Unconditional offer to Arsenal shareholders will remain open despite the American tycoon not completing a full takeover of the Premier League club... more
Shot in Louisiana and Kentucky, Secretariat stars Diane Lane as the inexperienced Denver housewife and mother who took over her ailing father’s stables... more
Sunday was a very bad day at the office. Until then, my partner Zac Purchase and I had been unbeaten for a long, long time, going back 18 race meetings to the world championships three years ago... more
Stan Kroenke has moved within 17 shares of a mandatory takeover bid at Arsenal after the club announced that the American had increased his stake again... more
NFL chief Alistair Kirkwood has confirmed that two regular season games will be played in Britain next season - with Wembley likely to host both... more
Stan Kroenke maintained his silence at Arsenal's Annual General Meeting, when questions were directly raised as to the intentions of the American billionaire investor... more
Rugby union: Stuart Lancaster congratulated Ireland A on a "deserved" Churchill Cup success after admitting his side were simply outclassed in Denver... more
Facing the greatest crisis they have ever experienced, American newspaper editors have cancelled their annual convention for the first time since the Second World War... more
President Barack Obama has vowed "accountability, responsibility, and transparency" as he prepares to sign a $787billion stimulus package into law... more
First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: 'It was excellent,' Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. 'It was amazing.'
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British ministers were flying to the US this weekend for the Democratic Party convention in Denver, hoping to tap into the expertise of Barack Obama's barnstorming campaign... more
Owing to one or two great moments, Paris, Je t'aime - a compilation of 18 short films about the French capital - proves that quality is more important than quantity.... more
This week's CD releases include Yoko Ono, post-rockers Explosions in the Sky and a memorial album to the late jazz trumpet virtuoso Maynard Ferguson.... more
David Smyth discusses the threat to the Astoria, albums with excessively long track lists and buying songs direct from radio stations in his regular column.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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