Photographer robbed at gunpoint June 9, 2010 A WORLD CUP photographer was held at gunpoint during a burglary of lodges used by Spanish and Portuguese journalists on Tuesday night, it has been revealed. Antonio Simoes was woken up by two burglars, who held him down while they took his camera, cash and credit cards. Laptops, mobile phones and cash from other rooms [...]
RAFA’S THE KING OF QUEEN’S June 9, 2010 WORLD No1 Rafael Nadal began his grass-court season with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 victory over Brazilian Marcos Daniel in the Aegon Championship at Queen’s Club. Nadal is joined in round three by second seed Novak Djokovic, who beat Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-3. Britain’s No1 Andy Murray is back on court for his third-round match [...]
Massa pens new Ferrari deal June 9, 2010 FORMULA ONE: Felipe Massa has signed a new two-year deal to keep him at Ferrari until the end of 2012. The Brazilian’s future was brought into question after consistently struggling to match the pace of team-mate Fernando Alonso this year. Indeed, the announcement comes just days after Mark Webber – touted as a possible replacement [...]
Dilshan fires Tri-series win June 9, 2010 CRICKET: Tillakaratne Dilshan struck an unbeaten century to help Sri Lanka record an emphatic nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe to clinch the one-day triangular series in Harare. Zimbabwe, who eliminated India and beat Sri Lanka in the group stages, could only manage 199 with Tatenda Taibu top scoring with 71. But Dilshan led the reply in [...]
Great Leighs close to the end June 9, 2010 RACING: Great Leighs, Britain’s first new racecourse for 81 years, looks set for redevelopment after no buyer came forward. The course, near Chelmsford, went into administration in January last year, just nine months after opening. Administrators, Deloitte, have been desperately trying to find a buyer but have now given up hope, prompting talks with principal [...]
Britain’s trade gap widens June 9, 2010 BRITAIN’S goods trade deficit with the rest of the world was wider than expected in April – after disruption to air traffic as a result of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, official figures have showed. The Office for National Statistics said Britain’s goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widened to £7.279bn in [...]
Germany and France in new call for short selling ban June 9, 2010 GERMANY and France have written a joint letter to the European Commission urging it to ban short selling of shares and sovereign bonds. Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso the EU executive needed to accelerate the pace of financial reform. Brussels ought to accelerate efforts to [...]
JD Sports boosted by World Cup June 9, 2010 JD Sports Fashion has seen a return to growth after sales were boosted by the World Cup. The group, which trades as JD Sports, Chausport, Size, Bank and Scotts from over 530 stores, said on Wednesday sales at UK and Irish shops open at least a year rose 4.1 per cent in the 18 weeks [...]
Property giants in £1.6bn merger June 9, 2010 THE F&C Commercial Property Trust and UK Commercial Property Trust have agreed to merge, creating Britain’s sixth largest listed property company worth around £1.6bn. The tie-up, designed to boost investor pulling power as Britain fights to ward off a second property slump, will be effected by a solvent liquidation of FCPT, the issue of new [...]
Cameron told to stand up for BP June 8, 2010 PRESSURE was growing on Prime Minister David Cameron last night to defend BP, the oil giant that has been under constant attack by US politicians in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. As BP’s share price fell again yesterday closing 4.97 per cent lower at 408.9p, President Barack Obama launched a scathing attack [...]
