Victorious Murray revels in Grand Slam nerves May 25, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray admitted he thrived on the nervous tension before breezing through to the second round of the French Open with a commanding victory over Argentine qualifier Facundo Arguello yesterday. Third seed Murray was rarely troubled by world No139 Arguello during his straight-sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 success, dispatching his opponent in one hour and [...]
Strauss ready to name Bayliss as new head coach May 25, 2015 ENGLAND are set to appoint Trevor Bayliss as their new head coach after the Australian emerged as director of cricket Andrew Strauss’s preferred candidate to succeed the sacked Peter Moores. Yorkshire’s county championship-winning coach Jason Gillespie was believed to be the frontrunner for the position after holding productive talks with Strauss last week, but he [...]
Pavey gamble pays dividend May 25, 2015 BRITAIN’S Jo Pavey admitted the reward outweighed the risk after overcoming illness to claim the British 10km road title in London yesterday. The 41-year-old European 10,000m champion was sick overnight and only decided to compete after warming up, but surged home ahead of second-placed Rebecca Murray in a time of 32 minutes and 56 seconds. [...]
Mourinho talks up winning habit and enjoys Chelsea’s title parade May 25, 2015 JUBILANT Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho urged supporters who lined the streets of south west London for the club’s Premier League trophy parade yesterday to prepare for a repeat next summer. Thousands of Blues fans turned out to see the champions take to three open-topped buses 24 hours after they beat Sunderland 3-1 in their final [...]
Golf Comment: New star is born as flawless An coolly claims life-changing win May 25, 2015 A NEW star was born at Wentworth on Sunday when 23-year-old South Korean Byeong-hun An became only the third debutant to claim victory at the BMW PGA Championship. For someone so young and in his first season on the European Tour to handle the pressure of leading at the flagship event on the last day [...]
National rail strike called off: Bank holiday train misery averted but London Underground poised for more industrial action May 21, 2015 Britons breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as unions called off a 24-hour bank holiday strike that threatened to bring the country’s rail network to a standstill. But fresh calls for industrial action – this time over rostering and pay for night-time Underground services from September – point to a growing union revolt against [...]
IPOs back on: Goldman takes Equiniti to market May 21, 2015 One of the UK’s biggest outsourcing companies Equiniti has appointed Goldman Sachs for a £1bn-plus float in London later this year, underscoring the renewed appetite for initial public offerings (IPOs) after the General Election. The company is hoping to issue shares worth between £400m and £500m in the offering, which could value the business at [...]
Tesco keeps clawback of Clarke’s pay-off in sight May 21, 2015 TESCO said yesterday that it could still claw back a £1.5m pay-off made to former chief executive Philip Clarke if new evidence of misconduct during his time at the retailer came to light. Tesco was forced to suspend its own internal probe into practices that led the company overstating profits by £263m when the Serious [...]
Judge in haste and repent at leisure – Editor’s Letter May 21, 2015 News lives in the now. Sprinting from drama to drama, we rarely have the leisure to turn and look back. But sometimes a clear picture only comes into focus with the help of hindsight. This week provided two instructive examples. First, a report marking the 10-year anniversary of the liberalisation of Britain’s antiquated drinking [...]
Investors demand more from management at Deutsche Bank May 21, 2015 INVESTORS have called foul on Deutsche Bank’s latest management shake-up, demanding further changes to the firm if it is going to meet its cost-cutting targets and increase earnings. Deutsche said on Wednesday night that it had fired some executives and re-arranged responsibilities among its senior management, putting co-chief executive Anshu Jain in charge of a [...]
