Fifa slam Nobel Peace Centre in handshake row June 16, 2015 EMBATTLED football world governing body Fifa has criticised the Nobel Peace Centre for ending a co-operation agreement over their Handshake for Peace joint initiative. Fifa said it was not given advance notice of the Norway-based organisation’s decision, adding that the move impeded efforts towards fair play, peace and fighting discrimination. The Nobel Peace Centre, which [...]
Sandro facing unclear future June 16, 2015 QUEENS Park Rangers midfielder Sandro was last night facing an uncertain future as the Loftus Road club await the outcome of a Home Office inquiry to determine the Brazilian’s status. QPR have denied that Sandro, who joined the club for £6m from Tottenham in September, has been deported, despite the 26-year-old not holding a work [...]
Hales: Our new style is winning over supporters June 16, 2015 POWER-HITTING opener Alex Hales believes England’s new-found brand of attacking one-day cricket has turned the tide of public opinion in their favour after the dismay of slipping to a humiliating group-stage exit at the World Cup. Despite trailing New Zealand 2-1 in the five-match series heading into today’s penultimate fixture at Trent Bridge, England’s change [...]
France’s bastareaud reveals suicide attempt June 16, 2015 FRANCE centre Mathieu Bastareaud has revealed that he attempted suicide six years ago after lying about being assaulted during the 2009 tour of New Zealand. The 26-year-old Toulon back details in his forthcoming autobiography how heavy drinking led to an attempt on his own life. He said: “I took a big knife and slit my [...]
Royal Ascot 2015: Free Eagle to land another major prize for Dermot Weld June 16, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE PRINCE OF WALES’S AND QUEEN MARY STAKES There are plenty of good trainers in the UK and Ireland, but only a handful have managed to stay at the top of their game for a long period. Dermot Weld is one of them. The first European to win a race in [...]
Go loco when Acapulco scoots away from her rivals June 16, 2015 IF it is Dermot Weld who has changed the travelling habits of European trainers, then Wesley Ward holds the honour of chief U.S. ambassador to Royal Ascot. It was back in 2009 when he took this meeting by storm, becoming the first Stateside trainer to win at this historic event. He took the Windsor Castle [...]
Classy Ivawood to take the Jersey June 16, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE JERSEY AND DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE STAKES LAST week I had the pleasure of visiting Richard Hannon’s stable in Wiltshire and the one horse on virtually everyone’s lips was IVAWOOD who lines up in this afternoon’s Jersey Stakes (2.30pm). The son of Zebedee has yet to visit the winner’s enclosure in three [...]
Integral hard to beat but get on Rizeena each-way June 16, 2015 When Sir Michael Stoute’s Integral waltzed away with last year’s renewal of the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (3.40pm), she did so in the style of a filly who looked more than able to mix it up with the very best of the boys over a mile. And one year on, the Cheveley Park Stud-owned mare [...]
Our verdict June 16, 2015 Since the Eurozone crisis began unfolding back in 2009, investors have been cautious about the region. This was understandable, given that it lurched from crisis to crisis every week, and Portugal’s, Greece’s and Ireland’s economies all had to be propped up with multi-billion euro rescue plans. Italy, Spain and France have also been a cause [...]
Simple ways to save your heirs from an inheritance tax headache June 16, 2015 Nearly 10 per cent of deaths will be subject to inheritance tax (IHT) by 2018-19, up from 4.8 per cent in 2013-14, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. Originally designed to only be levied on the very richest, a combination of rising house prices and successive governments’ failure to substantially lift the threshold at [...]
