Mike Collett

                   

Late England goal flurry sinks Kazakhstan

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11-Oct-2008 104 related
        

LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Three goals in the last 14 minutes guided England to a 5-1 rout of Kazakhstan in their World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Saturday, with the visitors battling for more than an hour before caving in.

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"Nomadic" writer wins Nobel prize (Reuters)

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09-Oct-2008 268 related
        

By Niklas Pollard and Estelle Shirbon 11 minutes ago STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a globetrotting novelist hailed as a child of all continents, won the Nobel prize for literature on...

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Rubens sketch to stay in UK (Reuters)

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08-Oct-2008 26 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - An important sketch by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens valued at over 11 million pounds will be on permanent public display in Britain after being bought by private, public and charity funds.

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FA chair calls for life bans for Campbell abuse

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07-Oct-2008 14 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur should issue life bans to fans who verbally abused the club's former captain Sol Campbell last week, FA chairman David Triesman told a conference of football business leaders on Tuesday.

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Huge debts in English football worry FA chairman Triesman

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07-Oct-2008 50 related
        

By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - English football has amassed debts of around 3 billion pounds at all levels of the game and a top club could fold in the current financial climate, English FA chairman David Triesman said on...

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Art guru Saatchi back with new gallery, China show

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07-Oct-2008 26 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Influential British art collector Charles Saatchi is back after three years out of the limelight, opening a major new gallery in central London showcasing some of China's hottest artists.

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Rare Middle East ewer sells for $5.6 mln at auction (Reuters)

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07-Oct-2008 5 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only seven known surviving examples, fetched 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million) at auction on Tuesday, Christie's said. The ewer is the same one that came up...

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Coldplay win two top Q music awards

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06-Oct-2008 43 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Coldplay won two top prizes at the Q music magazine awards on Monday, taking the Best Album title for chart-topper "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" and the Best Act in the World accolade.

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Serra brings giant steel sculptures to London (Reuters)

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03-Oct-2008 1 related
        

LONDON, (Reuters) - American sculptor Richard Serra has put his giant steel creations on show in London for the first time in 16 years with an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery comprising three new works and a series of drawings.

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Robert Downey Jr. to play Sherlock Holmes

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03-Oct-2008 20 related
        

By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - Robert Downey Jr. is to play super sleuth Sherlock Holmes in an upcoming blockbuster that studio Warner Bros. hopes will become a lucrative new franchise. The 43-year-old said one reason...

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