Confessions of an Uber driver (The Times)
In a few hours I will feel elated. Then despairing. But at 11am, as I pull out of my south London street in a Toyota Auris estate, I am trying to feel calm. It’s a new career. I’m about to start my first shift as an Uber driver. You don’t join Uber for a laugh, or even a feature in a Saturday magazine. It has taken me six months and £550 in admin costs to get here. There are criminal record checks, medicals, training in how to navigate using the London A-Z – there’s no GPS in sight during training.
Calderwood’s goals are set (The Times)
If knowing one's past is the key to future success, then the Nottingham Forest manager, Colin Calderwood, may succeed where so many recent predecessors have failed.
Streak ends Test career as coaching row engulfs Zimbabwe (Times)
On the day that Heath Streak announced his retirement from international cricket, his former Zimbabwe colleagues were demanding that the country's cricket board reinstates Phil Simmons, the coach who was dismissed in August.
Simmons blames politics for Zimbabwe dismissal (The Times)
Phil Simmons, who was dismissed last month as Zimbabwe coach, has attacked the country's administrators, saying that they have "no understanding of cricket".
Simmons stays quiet on issue of media ban (The Times)
Phil Simmons, the Zimbabwe coach, refused yesterday to get involved in the ban preventing The Times and other news organisations from entering Zimbabwe.
Rebels resigned to fate despite moral victory (Times)
Eight months after Heath Streak's controversial departure as captain provoked a boycott by white players, only half a dozen rebels remain.
Rebels resigned to fate despite moral victory (The Times)
There was an air of resignation when Zimbabwe's rebel players met for the final time amid the surreal calm of Harare's Botanical Gardens.