Ostersunds FK 0, Arsenal 3: Arsene Wenger and Henrikh Mkhitaryan talk up chances of Gunners’ success in Europa League February 15, 2018 Arsenal playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan joined his manager Arsene Wenger in trumpeting the message that the Gunners are increasingly committed to winning this season’s Europa League after Thursday’s stroll against Ostersunds FK. The north Londoners breezed through their last-32 first-leg showdown on the Swedish minnows’s potentially troublesome 3G pitch courtesy of strikes from Nacho Monreal and [...]
Barclays boss Jes Staley in line for a bonus of almost £1m despite whistleblower investigation February 15, 2018 Barclays chief executive Jes Staley will receive a reduced bonus of under £1m for 2017, despite the question marks still hanging over an investigation into his conduct towards a whistleblower. Staley is in line for around £900,000, less than half his maximum potential bonus of £1.9m, Sky News has reported. The initial decision of the [...]
City of London’s Council muddled over honour for Aung San Suu Kyi February 15, 2018 The City of London Corporation is grappling with a decision over whether to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of the Freedom of the City, with some councillors questioning whether there is enough evidence to condemn Myanmar’s de facto leader for her failure to stop the genocide of Rohingya Muslims. In a controversial ceremony last year, [...]
Leicester manager Claude Puel accuses Manchester City of a lack of respect over pursuit of Riyad Mahrez February 15, 2018 Leicester boss Claude Puel has slammed Manchester City for showing a lack of respect by making a bid to sign wantaway forward Riyad Mahrez in the dying embers of the January transfer window. Mahrez returned to the Foxes squad on Saturday against City at the Etihad Stadium following a self-imposed exile after a transfer to [...]
George Groves v Eubank Jr: Kalle Sauerland on how the World Boxing Super Series can break the sport’s boom and bust model February 15, 2018 George Groves fights Chris Eubank Jr in Manchester this weekend in the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series. For the tournament’s organisers, the second half of that sentence will soon be enough to ensure the sport’s fans tune in, regardless of the names mentioned in the first. Groves vs Eubank Jr — a hotly-anticipated [...]
Winter Olympics 2018: Elise Christie buoyed by support from Jess Ennis-Hill and Kelly Holmes February 15, 2018 Speed skater Elise Christie insists she is over her Winter Olympics heartache thanks to messages of support from British Olympic heroes Jess Ennis-Hill and Kelly Holmes. Christie, one of Team GB’s leading medal hopes in Pyeongchang, was devastated after crashing and finishing fourth in the 500m short-track final on Tuesday. But the Scot has overcome [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan ramps up affordable housing starts in race to meet yearly target | City A.M. February 15, 2018 Sadiq Khan has ramped up the number of affordable housing starts in London over the past month as he races to meet his yearly target of 12,500 starts. In the year to the end of January, the Greater London Authority recorded 4,125 housing starts across all of its affordable housing programmes, up 86 per cent [...]
MPs demand minutes, presentations from Carillion bosses after contradictory statements | City A.M. February 15, 2018 MPs have demanded the release of a “significant” number of Carillion’s internal documents including company minutes and a presentation that is said to have “spooked” the board into firing the finance boss just months before the firm collapsed. The Work and Pensions Committee and the Business, Enterprise, Innovation and Skills (Beis) Committee, who are carrying [...]
Noel Edmonds complains to advertising watchdog about Lloyds Bank adverts February 15, 2018 Television presenter Noel Edmonds has complained to the advertising watchdog about Lloyds Bank’s adverts, opening a new front in his battle with the lender. Edmonds this month launched a £60m legal action against Lloyds, which bought the HBOS bank he alleges was involved in the collapse of his business, Unique Group, before the financial crisis. [...]
Kanye West and Lloyd’s of London settle $10m lawsuit over cancelled tour dates February 15, 2018 Kanye West and Lloyd’s of London insurers settled their $10m (£7.1m) lawsuit this week, after the lawyers of both parties requested the California judge to settle the case. The dispute started August 2017 after West fell ill and cancelled the remaining 21 stops of his Saint Pablo Tour in 2016. He checked into the UCLA [...]