NZ clashes to Ashes... and Ashes

Brendan McCullum

10:34am Saturday 18th May 2013

YOU’VE got to feel eminently sorry for New Zealand’s cricketers, who are currently trying to beat England in the opening Test of the so far shivering summer at Lord’s.

New brand manager

David Moyes is replacing Sir Alex Ferguson in the Old Trafford hot-seat

9:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

WELL – is David Moyes the bravest or most foolhardy manager in football history?

On cloud leonine

Sam Warburton,  captain of the Lions

10:19am Saturday 4th May 2013

TALK aplenty this week of Lions and pride and mane men and roaring confrontations – and while certainly clichéd, the hoopla and hype around the announcement of the Lions squad for the tour of Australia is well worth it.

Gnash and grab Luis Suarez gnaws at Liverpool's reputation

12:30pm Saturday 27th April 2013

PLENTY to get your teeth into this week, though far from palatable for Liverpool fans.

Rocket re-launching

Reigning  World Snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan

9:56am Saturday 20th April 2013

STRAP yourself in and prepare to be amazed. For if a certain Ronnie O’Sullivan can win the Betfair World Snooker Championship, after taking nearly a year off, it would surely take its place near the top of the table (no pun intended) in the pantheon of sporting achievements.

‘No silence’ is golden

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Hillsborough in the wake of the 1989 disaster at Sheffield Wednesday’s ground

12:18pm Saturday 13th April 2013

YOU can count on the fingers of the hands of the statue of the Venus di Milo the amount of times I have rejoiced in anything emanating from the dark side, namely Old Trafford.

Pass the Duce to right-hand side

Paolo di Canio

8:25am Saturday 6th April 2013

WHEN is a fascist not a fascist? When he is new Sunderland manager Paolo di Canio, of course.

Enough of bet noir

9:32am Saturday 30th March 2013

DRINK, it used to be said, was the curse of the working classes. Nowadays drink is perceived as the curse of the shirking classes according to this numbskull coalition for which no one voted (have I mentioned that before?).

Let’s not just follow the herd

Pope Frances I can lead church through troubles says Bishop of Portsmouth

8:00am Saturday 23rd March 2013

IF there ever is such a thing as reincarnation I definitely would not want to come back as a hairy-headed sheep.

Oops, top-tier nearer to heading for a fall

10:39am Saturday 16th March 2013

IS the Premier League bandwagon groaning to a halt just as yet more cash is about to be stuffed into its bottomless saddlebags?



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