Delay to Olympic Stadium naming rights kick-off February 3, 2015 REBRANDING of the Olympic Stadium has been delayed and a naming rights partner for the east London venue is now not expected to take effect until next year. A blue-chip company had been tipped to buy naming rights by the end of last year, but a spokesperson for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park said a [...]
In numbers: Football’s January transfer window trends February 3, 2015 PREMIER LEAGUE V EUROPE If there is one sector in which the Premier League continually crushes its competition, it is the capacity to spend, spend, spend. Even in a quiet window, the English top-flight still spent more than double that of its closest competitor Serie A, whose clubs spent £66m, while Chelsea and Manchester City [...]
FA Cup: Van Gaal plots tilt at FA Cup as upstarts stifled February 3, 2015 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 0 MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal insists ending the club’s 11-year wait to lift the FA Cup is his priority this season after surviving an early scare to brush past League Two side Cambridge United last night. Goals from Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo and substitute James Wilson sealed United’s [...]
Lancaster hails Easter’s experience ahead of international comeback February 3, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster insists the experience of veteran No8 Nick Easter could prove pivotal as his side bid to make the perfect Six Nations start in Friday’s opener with Wales at the Millennium Stadium. Easter is among 25 players recalled ahead of the clash in Cardiff and is set to be named on [...]
FA Cup: Symons rues missed chance as Fulham’s Wembley dream dies February 3, 2015 FULHAM………………………………..1 SUNDERLAND……………………….3 FULHAM boss Kit Symons cited a disproportionate number of substandard performances as the defining reason for his side’s second-half capitulation and FA Cup exit to Premier League strugglers Sunderland last night. The hosts struck first through striker Hugo Rodallega – his 10th goal of the season – and led until keeper Marcus Bettinelli [...]
McIlroy ready for second round of £13m legal row February 3, 2015 GOLF world No1 Rory McIlroy’s legal dispute with his former management company is set to resume today in Dublin’s High Court after both parties reported making progress yesterday. McIlroy is suing Horizon Sports Management over what he argues were excessive fees during a period in which he signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike said [...]
Top City boss Martin Gilbert: Get a move on with London airport expansion February 2, 2015 Leading City figures – including the boss of a FTSE 100 company – are calling on the UK’s big political parties to make a quick decision on boosting London’s airport capacity. Nearly two-and-a-half years after the government set up a commission to look into the need for more runway space in the south east, politicians are [...]
Charities enter the city’s own Dragons’ Den February 2, 2015 THE CITY’S very own version of Dragons’ Den takes place today, with charities pitching to a tough crowd to win fundraising backing. In this case the “dragons” are Morgan Stanley’s 5,000-plus employees, who have been invited to choose which charity they will support for the next two years. The shortlist is Great Ormond Street Hospital [...]
Greek finance chief Yanis Varoufakis says debt deal will be done in days February 2, 2015 Greece’s finance minister yesterday hinted he had a solution to the struggling country’s looming debt crisis and expected a deal with creditors to be struck within days. Yanis Varoufakis unveiled a radical plan to restructure Greece’s debt as he went for talks at Downing Street and the City. He has no plans to write any of [...]
Miliband lashes out in war of words against Alliance Boots February 2, 2015 THE WAR of words between Labour and the business community raged on yesterday, as Ed Miliband used a televised debate to respond to criticisms made by executive chairman of Boots, Stefano Pessina. Answering questions from an audience of young voters, Miliband commented: “Yesterday the chairman of Boots started telling people how to vote in the [...]
