Marsh: Aussies will relish fight June 22, 2015 AUSTRALIA batsman Shaun Marsh insists his side will match their rivals’ brand of aggressive cricket in a bid to end their Ashes woe in English conditions. Marsh is fighting for his place at the top of the Australian batting order having averaged 28 in their two-Test series in the West Indies last month, while opener [...]
Golf Comment: Greens weren’t perfect but that’s okay, champions make best of it June 22, 2015 YOU COULDN’T have asked for a better US Open. It was links golf to a tee and throughly enjoyable to watch as the extremity of the Chambers Bay course saw the lead change hands again and again. I had to feel for Dustin Johnson after he missed out on a first Major title and then [...]
Wowen’s World Cup: England reach last eight with historic victory June 22, 2015 NORWAY 1 ENGLAND 2 ENGLAND made history last night as Mark Sampson’s side reached the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup with their first ever victory in a knockout match at the tournament. Full-back Lucy Bronze proved the match-winner with a stunning late strike after skipper Steph Houghton had earlier cancelled out Norway’s opener from [...]
West Ham handed Lusitans tie: know your Andorran part-timers June 22, 2015 WEST Ham have been pitted against Andorran minnows FC Lusitans in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. New manager Slaven Bilic’s first competitive game is set to take place at Upton Park on 2 July, with the second leg a week later in Andorra. Here are five key things to know about FC Lusitans. [...]
It’s not just official sponsors feeling a boost from 2015 Rugby World Cup factor June 22, 2015 Sport tour operator Gullivers expecting an uplift from this year’s tournament With an estimated 466,000 international visitors flocking to England for this year’s Rugby World Cup, companies with an interest in rugby do not necessarily need to have their names brandished on every stadium’s advertising boards to reap the benefits. Take Gullivers Sports [...]
Greece on the brink ahead of crisis talks June 22, 2015 Greece faces bankruptcy and capital controls within days if Eurozone finance ministers fail to strike a bailout deal at an emergency meeting in Brussels today, the chairwoman of Greece’s largest bank has warned. Louka Katseli, chair of the National Bank of Greece, told City A.M. that without a deal Athens risked a technical default before [...]
George Osborne insists £12bn in welfare cuts will go ahead June 22, 2015 Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has said that he will push ahead with plans to cut £12bn in welfare spending, despite previous reports that Conservative party campaign promises would be reined in under the new government. Writing with work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith in The Sunday Times, Osborne said that he would [...]
Solstice crowds seek Stonehenge June 22, 2015 MORE than 23,000 people descended on the neolithic Stonehenge site yesterday to celebrate the Summer solstice – the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. While some revellers would be just happy that the weather was settled for the 4:52am sunrise, some lucky attendees were allowed to touch the [...]
Top UK business figures Helena Morrissey and Mark Littlewood back calls for EU reform or Brexit June 22, 2015 Several top UK business leaders have backed a new report from Business for Britain (BfB) which states that if Britain cannot establish a new relationship within the EU, it should prosper outside it. Helena Morrissey, of Newton Investment Management and Mark Littlewood, director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, are among the BfB members [...]
Borealis Infrastructure putting together new Severn Trent bid June 21, 2015 Canada’s Borealis Infrastructure is in the early stages of launching a takeover bid for British utility firm Severn Trent. The investment vehicle previously bid for the FTSE 100 water company in May 2013, as part of the LongRiver Partners consortium which also included the Kuwait Investment Office and UK pension fund the Universities Superannuation Scheme. [...]
