Zarate wants to fire West Ham into Europe May 28, 2014 WEST Ham’s first summer signing Mauro Zarate believes his new club should be targeting European qualification next season. The 27-year-old completed terms on a three-year deal yesterday, with the option of a further one-year extension and will move from Velez Sarsfield once the international transfer window opens in June. Zarate, who enjoyed a brief loan [...]
Football Comment: Pochettino must revitalize Spurs’ expensive flops May 28, 2014 IT’S become difficult to know who is the right man for Tottenham, but Mauricio Pochettino certainly ticks a lot of boxes. He’s got Premier League experience of course and I think that’s vital. He got a good bunch of young players playing to their full capabilities at Southampton and performed well in the transfer market [...]
Pulis begins remodelling Palace May 28, 2014 CRYSTAL Palace have opened contract talks with popular goalkeeper Julian Speroni, midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi and striker Marouane Chamakh, but manager Tony Pulis has wielded the axe on 12 players. Full-backs Dean Moxey and Jonathan Parr, who have each made more than 100 appearances for the Eagles, have been released after their contracts expired along with [...]
Saracens swoop for new trio May 28, 2014 RUGBY UNION: Saracens have swooped to sign Scotland lock Jim Hamilton, Argentina prop Juan Figallo and England Sevens winger Mike Ellery for the new season.
Poyet signs new Sunderland deal May 28, 2014 FOOTBALL: Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has signed a two-year contract extension, quashing the prospect of a move to Southampton.
It’s time to end too big to fail May 27, 2014 THE TAXPAYER is nearly off the hook for bailing out failing banks, Mark Carney claimed last night, seven years after the financial crash began with the collapse of Northern Rock. Regulators have been promising since the crisis that broken banks should never again be propped up with cash from governments. But it is only now [...]
Glaxo facing fraud squad crime probe May 27, 2014 BRITAIN’S biggest drug company Glaxosmithkline said last night that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a formal criminal investigation into the company’s commercial practices, amid ongoing accusations of bribery overseas. Glaxo, which makes everything from Aquafresh toothpaste to Horlicks, has faced bribery allegations in China in recent months, and similar accusations of corruption in [...]
Reason to cheer: Today’s finally tax freedom day May 27, 2014 TODAY is tax freedom day, according to the Adam Smith Institute – the day when the average UK wage earner has paid their annual tax bill and starts working for themselves. This year, the event is two days earlier than it was during 2013, but the think tank stressed that it still means that 148 [...]
We can all agree on one thing: No more bailouts for bankers May 27, 2014 MUDDLED thinking is the enemy of sound judgement and sensible decision-making. Sadly, the current discussion about inequality is especially confused, with terms and concepts used loosely, making it impossible to conduct a sensible debate. Those who claim to dislike inequality often don’t mean what they say – or at least, most of them don’t. Some, [...]
Rise in jobs for grads fuelling boom in hiring May 27, 2014 BIG GRADUATE recruiters are boosting hiring programmes even further this year, with vacancies up by more than a third, and many firms saying they are yet to fill positions for this year’s intake. Figures from jobs site Adzuna today show vacancies for graduates up 37 per cent from 2012. And though there is still fierce [...]
