Hat-trick win for Cavendish April 30, 2014 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish sprinted to a third stage win out of four at the Tour of Turkey yesterday. The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider stormed away from Maximiliano Richeze and team-mate Mark Renshaw in the final 100m to cross the line in three hours 14 minutes 23 seconds. Cavendish, however, could not regain the overall [...]
Wigan fined for rule breach April 30, 2014 FOOTBALL: FA Cup holders Wigan have been fined £40,000 by the Football Association after admitting to breaching agent regulations when signing Marc-Antoine Fortune last summer. Fortune’s agent Willie McKay has had a nine-month suspension of his overseas agent registration stayed for two years.
Ashton up for European award April 30, 2014 RUGBY UNION: Saracens trio Chris Ashton, Schalk Brits and Jacques Burger have been nominated for the European Rugby Cup’s Player of the Year award. Toulon’s Jonny Wilkinson and Steffon Armitage complete the list of nominees.
Australia top Test world rankings April 30, 2014 CRICKET: Australia returned to the top of the International Cricket Council Test rankings yesterday, displacing South Africa for the first time since August 2012. England are third. The Baggy Greens also remain top of the one-day International rankings, with England in fourth position.
Boston Bob wins at Punchestown April 30, 2014 HORSE RACING: Trainer Willie Mullins believes Boston Bob can push for next year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, following yesterday’s late surge to victory in the Punchestown Gold Cup under the guidance of jockey Ruby Walsh.
Letters to the Editor – 01/05 – Tube strikes, Best of Twitter April 30, 2014 Tube strikes [Re: As Tube strikes cause transport chaos, should such union action be restricted?, yesterday] It is time to break the threats of militant union bosses. The GLA Conservatives have long made the case for banning strike action on the Tube. In return, unions should gain the right to independent mediation. Under a process [...]
Is a foreign language worth the investment? April 30, 2014 English may be a lingua franca, but another tongue could boost your job prospects AN INCREASING number of foreign multinationals – from Airbus to Samsung – now mandate English as the common corporate language. In 2010, Japanese services firm Rakuten hit headlines when it announced it would become an English-only organisation. “English is the only [...]
Barclays cleans up with bad bank April 29, 2014 BARCLAYS will next week set up a bad bank to run down its weakest business lines as it grapples to turn its sprawling financial empire into a sustainably profitable business. Investment banking co-head Eric Bommensath will the run the bad bank, kicking off a series of major job changes on the way as part of [...]
Misery strikes again April 29, 2014 LONDONERS face another day of chaos today as the RMT union continues its strike action. One in three stations was forced to close yesterday, leaving long queues outside other stations and bus stops. Yet Transport for London said half of all Tube services ran as planned during the day, adding that it managed to run [...]
Alstom accepts $12bn GE offer for energy arm April 29, 2014 EUROPE’S industrial landscape is set for a shake-up after French giant Alstom accepted a $12bn (£7.1bn) bid from General Electric for its energy arm, and Rolls-Royce said it is in talks to sell assets to Siemens. Alstom, which manufactures the French high-speed TGV trains and supplies components to its nuclear reactors, has provisionally accepted GE’s [...]
