England are in dire state and there’s only one man for the job February 8, 2012 NO CAPTAIN, their star striker banned for the first two games of a major tournament and, after last night’s bombshell, the England team is without a manager too. It’s a mess of quite staggering proportions. By undermining Fabio Capello the Football Association has shot itself in the foot to such an extent that they are [...]
Tottenham boss woke up facing threat of jail and went to bed with keys to England manager’s office February 8, 2012 HARRY REDKNAPP has enjoyed some fine days in his career, not least an FA Cup triumph with Portsmouth and leading Tottenham into the Champions League for the first time. But yesterday must go down as the most dizzyingly successful 24 hours of his life, such was the seismic shift in his fortunes. He began the [...]
Welsh Six Nations hopes hit by Davies suspension February 8, 2012 WALES coach Warren Gatland faces a second-row selection crisis ahead of Sunday’s Six Nations clash with Scotland after lock Bradley Davies was banned for seven weeks, thereby ruling him out of the rest of the tournament. Davies’ suspension, announced after a disciplinary hearing in London yesterday, followed his citing for a tip-tackle on Ireland’s Donncha [...]
Sessegnon sets up FA Cup tie with Arsenal February 8, 2012 ARSENAL face a testing trip to the Stadium of Light in the FA Cup fifth round after Sunderland beat local rivals Middlesbrough 2-1 following extra time in a tense fourth round replay last night. Lukas Jutkiewicz’s equaliser, his first Middlesbrough goal, cancelled out Jack Colback’s superb first-half opener for the in-form Premier League side, but [...]
Italy make changes for England February 8, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Italy coach Jacques Brunel has made two changes to his side ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England. Lock Marco Bortolami replaces Cornelius Van Zyl, while Gonzalo Canale comes in for Alberto Sgarb at centre.
Fury relinquishes his belts February 8, 2012 BOXING: England’s Tyson Fury has relinquished his British and Commonwealth heavyweight belts. Fury has avoided a mandatory defence against Liverpool’s David Price and is ready to focus on targeting a world heavyweight title fight.
Investors hit back over RBS meddling February 8, 2012 STEPHEN Hester, chief executive of RBS, yesterday admitted he was struggling to run the bank as a fully commercial enterprise due to political pressure, a situation that has caused outcry among some of RBS’s biggest private shareholders. City A.M. asked Hester whether he felt able to run RBS as a fully commercial proposition, a condition [...]
Greek talks postponed once more February 8, 2012 GREEK talks were adjourned yet again late last night, with no agreement reached between senior government officials over an urgently needed new bailout. Pension reforms are believed to still be a stumbling block, with George Karatzaferis – leader of the nationalist LAOS party – particularly opposed to the measures. Karatzaferis was the first to leave [...]
Vacancies fall by half in City February 8, 2012 JOB OPPORTUNITIES in financial services evaporated over the last year as economic worries took their toll, according to the Morgan McKinley London employment index. Vacancies fell from 5,935 in January 2011 to 1,733 in December, before rising back to 2,835 on the traditional January hiring spree – a 52 per cent fall, year on year. [...]
Why free money has very real costs February 8, 2012 LOW interest rates are great, high interest rates are bad – that, at least, seems to be the general message from politicians and the media, who almost invariably welcome easy money and decry rate hikes. The problem is that the public doesn’t agree – not a bit, in fact. The latest YouGov research on the [...]
