£38m Barkley sale rubbished April 15, 2014 EVERTON manager Roberto Martinez has laughed off speculation that promising England midfielder Ross Barkley could make a £38m cross-city move to Liverpool. Martinez, whose Champions League-chasing outfit host Crystal Palace tonight, says he enjoys the rumours, which have also seen Barkley linked with a British record switch to Manchester United. “In terms of the speculation, [...]
City boss: We’ll keep up chase April 15, 2014 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini has rallied his team ahead of tonight’s clash with bottom club Sunderland, insisting his players still believe they can catch Premier League title rivals Liverpool. Sunday’s 3-2 defeat at Anfield handed the runaway Reds further momentum and a seven-point lead over City, though Pellegrini’s men have two games in hand [...]
I was heartbroken when I found Steenkamp’s body, says Pistorius April 15, 2014 PARALYMPIC star Oscar Pistorius has told of the moment he broke down his bathroom door and discovered the lifeless body of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, who denies murder and says he repeatedly fired gunshots through the door because he thought an intruder was on the other side, recalled the incident as his trial continued [...]
“I made it easy for myself to get in trouble” April 15, 2014 Reformed character Danny Care opens up to Josh Richards about his long wait to play a World Cup A TROUBLESOME three-month period is the snapshot of Danny Care’s career for which the England scrum-half is begrudgingly perhaps best known. Four arrests in a matter of weeks meant Care had to win back head coach Stuart [...]
Hillsborough remembered April 15, 2014 FOOTBALL: Merseyside marked the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster yesterday by ringing the city’s church bells 96 times, once for each fan who died at the FA Cup semi-final.
Extra tickets for Froch-Groves April 15, 2014 BOXING: A further 20,000 tickets for May’s rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium are to go on sale, taking capacity to 80,000. No sale date has been given yet.
West eyes more curbs on Russia April 14, 2014 FOREIGN secretary William Hague has accused Russia’s President Putin of a “gross, deliberate and premeditated violation of the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine,” after pro-Russian forces ignored warnings to leave areas of eastern Ukraine. Arriving for talks in Luxembourg with EU foreign ministers yesterday, Hague said Russia’s claims that it is not behind the recent [...]
Tesco in shock return to the US as it rolls out fashion stores April 14, 2014 TESCO is having a second stab at the US market, announcing plans yesterday to open the first franchise stores of its clothing business F&F across the pond. The move comes just seven months after Tesco backed out of its Fresh & Easy venture in the US, booking a £1bn writedown on the move after attempts [...]
Race heats up as Google swoops on drone maker April 14, 2014 TECHNOLOGY giant Google has snapped up Titan Aerospace, a start-up that develops drones, for an undisclosed sum. The purchase, announced by Google yesterday, is the latest in a series of high-profile acquisitions of drone makers. Facebook bought UK-based Ascenta for $20m last month, while Amazon is already testing drones to be used for deliveries. Titan [...]
EU planning a clampdown on high frequency trading April 14, 2014 EUROPEAN politicians are today expected to approve new measures to restrict high frequency trading firms (HFTs), which use super fast data connections to profit from movements in security prices. “With these rules the EU is putting in place one of the strictest set of regulations for high frequency trading in the world,” said European Union’s [...]
