Arsenal spurn £30m Fabregas offer June 2, 2010 Gunners come out fighting with unusually blunt, public retort to Barcelona offer for captain ARSENAL hope to have driven the final nail into Barcelona’s pursuit of Cesc Fabregas after rejecting a £30m bid for their captain and issuing a strongly-worded statement ruling out his sale. Barca stepped up their campaign to prise their former youth [...]
Joy for Melzer as Djokovic and Serena are dumped out June 2, 2010 THIRD seed Novak Djokovic squandered a two-set lead before crashing out in the quarter-finals to Austria’s Jurgen Melzer on another great day for underdogs at Roland Garros. Former Australian Open champion Djokovic looked to be cruising against Melzer only to collapse dramatically in an epic tussle that the 22nd seed won 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 [...]
I’ll be ready for Wallabies clash, claims Wilkinson June 2, 2010 ENGLAND fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has dismissed fears overs his fitness, insisting he will be fit and ready for the first Test against Australia a week on Saturday. The 31-year-old record points scorer is yet to resume contact training after bruising his ribs during Toulon’s Amlin Challenge Cup final defeat to Cardiff last weekend. It had [...]
Boss Grant all set for Hammers role June 2, 2010 AVRAM GRANT is set to be unveiled as West Ham manager today. The Israeli, who quit as Portsmouth boss a fortnight ago, returned from a family holiday yesterday to conclude discussions with Hammers co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold. “After an hour, we knew we could work with this manager. We are very optimistic,” Gold [...]
Shahzad insists he’s raring to go for Test debut June 2, 2010 AJMAL SHAHZAD says he is fit and raring to go should he be handed a Test debut at Old Trafford tomorrow. The Yorkshire seamer, 24, was 12th man for the first Test with Bangladesh at Lord’s last week, and is jostling with recalled Ryan Sidebottom to replace the injured Tim Bresnan for the second and [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 2, 2010 Hearn gets the players’ vote SNOOKER: Barry Hearn won the Battle of the Baize and took control of World Snooker yesterday after coming through 35-29 in a vote of the world’s top 64 players. The sports guru edged out businessman and former Olympic shooter John Davison to take a 51 per cent share in the [...]
WORLD CUP NEWS | IN BRIEF June 2, 2010 Johnson targets Euro 2012 ADAM JOHNSON has his sights set on making England’s 2012 European Championship squad after missing out on the World Cup. The Manchester City winger was one of seven players axed when Fabio Capello named his 23-man squad. “I am going to have a rest now and then get ready to try [...]
Mortgage lending in slim rise June 2, 2010 MORTGAGE approvals by a forecast-beating two per cent in April. The Bank of England said approvals edged up to 49,871 in April from 49,008 in March and the highest since December. However, net mortgage lending rose less than expected, up £490m in April from £168m in March and below forecasts for a rise of £700m. [...]
Red Knights shelve Man Utd bid June 2, 2010 THE group of wealthy thy Manchester United fans dubbed “The Red Knights” have shelved plans to make a bid for the club. The members said media speculation had triggered “inflated valuation aspirations” and contributed to the sidelining of a bid. It said it would only pay a sensible price for Manchester United, with £1bn the [...]
Jupiter sets price for listing June 2, 2010 FUND management house Jupiter has set a price range of 150-210 pence for its London listing, valuing the company between £718m and £868m. It also confirmed that it expected to raise gross proceeds of about £220m by issuing just over 122m new shares. It had mentioned that figure last month when it announced its decision [...]
