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Goode hands England lift as Saracens christen new home January 27, 2013 SARACENS’ new ground was not the only thing getting the thumbs-up from forwards coach Alex Sanderson yesterday, who insisted fit-again full-back Alex Goode showed just why he could be so crucial to England’s Six Nations campaign. Sarries began life on their artificial pitch at Allianz Park with a 19-11 LV= Cup victory over Cardiff Blues. [...]
Benitez: Three games enough for Hazard ban January 27, 2013 BRENTFORD 2 vs CHELSEA 2 CHELSEA manager Rafael Benitez last night confirmed the club’s opposition to Football Association plans to extend Eden Hazard’s three-match ban for an altercation with a ball boy. Benitez spoke after a late equaliser from Fernando Torres spared the European champions a hugely embarrassing FA Cup fourth-round defeat at League One [...]
Hurricane Fly hat-trick in Dublin January 27, 2013 Hurricane Fly recorded a hat-trick of Irish Champion Hurdle victories at Leopardstown yesterday, boosting hopes that the nine year-old can win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on 12 March.
England call up Six Nations cover January 27, 2013 Sale prop Henry Thomas and Harlequins wing Ugo Monye have been called up to train with the England squad following knee injuries to Alex Corbisiero and Freddie Burns. Corbisiero and Burns are set to miss at least the first two matches of the Six Nations, against Scotland and Ireland.
First European Tour win for Wood January 27, 2013 England’s Chris Wood won his first European Tour title at this weekend’s Qatar Masters, beating George Coetzee by one stroke. “There’s an enormous weight lifted off my shoulders,” Wood said. “I feel like I can go on and win more.”
European banks to repay ECB crisis cash early January 25, 2013 Banks that received loans to keep them afloat during the Eurozone crisis will repay more than €130bn (£111bn) of loans to the European Central Bank (ECB) next week in a sign that parts of the financial system are returning to health. The ECB made more than €1 trillion of cheap three-year loans to banks to [...]
FTSE 100 flat after hitting multi-year highs January 25, 2013 The leading share index was flat in this morning’s trading, after the FTSE 100 hit its highest level in almost five years yesterday, giving London its best start to the trading year since 1989. The blue chip index surged past the 6,200 level, closing up just over one per cent at 6,264.91 last night. But [...]
UK economy contracted 0.3 per cent in fourth quarter January 25, 2013 GDP shrank in the fourth quarter of last year, adding to fears that the economy is headed for a triple-dip recession. In its preliminary estimate this morning, the Office for National Statistics said that the economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in the final three months of the year, as lower output from the North [...]
Snow hits John Lewis sales January 25, 2013 Retailer John Lewis this morning cautioned that heavy snowfall across the country last week hit sales. Sales rose 6.7 per cent to £59.5m in the week to January 19, slipping back from growth of 18.9 per cent the week previously – the first full week of their clearance sale. Simon Russell, director of retail operations [...]
Platinum output tumbles at Anglo American January 25, 2013 Global miner Anglo American’s platinum production sank 29 per cent over the fourth quarter, due to the strikes that crippled the company last year. The miner said this morning that 272,590 ounces of platinum production were lost over the quarter as a result of the strikes and subsequent ramp-up of operations at the Rustenberg, Amandelbult [...]
