Wiggins rage as broken bike costs Brit a medal September 24, 2009 BRITAIN’S Bradley Wiggins’ crusade for a medal was cruelly ended by a mechanical failure in the closing stages of the Road Cycling World Championships time trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Wiggins, a six-time world champion on the track, was third on the final climb of the three-lap circuit when he was forced to change his bike [...]
Pearce lifts lid on Fabio discipline September 24, 2009 ENGLAND Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce believes the secret of Fabio Capello’s success with the senior team is a “two strikes and you’re out” regime. Renowned disciplinarian Capello inherited a squad that was labelled complacent after missing out on Euro 2008. But the Italian has already ensured England’s qualification to next summer’s World Cup, with eight [...]
Potters say sorry to Euell September 24, 2009 STOKE CITY have apologised to Blackpool midfielder Jason Euell after he was racially abused during Stoke’s Carling Cup win at the Britannia Stadium on Tuesday. Police are investigating the allegations from the 32-year-old, who has been supported by manager Ian Holloway. A spectator, detained on the night, has been released on bail and Stoke chief [...]
Turner-Hall out for four months September 24, 2009 ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson’s autumn preparations suffered another heavy blow last night when Harlequins star Jordan Turner-Hall was ruled out for up to four months. Johnson had already been rocked by the loss of centre Riki Flutey and London Irish full-back Delon Armitage. And 21-year-old centre Turner-Hall has become the latest crock, suffering a tear [...]
Borthwick boost for Gloucester clash September 24, 2009 KICKING INTO TOUCH WITHBRENDAN VENTER THREE games into the season we still have a 100 per cent record, and I would be lying if I said we planned for that kind of start to the campaign. But while it’s better to be joint first in the Premiership than sixth, league position is virtually irrelevant after [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF September 24, 2009 Britain and Ireland take leadGOLF: Britain and Ireland took a slender 3-2 lead over Europe on the first day of the Vivendi Trophy in Paris. Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy starred by winning 4&3 on the opening day of fourballs at the St-Nom-la-Breteche course. McIlroy said:“As long as we stay fit there’s no reason why [...]
IT COULD BE YOU: LOTTO FOR SALE September 24, 2009 CITY advisers have been appointed to find buyers for a majority stake in Camelot, the group that runs the National Lottery. At least four out of Camelot’s five shareholders, representing an 80 per cent stake in the group, are interested in selling their stakes which are valued at a total of more than £300m. The [...]
G20 MEETS IN PITTSBURGH September 24, 2009 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday welcomed world leaders to the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. The assembled dignitaries plan to thrash out a deal to try and prevent a repeat of the banking crisis that has devastated the global economy.
Brown faces G20 upset… September 24, 2009 aGORDON Brown found the beginning of his G20 conference overshadowed at home and abroad yesterday, as his closest economic adviser stepped down and President Obama appeared to snub him. Baroness Shriti Vadera will leave government to take up a job as adviser to the G20, prompting speculation that the posting was an interim position designed [...]
Beware: we could soon face new bubble September 24, 2009 UNTIL recently, the worry about quantitative easing was that it was not working well enough, a view which has long stuck me as excessively pessimistic. But in recent days several top economists have started to express fears the policy may actually have worked too well and that all of the liquidity being injected into the [...]
