'No one knows the future' – Bruno Fernandes refuses to rule out summer transfer amid Man City links

The Portuguese midfielder has emerged as one of Europe’s hottest properties this season and is not sure where he’ll be plying his trade next year Sporting midfielder Bruno Fernandes has refused to rule out a summer transfer, amid strong links to Premier League champions Manchester City. The 24-year-old has been one of the standout performers…

By JohnValbyNation September 12, 2019 0

Brazil boss Tite: Peru rout 'one of our best games'

The home nation’s boss was happy to see his side finally playing at top form as they pushed five goals past their rivals on Saturday Tite labelled Brazil’s 5-0 Copa America demolition of Peru as one of the Selecao’s best performances. Copa America hosts Brazil reached the quarter-final by topping Group A thanks to Saturday’s…

By JohnValbyNation September 12, 2019 0

Revisiting “Moment by Moment,” Lily Tomlin and John Travolta’s Wrongly Despised 1978 Melodrama

Criticism can be a lonely endeavor, in part because the enthusiasms and revulsions of other critics are sometimes unfathomably bewildering. So it is with “Moment by Moment,” the 1978 romantic melodrama starring Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. At the time of its release, the film received negative, even derisive reviews from a range of critics,…

By JohnValbyNation September 11, 2019 0

Salman Rushdie’s Fantastical American Quest Novel

Listen with: iTunes WNYC Stitcher TuneIn The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, talks with Salman Rushdie about “Quichotte,” his apocalyptic quest novel. A few years ago, when the four hundredth anniversary of “Don Quixote” was being celebrated, Rushdie reread Cervantes’s book and found himself newly engaged by a much-improved translation. He immediately began thinking of…

By JohnValbyNation September 11, 2019 0