Revenge and his fifth title: Nadal takes it all in Paris June 6, 2010 RAFAEL NADAL insists he is not the best clay-court player of all time, despite underlining his utter dominance on the surface by claiming his fifth French Open title in six years. Nadal chalked up his seventh Grand Slam by sweeping past Sweden’s Robin Soderling, the only man ever to beat him at Roland Garros, in [...]
King ready to rule defence with Terry June 6, 2010 ENGLAND defender Ledley King has dismissed fears he will not have time to forge a solid partnership with John Terry, insisting their experience will make up for a shortage of practice. It is three years since King last started a game alongside Terry and, with only five days until the opening match against USA, England’s [...]
Hodgson has Schwarzer and Houllier backing for Reds job June 6, 2010 FULHAM goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer admits he would not begrudge manager Roy Hodgson if he walked away from west London to replace Rafael Benitez at Liverpool. Hodgson is among the favourites to succeed the Spaniard, who accepted a pay-off to quit last week, and is the preferred candidate of ex-Reds chief Gerard Houllier. The well-travelled Englishman, [...]
Kidd proves man of moment to snatch glory for City A.M. June 6, 2010 CAPTAIN Jack Kidd scored in the last minute to hand Team City A.M. New York a dramatic 11-10 victory in the final of the MINT Polo in the Park tournament in London. Kidd swooped to strike the winner in a Square Mile showdown against Team IG Index Paris with just seconds to spare of regulation [...]
Australia’s nemesis Wilko ready to renew hostilities June 6, 2010 ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson expects fly-half Jonny Wilkinson to be fit to face his old foes Australia on Saturday. Wilkinson had been considered a major doubt owing to the rib injury he suffered playing for Toulon in the Amlin Challenge Cup final last month. But the 31-year-old – a key man in the 2003 tour [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS June 6, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. WINNER – MICHAEL DAWSON The Spurs man was probably one of the few to consider Rio Ferdinand’s injury good news, [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 6, 2010 McDowell proves lord of Manor GOLF: Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell lifted his Ryder Cup hopes by winning the Wales Open at Celtic Manor. McDowell finished on 15 under par, three shots clear of home favourite Rhys Davies, to triumph on the course that will host the 2010 clash between Europe and the US. Davies caught [...]
WORLD CUP NEWS | IN BRIEF June 6, 2010 USA get Altidore fitness boost ENGLAND’S opening match opponents USA look set to have star forward Jozy Altidore fit to face Fabio Capello’s men. Altidore, who spent last season on loan at Hull from Villarreal, missed Friday’s warm-up win over Australia but returned to training yesterday. The 20-year-old did not need strapping on his return [...]
BSkyB in £160m deal for Virgin Media channels June 4, 2010 BSkyB has agreed to buy Virgin Media’s basic channels as the two former fierce rivals develop strategies to compete with the soon-to-arrive free Internet-connected TV services. The satellite group BSkyB will pay up to £160m cash to expand its portfolio of basic pay TV channels, which will include Living, Bravo and Virgin1. It will also [...]
HSBC to offload private equity arms June 4, 2010 HSBC is in talks that could lead to five separate management buyouts of its private equity fund management businesses, as banks go back to focusing on core operations. Europe’s biggest bank said talks are underway over units in Hong Kong, Britain, the United States, Canada and the Middle East. HSBC’s regional private equity businesses focus [...]
