Taylor U-turn over retirement January 2, 2013 DARTS: PDC World Champion Phil Taylor has backtracked on talk of retiring following his 16th world title. The 52-year-old had planned to quit at 55 but said: “I’m going to see how I feel over the next two or three years. If I feel okay at 55 then I will carry on.”
Hunt replaces Yates at Team Sky January 2, 2013 CYCLING: Team Sky have appointed Dan Hunt as their new sports director, replacing Sean Yates. Hunt, who led Great Britain to gold in the team pursuit at last year’s Olympics, was part of Team Sky in 2010, before leaving for British Cycling. He replaces Yates, who quit the sport in October after helping Bradley Wiggins [...]
No1 Djokovic in shock Aussie loss January 2, 2013 TENNIS: Defending champion Novak Djokovic suffered a setback to his Australian Open preparations as he fell to a shock straight sets loss to Bernard Tomic yesterday. The world No1 went down 6-4, 6-4 to the 20-year-old Australian at the Hopman Cup. Djokovic recovered to win in the mixed doubles with Ana Ivanovic, taking Serbia top [...]
Fury targeting Klitschko bout January 2, 2013 BOXING: British heavyweight Tyson Fury wants to fight WBO champion Vitali Klitschko. The Manchester-based boxer’s camp believe Fury is ready to fight at the top level, and hope a fight would happen in March.
Spend a month on the wagon as a dryathlete January 2, 2013 NOW that Movember has moved on and Stoptober has passed, Cancer Research UK is challenging thirsty City folk to go dry during January. For those who can’t quite stomach the prospect of a whole month on the wagon, a “golden pass” is a liquid lifeline which grants the bearer 24 guilt-free hours on the sauce. [...]
Accidental bidding at Coutts auction for ambulance charity January 2, 2013 PRIVATE bank Coutts finished 2012 by writing one very large cheque – having raised over £50,000 for the London Air Ambulance charity in the last 12 months. Staff handed over £51,705 to the trauma charity – after fundraising activities including a comedy night, treasure hunt, abseil and auction. But The Capitalist hears that one new [...]
Lamprell soars as crucial debt waiver agreed January 2, 2013 SHARES in rig maker Lamprell jumped more than 20 per cent in trading yesterday, as the beleaguered engineering firm agreed waivers to its banking covenants. The London-listed company, which issued five profit warnings last year, was due to have its debt facilities tested on 31 December. Lamprell said yesterday that it had finished the year [...]
IMIC confirms Afferro approach January 2, 2013 BIDDING for junior stockmarket-listed Afferro Mining hotted up yesterday, as fellow AIM-listed International Mining & Infrastructure Corporation (IMIC) confirmed that it had approached the miner with regards to a possible takeover offer. IMIC has proposed an offer at between 115p and 140p for each Afferro share, which would value the iron ore miner at around [...]
ArcelorMittal disposes of $1.1bn stake in Canadian iron ore unit January 2, 2013 STEELMAKER ArcelorMittal said yesterday it would sell a 15 per cent stake in a Canadian mine operator to an Asian consortium led by South Korean POSCO and Taiwan-listed China Steel in a deal worth $1.1bn (£674m). Through the stake in ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, the consortium will acquire the Labrador Trough iron ore mining and infrastructure [...]
Production begins at BP’s Skarv January 2, 2013 Oil major BP has kicked off production at the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. Skarv, which is offshore the west coast of Norway, has an estimated recovery of around 100m barrels of oil and more than 1.5 trillion cubic feet of gas, according to BP. The field, which will ramp up output in the [...]
