Australia finish summer with series triumph September 16, 2013 AUSTRALIA batsman Shane Watson hit his seventh one-day international hundred to earn the tourists a 49-run win over England in the ODI series decider at the Rose Bowl. Watson, batting at three, scored a magnificent 143 off 107 deliveries before being dismissed by the impressive Ben Stokes (5-61). However, Australia’s total of 298 all-out left [...]
Anti-homophobia laces issued September 16, 2013 FOOTBALL: Footballers are being urged to wear rainbow coloured laces this weekend in support of an anti-homophobia campaign. Gay rights charity Stonewall has sent laces to all 134 league clubs in England and Scotland as part of its Right Behind Gay Footballers drive.
Australia bans steroids for horses September 16, 2013 HORSE RACING: British racing chiefs have welcomed moves by Australia to ban all performance enhancing drugs. The law change comes into effect in May 2014 and removes an inconsistency with UK rules highlighted by the Godolphin doping controversy earlier this year.
Wood cited over stamping storm September 16, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Gloucester prop Nick Wood has been summoned to a disciplinary hearing tomorrow after being cited for an alleged stamp on Saracens flanker Jacques Burger. Wood faces a ban if found guilty in relation to the incident just 73 seconds into Sunday’s Premiership match.
Massa may trade places with Kimi September 16, 2013 FORMULA ONE: Ferrari’s Felipe Massa is considering replacing Kimi Raikkonen, the man set to take his seat next season, at Lotus. The Brazilian, who revealed he had also held talks with McLaren, said: “The Lotus has a competitive car, which is what I want.”
Larry Summers quits Fed race September 15, 2013 LARRY Summers, the leading US economist, last night spectacularly withdrew from the race to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. The move sent shockwaves through the financial markets, pushing down the dollar. Summers had been widely seen as President Barack Obama’s likely favourite, but had recently come under intense criticism, with over 400 [...]
UK head of Credit Suisse to oversee bank sales at UKFI September 15, 2013 THE SALE of the government’s stake in Lloyds and RBS will be led by the UK boss of Credit Suisse, the Treasury will announce this morning. James Leigh-Pemberton, who has led the British arm of the Swiss investment bank since 2008, will join UK Financial Investments next month, taking over from outgoing chief executive Jim [...]
Cable sets out plans for new director ban September 15, 2013 VINCE Cable will today announce new policies to punish company directors who step out of line, in a move his aides admit is partly targeted at the financial sector. The business secretary will tell the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow that company directors who have been banned in foreign countries will be automatically barred from [...]
Liberal Democrats split on state of the UK economy September 15, 2013 A MAJOR split over the economy among Liberal Democrat ministers was laid open last night, with Nick Clegg and Vince Cable revealing tension at the highest levels of the party. Deputy Prime Minister Clegg rubbished business secretary Cable’s idea of restricting the second part of the Help to Buy scheme – which will see [...]
Lehman crisis should have changed the world more than it did September 15, 2013 FIVE years ago, like every Sunday night, I was in the City A.M. newsroom, supervising the production of the newspaper. Traditionally, Sundays are a quieter day for business news: while there’s always lots to write about, there are few on-diary corporate announcements. Not that Sunday. It was the most manic day any business journalist can [...]
