Cricket Comment: Coaches to blame if England are unprepared December 10, 2013 MAYBE there’s an element of complacency to England’s woeful Ashes – clearly Australia are more hungry; to a man, desperate to win – but the biggest factor looks to be that they have been badly prepared. As unsettling and consistent as Mitchell Johnson has been, it was no secret he was bowling straight and fast. [...]
Champions League: Moyes dreams of European glory as United relocate winning touch December 10, 2013 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 vs SHAKHTAR DONETSK 0 MANCHESTER United boss David Moyes insists his target is to win the Champions League after his side eased the pressure on him by qualifying for the knockout stage as group winners. A second-half volley from midfielder Phil Jones killed Shakhtar Donetsk’s hopes of progressing and prevented United falling [...]
FA: Fixing no big issue but we’re not complacent December 10, 2013 FOOTBALL Association general secretary Alex Horne insists fixing in sport is “not a big issue” but has warned against complacency following a spate of arrests. Horne was among representatives from five major sports, also including cricket, rugby union and league and horse racing, who attended an emergency summit held by Culture Secretary Maria Miller yesterday. [...]
We’re best in group but don’t expect the cup, says Mourinho December 10, 2013 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has called on his team to justify their billing as the best team in Champions League Group E by clinching top spot tonight. The Blues will open the door for Basel to overtake them if they fail to beat bottom club Steaua Bucharest at Stamford Bridge. “We are the best team [...]
Snow result December 10, 2013 JUVENTUS are due to resume their decisive final Champions League group game against Galatasaray at 12 noon today after last night’s match was abandoned due to blizzards in Istanbul. The teams were called off after 32 minutes with the score 0-0. The Turkish team must win to deny the Italians – and Gianluigi Buffon (above) [...]
Anglo-Welsh tournament backed December 10, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Former Wales captain Ryan Jones has backed calls for the four regions to form a competition with English clubs instead of taking part in the Heineken Cup. Talks with Welsh chiefs are set for today, and Jones said: “I’ve said for years a British league would be absolutely fantastic.”
Vettel fury at double points rule December 10, 2013 FORMULA ONE: World champion Sebastian Vettel has labelled new rules offering double points at the season’s final race “absurd”. The German added: “This punishes those who have worked hard for a whole season.”
Carney: Let the good times roll December 9, 2013 BANK of England governor Mark Carney has hit back at suggestions that the economy could be trapped at a permanently lower rate of growth, painting a promising picture of the outlook for the UK. “For the first time in a long time it seems reasonable to expect the hopes and dreams of the holiday season [...]
Lloyds offloads St James’s stake as sell-off looms December 9, 2013 LLOYDS is selling its final stake in insurance firm St James’s Place for around £695m, the bank revealed yesterday, fulfilling a key part of its plan to focus on UK retail banking. The slimmed-down model is part of the bank’s privatisation plan – the government sold a five per cent stake in September for £3.2bn, [...]
The neo-Malthusian perma-bears will be proved wrong again December 9, 2013 THERE is a view, rather fashionable in economics at the moment, that the Western economies are facing long-term stagnation. The reason cited by the pessimists is that – in their view – technological innovation and progress have ground to a halt. The argument generally goes something like this: the real, massive innovations – plumbing, the [...]
