WIGGINS MAKES HISTORY WITH ROMANDIE VICTORY April 29, 2012 BRITAIN’S Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de Romandie yesterday after edging the 16.5km time trial in Crans-Montana by a second, winning the overall race by 12 seconds with a time of 28 minutes 56 seconds. The victory makes the Team Sky man the first Briton to win the race through Switzerland in its 65-year history. [...]
Dawson fight would be Clever April 29, 2012 Wales’s world light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is being lined up to face Chad Dawson in a unification clash after the American outpointed veteran Bernard Hopkins for the WBC title on Saturday night. Cleverly, who withdrew from a planned title defence against Robin Krasniqi due to illness, previously admitted his desire to face the winner.
Nadal sets record on favoured clay April 29, 2012 World No2 Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open yesterday with a 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 final victory over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. He becomes the first man in the Open era to capture two ATP events seven times. He said: “This is my hardest clay match this season.”
Dujardin breaks record in Germany April 29, 2012 Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin yesterday set a new dressage world record at Hagen, Germany, by scoring 88.022 per cent aboard her Olympics-bound horse Valegro. “It is a new test and it was the first time we had ridden it competitively, but he was just amazing,” said Dujardin.
Celtic win adds to Rangers’ misery April 29, 2012 Scottish Premier League champions Celtic beat financially stricken rivals Rangers 3-0 with goals from Charlie Mulgrew, Kris Commons and Gary Hooper, yesterday. “It’s been a great day for the players, club and supporters,” said Celtic manager Neil Lennon, whose side are now 21 points clear of their closest challengers.
Barclays shareholders revolt with a quarter voting against executive pay deals April 27, 2012 Barclays chairman Marcus Agius (pictured) has apologised to shareholders for badly communicating its pay policy to them, and promised higher dividends in future in an attempt to take the sting out of a row over the bank’s remuneration policy. More than a quarter of shareholders voted against remuneration packages including a multi-million pound deal for [...]
Lloyds ends exclusive branch sale talks with Co-op April 27, 2012 Lloyds has ended its exclusive talks with The Co-op to sell 632 branches, allowing it to discuss a possible deal with rival suitor NBNK. Lloyds said the exclusivity period with Co-op ended on Friday, and it will have detailed talks with NBNK if it is satisfied the start-up can get regulatory clearance for a deal. [...]
Credit Suisse hit by shareholder anger over pay April 27, 2012 Almost a third of Credit Suisse shareholders rejected the bank’s pay plan on Friday and UK rival Barclays was braced for a similar revolt as investors vented their fury at executive pay deals and called for a bigger slice of profits. Credit Suisse said 31.6 pct of investors who voted opposed the bank’s remuneration plan, [...]
SUNTORY WHISKY AND CIGAR TASTING COMPETITION April 27, 2012 WIN A SUNTORY WHISKY AND CIGAR TASTING EVENING AT EIGHT CLUB, IN THE HEART OF THE CITY Suntory and Eight Club are offering five pairs of tickets to an exclusive whisky and cigar sampling evening conducted by Zoran Peric and Przemek Zaneap at the club’s Moorgate premises. Address: 1 Dysart Street, London EC2 2BX Tel: [...]
Samsung hits record $5.2bn profit thanks to Galaxy April 27, 2012 Samsung Electronics posted a record $5.2bn (£3.2bn) quarterly profit as it shifted over 20,000 Galaxy smartphones an hour in January-March, outselling Apple’s iPhone in a duel for the lucrative high end of the mobile industry. Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s South Korean group, whose $190bn market value is 11 times that of Japanese rival Sony, sold 93.5m [...]
