England stay top but Cook calls for more September 2, 2012 ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook insists his team will not rest on their laurels despite cementing their status as the top one-day side in the world with a comfortable win against South Africa yesterday. The home side strolled to a six wicket victory with more than three overs to spare at Lord’s, reaching 224-4 after South [...]
Britain beat Beijing gold medal haul September 2, 2012 GREAT Britain’s track and field Paralympic athletes yesterday surpassed their Beijing 2008 gold medal haul by adding two to the total of 17 medals won throughout the day. Golds for Aled Davies and David Weir, respectively in the F42 discus and T54 5000m, supplemented the silvers of F24/44 long jumper Stef Reid and T36 100m [...]
Button rejects title talk after Belgian victory September 2, 2012 BRITAIN’S Jenson Button dismissed his hopes of staging a late charge for the title after claiming his first win since the opening race of the season with a pole-to-flag triumph at a chaotic Belgian Grand Prix. Button avoided a spectacular four-car crash on the first corner, which ended the afternoons of McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton [...]
Quins excitement scares O’Shea with Welsh toppled by Leicester September 2, 2012 HARLEQUINS director of rugby Conor O’Shea admits he has no idea how his side staged such a dramatic comeback to beat London Wasps on Saturday after falling behind by 27 points. “I don’t know how we won that,” said O’Shea after watching his side secure four tries in 10 minutes when five from Wasps had [...]
Hodgson happy with frontline September 2, 2012 England manager Roy Hodgson has decided against calling up a replacement for injured West Ham striker Andy Carroll, leaving him with Danny Welbeck, Jermain Defoe, Theo Walcott and Daniel Sturridge as his four forward options for the fixtures against Moldova and Ukraine.
Ramsay wins European Masters September 2, 2012 Scotland’s Richie Ramsay yesterday secured his second Tour win with victory at the European Masters.
Khan looks for trainer change September 2, 2012 Amir Khan admits he is likely to change trainers before his next fight. “I want to make a few changes and am in talks to change trainers at the moment,” he said.
Nomura slashes $1bn in costs August 31, 2012 Nomura, Japan’s largest investment bank, is cutting an additional $1bn (£630m) in costs in the second major restructuring of its loss-making overseas operations in less than a year. The cuts are to come from its wholesale division, which houses investment banking, equities and fixed income operations, and would be completed by the next financial year [...]
Eurozone inflation jumps August 31, 2012 Eurozone inflation jumped more than expected in August, data showed today, likely reducing chances that the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut interest rates next Thursday. Consumer prices in the 17 countries sharing the euro rose 2.6 per cent year on year, just above forecasts and accelerating from 2.4 per cent in July, the European [...]
Abramovich wins court battle with Berezovsky August 31, 2012 Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky lost his battle with tycoon Roman Abramovich this morning. Berezovsky was seeking more than £3bn in damages after accusing the Chelsea Football Club owner of blackmail, breach of trust and breach of contract. A High Court judge ruled in Abramovich’s favour this morning following a three-month trial. The case related to [...]
