United progress after surviving Ajax scare February 23, 2012 MANCHESTER UTD 1 vs AJAX 2 MANCHESTER UNITED defender Phil Jones admitted his side were guilty of complacency after they sneaked into the last 16 of the Europa League despite losing at home against Ajax last night. United looked set for a comfortable evening when Javier Hernandez clinically opened the scoring after just six minutes, [...]
KYRAN BRACKEN’S PRE-MATCH VIEW February 23, 2012 SO FAR, SO GOOD England coach Stuart Lancaster should be very happy with his two wins so far because those opening games were banana skins. One loss would have been a disaster, no matter how they had played. There’s been criticism of their style but it’s a new team; they’ve only had a few weeks [...]
Spurs better than Arsenal, admits Henry February 23, 2012 ARSENAL great Thierry Henry admits Tottenham have turned the tables on their rivals ahead of Sunday’s crunch north London derby. Spurs look safe bets to finish in the top three while the Gunners are in a desperate four-way scrap to snatch the last Champions League spot. Henry said: “For years we’ve been used to being [...]
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR DIVERS DALEY AND WATERFIELD February 23, 2012 BRITAIN’S Olympic poster boy Tom Daley and his partner Peter Waterfield disappointed in front of a partisan crowd at the London Aquatics Centre last night after they finished seventh in the 10m synchronised dive at the Fina World Cup. In the women’s 3m individual springboard competition, Rebecca Gallantree secured Great Britain a place in the [...]
Stoke crash out of Europe February 23, 2012 FOOTBALL Stoke City exited the Europa League at the last 32 stage following a 1-0 defeat in Valencia last night. Jonas scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half to hand the Spaniards a 2-0 aggregate victory.
Hook to miss England crunch February 23, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Fly-half James Hook is out of Wales’ Triple Crown bid against England on Saturday with chicken pox
Capita lifted by its strong order book February 23, 2012 A STRING of contract wins and a buoyant sales market are making outsourcing giant Capita confident of better growth prospects this year, after a six per cent profits rise for 2011 underpinned by acquisitions. Capita, which runs contact centres and customer services for customers such as BBC TV licensing, The Pension Services and the Criminal [...]
Go-Ahead banks on the Olympics for a boost over summer February 23, 2012 RAIL and bus group Go-Ahead is hoping the Olympics will boost its takings, after the firm posted a 13 per cent fall in half-year profits to £44m partly due to one-off costs. Go-Ahead said its focus on “more vibrant urban areas” is continuing to build passenger numbers, shown by its “robust” six per cent revenue [...]
London 2012 IMAGE OF THE WEEK February 23, 2012 TEST EVENT | DIVING Maria Betancourt of Venezuela competes in the women’s 10m platform preliminary event at the FINA Diving World Cup this week, the first time the Olympic Aquatics Centre has been used for a major sporting event. Photo: AFP PHOTO/Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Between now and the start of the Olympics, City A.M. is publishing [...]
CITY VIEWS: DO YOU THINK THE TAXPAYER WILL EVER PROFIT FROM ITS INVESTMENT IN RBS? February 23, 2012 CHRIS HUGHES | LEE BOLTON MONIER-WILLIAMS “The taxpayer has to profit from its investment in RBS. If it doesn’t, it will be politically unacceptable. The taxpayer will simply have to sit on the shares for as long as is necessary.” GREG BEEVORS | CLOSE BROTHERS “Eventually, I think it is possible the taxpayer will profit. [...]
