Premier League: Mourinho to Terry defence after red card August 23, 2015 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 CHELSEA 3 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho exonerated John Terry after the captain’s red card left his side clinging on for a first Premier League win of the season yesterday at West Brom. Goals from £21m debutant Pedro, striker Diego Costa and left-back Cesar Azpilicueta proved enough for the champions, despite James [...]
Jessica Ennis-Hill reasserts her class on mixed day for British pair August 23, 2015 Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill admitted she did not expect to win gold after completing a remarkable comeback to the heptathlon with success at the World Athletics Championship yesterday. Ennis-Hill, who gave birth to a son just 13 months ago, only decided to take part in Beijing following an encouraging display at the Anniversary Games in [...]
Bolt digs deep to beat Gatlin in 100m tussle August 23, 2015 WORLD’S fastest man Usain Bolt reflected on the toughest race of his glittering career after pipping drug cheat Justin Gatlin to 100m gold at the World Athletics Championship yesterday. Six-time Olympic champion Bolt put recent injury problems behind him to beat Gatlin by a hundredth of a second in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium – the [...]
Premier League: Now keep it up, Pellegrini tells irresistible Man City August 23, 2015 Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes his side can marry their attacking flair with the consistency that eluded them last season after they continued their irresistible start to the new campaign. Left-back Aleksandar Kolarov and substitute Samir Nasri scored yesterday as Premier League pace-setters City overcame in-form Everton’s stubborn defence and maintained their 100 [...]
Root wants Test ranking top spot after Ashes glee August 23, 2015 AT THE KIA OVAL ENGLAND vice-captain Joe Root believes Ashes success can prove the springboard for assuming the status of the world’s best team despite defeat in the final Investec Ashes Test yesterday tainting his side’s series win. Australia salvaged some pride from the wreckage of a disappointing Test campaign by dismissing England for 286 [...]
Hamilton douses talk of title formality despite Belgian rout August 23, 2015 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton distanced himself from suggestions that his third crowning as world champion is a foregone conclusion after storming to victory at the Belgian Grand Prix yesterday. Hamilton extended his lead at the summit of the drivers’ championship from team-mate Nico Rosberg to a season-high 28 points after recording his sixth triumph of 2015. [...]
France defeat is huge World Cup wake-up call, says Haskell August 23, 2015 ENGLAND flanker James Haskell admits that his side were dealt a stark Rugby World Cup warning during their 25-20 defeat to France in Saturday’s warm-up clash. Late tries from replacement Danny Cipriani and centre Jonathan Joseph masked the remainder of the game in which France dominated as wing Yoann Huget dotted down and Frederic Michalak [...]
Hold on to your hats. It’s gonna be tough August 21, 2015 NEW YORK traders saw red yesterday as Wall Street endured one of the toughest days of 2015. The Dow Jones lost 358.04 points to 16,990.69 while Nasdaq shed 141.56 to close at 4,877.49. Spreadbetters here are forecasting the FTSE will open 65 points lower today.
Gap reports yet another round of disappointing profits for Q2 August 21, 2015 American apparel retailer Gap reported a fall in quarterly profit for the second consecutive quarter yesterday. The company said that it had been hit by a stronger dollar, shipment delays and weak sales. The company said net income fell by more than a third to $219m (£140m) or 52 cents per share, in the second [...]
Disney stocks tumble: ‘Frozen’ film maker feels the cold from Bernstein note August 21, 2015 Disney has had its stock downgraded for the second time this week by a major Wall Street research firm on concerns of declining television subscriptions. Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger downgraded Disney to “Market Perform” from “Outperform”, saying the US television industry is entering a period of “prolonged structural decline”.
