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World Cup in brief June 22, 2014 Van Gaal backing Brazil HOLLAND boss Louis van Gaal admits he will be cheering on Brazil against Cameroon tonight, in the hope of avoiding a potential meeting in the last 16. He said: “At a World Cup the host country always has an advantage.” Cahill eyes Spain win SUSPENDED midfielder Tim Cahill hopes his team-mates [...]
McDowell laments putting failure June 22, 2014 GOLF: Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell admitted poor putting cost him the Irish Open title yesterday. McDowell finished three shots behind winner Mikko Ilonen and said: “That was one of the worst putting weekends of my career. I just couldn’t get the ball in the hole.” Finland’s Ilonen carded a two-under-par final round of [...]
Britain place fifth in Germany June 22, 2014 ATHLETICS: Team GB finished fifth at the European Team Championships in Germany yesterday, after failing to field a winner on the final day of competition. William Sharman registered the best result, finishing second in the sprint hurdles.
World Cup gold for Olympic stars June 22, 2014 ROWING: Olympic champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won women’s pair gold at the second World Cup meeting in France yesterday. There were golds too in the men’s four, men’s quadruple scull and women’s lightweight double.
Suarez brace breaks England’s hearts June 19, 2014 ENGLAND’S World Cup dream appeared to be in tatters last night as Uruguay beat them 2-1 in the group stage, with both Uruguay goals scored by Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. He put the South Americans ahead in the first half, before Wayne Rooney equalised in the 75th minute to give England a glimmer of hope. But [...]
Kristin Forbes gets the nod from politicians June 19, 2014 Kristin Forbes, who is joining the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, won the approval of the Treasury select committee yesterday. Forbes said in testimony that she would not move to the UK for another year, due to difficulty finding school places for her children.
What the other papers say this morning – 20 June 2014 June 19, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Ministers blast shambolic IT overhaul A Whitehall initiative to loosen the hold of big business on government contracts has come under fire from cabinet ministers, who have told the prime minister that “shambolic” IT provision by smaller firms has brought their departments to a virtual standstill in recent weeks. Vince Cable, business secretary, [...]
Venezuela on finance blacklist June 19, 2014 International regulators last night blacklisted Venezuela and its financial sector for failing to co-operate with global rules. The Financial Stability Board warned the country was “a non-cooperative jurisdiction with respect to regulatory and supervisory standards on international cooperation and information exchange” and that foreign banks should exercise “caution” in dealings with entities in the state [...]
Deutsche Bank warned by BaFin June 19, 2014 Germany’s financial watchdog, BaFin, has ordered Deutsche Bank to do more to ensure commodity prices cannot be manipulated by its traders. The warning is the latest sign that regulators believe that some of the world’s largest markets are still open to abuse. Deutsche Bank is reportedly conducting its own investigation into trading around the setting [...]
RBS pays $99.5m to settle claims June 19, 2014 The Royal Bank of Scotland agreed yesterday to pay $99.5m (£58.7m) to resolve claims against the bank over Freddie Mac’s purchase between 2005 and 2007 of mortgage-backed securities that went sour. The US Federal Housing Finance Agency said it had now reached 15 settlements, totalling about $16.1bn, stemming from lawsuits it filed in 2011 to [...]
