelines didn’t do justice to Bayern and Barca’s dominance against Arsenal and Man City, but these charts do February 20, 2014 English clubs came off a resounding second best in the Champions League this week, even if the 2-0 defeats suffered by the 10 men of Arsenal and Manchester City barely did justice to the dominance of Bayern Munich and Barcelona. But where the scoreline, and the shooting boots of Mario Mandzukic, failed, these passing [...]
Cricket Comment: Pietersen Test career may not be history if England dressing room was a little more relaxed February 11, 2014 ONE issue lost amid the furore over Kevin Pietersen’s sacking by England chiefs is what this regrettable episode says about the dressing room. Specifically, is it all a bit too serious? From the coaching staff down to the kit men, there are a lot of very similar characters in the England set-up: ultra-professional, analytical and [...]
What Tim might be Cook-ing up on his Christmas wish list December 3, 2013 With Apple’s recent purchase of Topsy, Tim Cook is clearly enjoying a touch of retail therapy in the lead up to Christmas. The Capitalist thought it would be fun to try to second guess what else might be on Cook’s list. 1 Snapchat – Topsy is one of Apple’s first forays into social media, so [...]
Job title inflation: When will it end? April 13, 2014 While less is more when dressing for work, that same logic hasn’t yet reached corporate uplifts MARK Zuckerberg is guilty of it. So were the tieless bunch of world leaders who assembled at the G8 summit last June. Yet the much-criticised phenomenon of successful people dressing down – eschewing shirts, ties, suits, and proper shoes [...]
London Report: Unemployment near threshold for UK rate hike January 19, 2014 UNEMPLOYMENT figures due out this week look set to show further signs of the UK’s recovery, with November’s rate expected to have fallen. Alan Clarke, of ScotiaBank said: “The highlight of the UK economic calendar is going to be the labour report, where we see a very good chance that the unemployment rate falls by [...]