Sub Varela hits late winner to spare Ronaldo June 13, 2012 DENMARK 2 PORTUGAL 3 PORTUGAL boss Paulo Bento admitted his side should have been home and dry long before substitute Silvestre Varela’s late winner boosted their chances of reaching the European Championship last eight. Porto forward Varela lashed home with three minutes remaining to spare Cristiano Ronaldo’s blushes after a Nicklas Bendtner brace had dragged [...]
Armstrong in dope charges June 13, 2012 SEVEN-TIME Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is facing fresh charges from the US Anti-Doping Agency that could cost him his titles, he confirmed last night. The American, 40, has been banned from triathlons, the sport he took up on retiring from cycling last year, as a result of the allegations. Armstrong, who has never [...]
Millar in line for Team GB spot June 13, 2012 OLYMPICS: Former drug cheat cyclist David Millar is closing in on a controversial spot at London 2012 after he was yesterday named on the Team GB road racing shortlist.
Donald set for toughest US Open June 13, 2012 GOLF: World No1 Luke Donald believes the US Open’s Olympic Club course provides golf’s greatest major challenge. He said: “It’s a tough track. There’s always trouble lurking.”
Captain Smith fit for England series June 13, 2012 CRICKET: South Africa captain Graeme Smith has been passed fit to lead their tour of England, which starts next month, following ankle surgery. The Proteas have named an unchanged 15-man squad for the three-Test tour.
Premier League’s £3bn TV bonanza June 13, 2012 BT shot into the lucrative world of Premier League football yesterday, splashing out £738m to share domestic rights with BSkyB as the cost of broadcasting live games rocketed by an eye-watering 70 per cent. Fierce competition for the rights, believed to have involved channels such as Al Jazeera and current holders ESPN, saw the price [...]
Rosen called to resign on WPP failure June 13, 2012 INVESTORS are calling for Jeffrey Rosen, the chairman of WPP’s compensation committee, to pay the price for the advertising giant’s embarrassment at its annual general meeting yesterday. The company’s remuneration report, which handed chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell a 60 per cent pay rise last year, was rejected by a whopping 59.5 per cent of [...]
Osborne eyes change of strategy to boost liquidity June 13, 2012 GEORGE Osborne is expected to use tonight’s Mansion House speech to reveal a new strategy aimed at boosting liquidity in the banking system. The chancellor’s attempt to ease the credit logjam comes as both companies and households continue to struggle to access finance. The move follows Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker’s acknowledgement on [...]
It is clear that the Eurozone can no longer do anything right June 13, 2012 COULD Brussels have been taken over by saboteurs, a secret army of eurosceptic infiltrators and spies masquerading as officials? I only ask because it now almost seems as if Spain’s bailout was deliberately designed not merely to fail but to inflict maximum damage on the Spanish economy and the entire Eurozone. Rarely have I seen [...]
Jeremy Hunt survives crunch ministerial vote June 13, 2012 CULTURE secretary Jeremy Hunt yesterday survived a crunch House of Commons vote on his future by a narrow margin of 290 to 252, following a major operation by Conservative whips. Labour had forced a vote on whether Hunt should be investigated for breaches of the ministerial code in relation to his handling of the BSkyB takeover. [...]
