Holders Bayern are beatable, insists Pellegrini October 1, 2013 CONFIDENT Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes his team can take a giant stride towards qualification to the Champions League knockout stage tonight by earning three points against holders Bayern Munich. Bayern added the Bundesliga title and domestic cup to their trophy cabinet as well last term and are currently unbeaten in 10 matches under [...]
Moyes still has sights set on European glory October 1, 2013 MANCHESTER United boss David Moyes insists his side is equipped to challenge for the Champions League, despite their stuttering start to the season. United have recorded just a solitary win in their last five Premier League matches. Moyes takes his side to Shakhtar Donetsk tonight where no English team has ever won, but is adamant [...]
Farah nominated for elite award October 1, 2013 ATHLETICS: Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has been shortlisted for the 2013 World Athlete of the Year award in recognition of his 5,000m and 10,000m victories at the World Championships in August.
Three brothers in World Cup squad October 1, 2013 RUGBY LEAGUE: World Cup hosts England have included three brothers in their 24-man squad. Twins George and Tom Burgess are joined by older brother Sam, however eldest sibling Luke misses out.
Robson suffers second round exit October 1, 2013 TENNIS: British No1 Laura Robson suffered a comprehensive second round defeat at the China Open yesterday, losing 6-1, 6-2 to world No9 Angelique Kerber of Germany.
Government shutdown: US political dysfunction is worse than you think October 1, 2013 THE PREDICTABILITY of what is unfolding following the US government shutdown approaches tragedy, but ends in farce. The much-maligned Republican Party is almost entirely right on the merits of doing away with Barack Obama’s healthcare programme (Obamacare has been the key sticking point in the fruitless negotiations over the budget). Already this many-headed monster is [...]
Against the Grain: Why the psychology of crisis may explain Russia’s future growth trajectory October 1, 2013 THE PERFORMANCE of the Bric economies over the past decade or so has been mixed. Russian growth, though impressive by Western standards, has lagged behind that of both India and China – which have themselves experienced a recent relative slowdown. Russia’s underperformance, however, has been particularly noticeable since 2008. I got an insight into the [...]
Unconditional welfare failed but work for the dole is hard to deliver October 1, 2013 BOTH work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith and chancellor George Osborne have announced that some sort of “workfare” programme will soon become a reality in the UK, albeit with differences in the details. Osborne spoke of requiring long-term recipients of Jobseekers’ Allowance to participate in community work programmes. Duncan Smith announced a pilot scheme [...]
Letters to the Editor – 02/10 – Socialist Miliband, Italian election law, Best of Twitter October 1, 2013 Socialist Miliband [Re: The Tories are failing to find a market response to Ed Miliband’s anti-capitalism, yesterday] Ed Miliband will find it difficult to force a paradigm shift along the lines of Thatcher or Atlee. First, his policies are not revolutionary in themselves – even if the result would be incremental steps towards more state [...]
Top tips to save on energy this winter October 1, 2013 Annabel Palmer on the simple ways households can cut costs LABOUR leader Ed Miliband thrust energy into the spotlight last week when he announced that, should he win the 2015 election, he will freeze prices for 20 months. Despite energy firms noting that this would prevent crucial investment, he claims that it would save a [...]
