McDowell reveals he considered retirement June 17, 2015 FORMER US Open champion Graeme McDowell has admitted wrestling with thoughts of premature retirement as he prepares to begin his tilt at winning the Major for a second time today. McDowell, 35, who triumphed at Pebble Beach five years ago, revealed he has considered his golfing future amid wavering form – no top-25 finishes in [...]
Saracens drawn against Toulouse and old enemy Ulster in Europe June 17, 2015 SARACENS boss Mark McCall has welcomed another showdown with Ulster after the teams were drawn together in the pool stage of the European Rugby Champions Cup. The two teams, who met at the quarter-final stage in 2013 and 2014, are joined in Pool 1 by four-time winners Toulouse and fellow French Top 14 side Oyonnax. [...]
Expect even Moore magic from Ryan on Dissolution June 17, 2015 RYAN Moore couldn’t have asked for a better start to the Royal meeting after landing a hat-trick on day one and another two wins yesterday. Tuesday’s ride on Clondaw Warrior was one of the finest you will ever see in the Ascot Stakes. It helps when you have an embarrassment of riches with whom few [...]
You couldn’t Make It Up if Capel Path wins Britannia June 17, 2015 THE Britannia Handicap (5.00pm) is always one of the toughest battles of the entire week and the bookies have had the better of the argument recently. Fast Or Free was a winning favourite for William Haggas and Ryan Moore in 2012, but there have been four winners priced 20/1 or bigger in the past eight [...]
Royal Ascot 2015: Anyone else fancy a Trip To Paris? June 17, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE GOLD CUP AND TERCENTENARY STAKES Trainer Dermot Weld will walk the course this morning to decide whether the ground is safe enough to allow favourite Forgotten Rules to take his chance in this afternoon’s Gold Cup (4.20pm). The lightly-raced five-year-old son of Nayef has had well-documented problems with his [...]
Keep the winnings ticking over with Time Test June 17, 2015 HER Majesty The Queen fields Peacock in this afternoon’s Tercentenary Stakes (3.05pm) and it would be lovely to see a royal winner at Ascot this year. The son of 2009 Queen Anne Stakes victor Paco Boy finished only 1½ lengths behind Investec Derby hero Golden Horn in Newmarket’s Feilden Stakes. He then followed that up [...]
How to be more mindful: Some easy techniques June 17, 2015 You don’t need to set aside hours every day to take up meditation. Few will have missed the mindfulness zeitgeist. Employers from Google and Goldman Sachs to TfL are backing this Buddhist-inspired technique, which essentially promotes “awareness”, or the ability to focus on the present moment, as a way to reduce stress. But if your [...]
David Cameron gets a bloody nose as rebel Tory backbenchers flex their muscles over EU referendum bill June 16, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron avoided an embarrassing parliamentary defeat last night, but only after Labour decided to abstain from a key vote. More than two dozen Conservative backbenchers rebelled over rules surrounding an EU referendum that Cameron has promised will take place before the end of 2017. A cross-party combination including 27 Tory rebels and [...]
Ofcom kicks off decade of Royal Mail probes June 16, 2015 ROYAL Mail’s investors should prepare for a decade of regulatory reviews, a leading analyst warned yesterday, after Ofcom launched a “fundamental” investigation into the privatised British postal service. “[Telecoms company] BT gets reviewed all the time – this is how the world works for former government-owned monopolies,” said Shore Capital’s Martin Brown. “If you’re a [...]
Tom Hayes Libor-rigging trial: Broking market described as the Wild West June 16, 2015 The former trader on trial for alleged interest rate rigging described the broking market he worked in as being like the “Wild West” in court yesterday. Former UBS and Citigroup yen derivatives trader Tom Hayes told the court that the market had no rules and relationships in the sector relied on lavish entertainment. [...]
