World Cup delays in hands of the Gods December 5, 2013 THE STADIUM due to host the opening match of next summer’s World Cup will not be ready until mid-April at best, world football chief Sepp Blatter has admitted. The Fifa president said he was praying there would be no further delays to the Arena Conrinthians in Sao Paulo, which was damaged last week in a [...]
Football Comment: Moyes should be livid at United – it might just save his season December 5, 2013 ONE week you’re beating one of the Bundesliga’s finest 5-0, the next you’re losing at home to your old club. David Moyes must be as frustrated as anyone with Manchester United’s violent inconsistency. United under Moyes appeared to have turned a corner until Wednesday’s defeat to Everton, and he has to take some of the [...]
Uni pals set for European clash December 5, 2013 HARLEQUINS centre Matt Hopper is relishing the chance to finally go head to head with former Cardiff University mate turned British and Irish Lion Jamie Roberts in the Heineken Cup tomorrow. Roberts, who completed his medicine degree and joined French club Racing Metro this year, got his break with Cardiff when Hopper was captain of [...]
Two charged in match-fixing probe December 5, 2013 FOOTBALL: Non league footballers Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun have been charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with match-fixing. The pair play for Conference South side Whitehawk.
Dyson find for breaching Tour code December 5, 2013 GOLF: England’s Simon Dyson has been hit with a two-month suspended sentence and £30,00 fine by the European Tour for repairing a spike mark with his ball at the BMW Masters.
Sticky Toffees have the defensive durability to stifle Gunners’ firepower December 5, 2013 ONLY in their wildest dreams could Arsenal fans have anticipated their team’s stunning start to the season – and yet they look to have the stamina to keep going and challenge for the title. With just over a third of the campaign gone the league is beginning to settle down. Come May, they might not [...]
Take Planet Of Sound and Gullible Gordon against the field in Becher December 5, 2013 IT IS a huge shame that the public won’t see Sprinter Sacre tomorrow at Sandown Park in the BetVictor Tingle Creek Chase (3.00pm). Nicky Henderson’s stable star produced a dirty tracheal wash earlier in the week and although things have improved, connections aren’t willing to risk him. The race is much more open now and [...]
Keep working until you’re 70, Osborne says December 4, 2013 THE STATE pension age is set to rise to 70 after 2050, the chancellor will confirm in his Autumn Statement today. George Osborne will set out his plan for a “responsible recovery” and announce that the state pension age will change to reflect increased life expectancy. Retirement age will now be set according to the principle [...]
Departmental budgets cut by an extra £1bn a year December 4, 2013 THE CHANCELLOR will also announce cuts to government spending today, with an extra £1bn a year being shaved off departmental budgets over the next two years. There will be no cuts to health, education, international development, HMRC, local government or security services coffers, the Treasury confirmed last night. The Ministry of Defence will also be [...]
George Osborne may have just rediscovered the Laffer curve December 4, 2013 THERE has long been a debilitating tension at the heart of this government’s thinking on the economy. It has embraced supply-side economics in a limited number of areas, slashing corporation tax and the top rate of income tax to boost incentives, effort and investment, in the knowledge that the faster economic growth generated would mean [...]
