Murray through to last-eight August 15, 2013 TENNIS: World No2 Andy Murray moved into the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals last night with a 6-2, 6-2 win over France’s Julien Benneteau. Former world No1 Roger Federer recovered from a set down to beat Tommy Haas 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, while Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro also advanced.
Bartoli, 28, announces retirement August 15, 2013 TENNIS: Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, 28, has announced her retirement from the professional game due to persistent injury problems. The world No7 lost her second round match to 21-year-old Simona Halep at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Sackey signs for Harlequins August 15, 2013 RUGBY: Former England wing Paul Sackey has joined Aviva Premiership club Harlequins from Stade Francais. The 33-year-old scored 11 tries in 22 Test appearances for England and played in the 2007 World Cup.
Essex bring in opener Gambhir August 15, 2013 CRICKET: Essex have signed India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir until the end of the season.
United set for tough start at Liberty Staduim August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE SWANSEA vs MANCHESTER UNITED Tomorrow 5.30pm DAVID Moyes would love nothing more than to get his Manchester United Premier League managerial career off to a flyer with a win at the Liberty Stadium in tomorrow’s evening kick-off, but it’s certainly not going to be a walk in the park. [...]
Put your trust in City to win back the title August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE THE upcoming Premier League season is set to be one of the most open in recent memory with bookmakers struggling to split Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea at the head of the outright market. What is unusual is that the three leading fancies all have new managers who [...]
Top Tips from: Paddy Power August 15, 2013 THE Premier League kicks off again this weekend with the first match of the season seeing Liverpool take on Stoke. Issues around Suarez aside, Liverpool look in good shape and are clear favourites at 2/5. With two good goalkeepers it’s not set to be a goalfest, under 2.5 goals in the game is at evens. [...]
UK markets defy Carney August 14, 2013 MARK Carney, the Bank of England’s new governor, is increasingly failing to convince markets that he will keep rates on hold for three years. His new forward guidance and pledge that base rates would remain low for three years, a revolutionary shift announced last week, was meant to push down market rates to lower [...]
Fraud charges filed against boss of London Whale after $6bn loss August 14, 2013 THE LONDON based traders who lost JP Morgan more than $6bn (£3.9bn) were charged with wire fraud and conspiring to falsify accounts by the US authorities yesterday. Trader Bruno Iksil, nicknamed the London Whale, is not facing charges as he entered a plea agreement and gave prosecutors information on the trading losses. His supervisor Javier [...]
Eurozone starts to recover after 18 months of decline August 14, 2013 THE EURO area has finally emerged from recession after six consecutive quarters of painful economic decline, statistics from Brussels revealed yesterday. Initial estimates showed the single currency bloc’s GDP expanding by 0.3 per cent in the three months to the end of June. The data marks the first turnaround in the Eurozone’s fortunes since it embarked [...]
