INDIAN CITY OASIS SEEKS WINE-LOVING RESIDENTS August 31, 2011 BENGALARU is becoming one of the most important global centres for technology and India’s most developed city. So the IT capital formerly known as Bangalore was the obvious choice for the latest multimillion-pound scheme from Vinay Kapoor, the president and chief executive of Westcourt UK, who contributed to the design and development of the World [...]
INDIAN CITY OASIS SEEKS WINE-LOVING RESIDENTS August 31, 2011 BENGALARU is becoming one of the most important global centres for technology and India’s most developed city. So the IT capital formerly known as Bangalore was the obvious choice for the latest multimillion-pound scheme from Vinay Kapoor, the president and chief executive of Westcourt UK, who contributed to the design and development of the World [...]
Strong squad keeps injury-hit England in pole position February 2, 2011 RUGBY TRADER DAVID WILD, CITY AM’S RUGBY TRADER, LOOKS AHEAD TO THE RBS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP RATHER than those winning rucks, scoring tries and kicking goals, absent players could come to decide where the RBS 6 Nations Champion-ship trophy resides in six weeks’ time. A sizeable collective injury list has dominated the build-up to the [...]
Strong squad keeps injury-hit England in pole position February 2, 2011 RUGBY TRADER DAVID WILD, CITY AM’S RUGBY TRADER, LOOKS AHEAD TO THE RBS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP RATHER than those winning rucks, scoring tries and kicking goals, absent players could come to decide where the RBS 6 Nations Champion-ship trophy resides in six weeks’ time. A sizeable collective injury list has dominated the build-up to the [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK November 5, 2010 FILM DUE DATE Underwhelming comedy road movie with Robert Downey Jr and Zach Gallifinakis. JACKASS 3D The latest round of dumb stunts and potty humour from Johnny Knoxville et al. MAMMOTH Emotional drama with Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams. DVD THE PACIFIC Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’s epic TV series about World War II. [...]
The rotten luck of the Irish January 13, 2011 RUGBY UNION LONDON IRISH forward Nick Kennedy insists spirit in the camp is as healthy as it’s ever been despite a run of 10 consecutive defeats. That miserable sequence of results stretches back to the beginning of November, before when the Exiles had won six of their previous seven matches and put themselves in healthy [...]
The rotten luck of the Irish January 13, 2011 RUGBY UNION LONDON IRISH forward Nick Kennedy insists spirit in the camp is as healthy as it’s ever been despite a run of 10 consecutive defeats. That miserable sequence of results stretches back to the beginning of November, before when the Exiles had won six of their previous seven matches and put themselves in healthy [...]
Ashton: Late dad inspired wonder try November 14, 2010 ENGLAND (35) vs AUSTRALIA (18) ENGLAND hero Chris Ashton has dedicated his match-winning performance against Australia to his late father Kevin, who persuaded him not to turn his back on the sport little more than a year ago. Ashton’s pair of tries – the second a 90m virtuoso effort – crowned an exhilarating 35-18 triumph [...]
Dallaglio: Hape shouldn’t be allowed to play for England November 24, 2010 WORLD CUP winner Lawrence Dallaglio believes the law that allows the likes of Kiwi-born duo Shontayne Hape and Dylan Hartley to represent England is deeply flawed and in urgent need of review. Hape, a former New Zealand rugby league international, has starred at centre during England’s impressive autumn campaign, while Hartley appears to have stolen [...]
Rugby’s phoenix still on the rise June 9, 2011 ANYONE who had even whispered talk of a return to the Premiership when London Scottish were at rock bottom a decade ago would have been wheeled off by men in white coats, suspected of suffering one high tackle too many. Relegated nine divisions after an ownership disaster dragged them into administration just after the advent [...]