Murray’s had best year yet says Henman June 8, 2015 FORMER Wimbledon favourite Tim Henman believes Britain’s Andy Murray has made the best start to a year in his career and is second only to world No1 Novak Djokovic in the SW19 running this month. Murray lost to Djokovic in an epic French Open semi-final on Saturday but has already won his first clay court [...]
Pistorius out of jail three months before murder acquittal appeal June 8, 2015 PARALYMPIC superstar Oscar Pistorius is due to be released on parole in August after serving just 10 months of a five-year sentence for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. South African doubleamputee athlete Pistorius is likely to be placed under house arrest when released from a Pretoria prison on 21 August. A state [...]
Bilic the favourite as West Ham prepare to announce new boss June 8, 2015 WEST Ham expect to appoint a new manager by tomorrow at the latest, with former Hammers defender Slaven Bilic widely considered the favourite to succeed Sam Allardyce. The club took the unusual step yesterday of confirming that an appointment was imminent, following days of intensive talks, and indicating that it would come in the next [...]
Compton targets England recall June 8, 2015 Middlesex batsman tells Ross McLean how hopes of Test return burn brightly THE embryonic stages of the cricket season may well have been dominated by Kevin Pietersen’s bid to revive his England career, but the maverick performer is not the sole South Africa-born batsman striving to end an international exile and earn a Test recall. [...]
Golf Comment: Swedes flourishing as thoughts turn to US Open June 8, 2015 IT’S BEEN quite a week for European golf, with players from this side of the Atlantic monopolising the top three places at the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial Tournament. Sweden’s David Lingmerth produced a pretty ballsy performance to beat Major winner Justin Rose in a lengthy play-off and scoop the biggest win of his short career. Englishman [...]
Morgan plans ODI revolution June 8, 2015 SKIPPER Eoin Morgan believes England’s one-day clash against World Cup finalists New Zealand at Edgbaston today represents the first step on the long route to a brighter limited-overs future. The 28-year-old led England to a dismal group-stage exit at the World Cup in March but has a new-look squad at his disposal. Morgan said: “For [...]
Deutsche Bank bosses Anshu Jain and Jurgen Fitschen bow to pressure and quit June 7, 2015 Deutsche’s co-chief executives quit the global banking giant yesterday, bowing to mounting legal wranglings and shareholder pressure. Indian-born Anshu Jain, 52, will step down at the end of this month and co-chief executive Jurgen Fitschen, 66, will leave next May. British banker John Cryan, former UBS finance chief and current Deutsche board member, will become [...]
British business expects economy to bounce back June 7, 2015 BRITAIN’S biggest business body said today that it believes the economy will grow healthily for the remainder of the year, after stalling in the first three months. To the surprise of most economists, the UK economy grew by just 0.3 per cent from January to March, its slowest rate since 2012. If it continued expanding [...]
Cameron sends more troops to Iraq to join counter-Isis efforts June 7, 2015 MORE BRITISH troops will be sent to Iraq in the coming weeks, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking at a meeting of the leaders of the G7 nations in Germany, Cameron said yesterday that he had authorised 125 additional UK personnel to join the efforts against Isis, also known as the Islamic State, in [...]
Liz Kendall loses more ground in Labour leadership contest June 7, 2015 The race to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader is narrowing, with the betting markets showing increased support for Yvette Cooper and waning interest in Liz Kendall. Andy Burnham remains the frontrunner according to the major odds-makers. But Ladbrokes said yesterday that Cooper’s price had contracted in recent days, from as long as 11/2 to [...]
