Klitschko talks delay Haye retirement October 11, 2011 FORMER heavyweight champion David Haye could postpone his anticipated retirement for one last fight against WBC title holder Vitali Klitschko, according to the Ukrainian’s promoter. Londoner Haye, who lost to Klitschko’s brother Wladimir in July, looked set to hang up his gloves after telling governing body the BBBC he did not want to renew his [...]
St Andrews to host 2015 Open October 11, 2011 GOLF: St Andrews has been named as the host venue for the 2015 Open Championship. The 144th Open will take place from July 16 – 19 at the Old Course, which last staged the tournament in 2010 when South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen won by seven shots.
NBA cancels first two weeks October 11, 2011 BASKETBALL: A row between players and team owners over revenue share and salary caps has resulted in the cancellation of the first two weeks of the NBA regular season. Representatives from the players’ union and the teams’ owners met yesterday for extensive talks, but afterwards, NBA commissioner David Stern described the two sides as “very [...]
GB women gymnasts thrive October 11, 2011 OLYMPICS: Great Britain’s women achieved their best-ever result as they finished fifth at the World Gymnastics team final in Tokyo. “We’ve been training so hard and the qualification [where Britain scraped into the final in eighth place] was really tense for us,” said Beth Tweddle, who performed strongly on the bars in the team final.
Tuilagi set for Leicester talks October 11, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Disgraced England centre Manu Tuilagi is set for crunch talks with his club Leicester Tigers with regards to his future conduct, following his now infamous ferry leap in Auckland. “We will sit down with him and take in the need to protect the image of the game,” said Tigers’ chief operating officer Simon Cohen.
US deadlock fear in China currency row October 11, 2011 SENATORS in Washington last night voted through a bill that would allow the US to punish China for undervaluing its currency, amid fears of a trade war. The bill, passed by 63 to 35 in the Democrat-led Senate with the help of nine Republican votes, was designed to encourage China to let its currency rise [...]
Mothercare boss leaves after downturn in sales October 11, 2011 NEW MOTHERCARE chairman Alan Parker has swung the axe at the retailer, dispensing of the services of chief executive Ben Gordon. Gordon is leaving the company after a string of disappointing results, the company announced yesterday. He will be stepping down when the retailer releases its interim results on 17 November. The search for a [...]
BlackBerry hit by second day of data outages October 11, 2011 A SERVER in Slough yesterday caused a second day of misery for BlackBerry users from South Africa to Chile. Customers were forced to go without data services after the problems that caused outages throughout Monday resurfaced at around 11.45am yesterday. Users across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Brazil, Chile and Argentina all had to go [...]
US earnings season makes a rocky start October 11, 2011 QUARTERLY earnings season in the United States kicked off under a cloud yesterday, as Alcoa profit growth was lower than expected and a top New York official said that Wall Street should brace for lower bonuses and job cuts. Alcoa, the largest US aluminium producer and the first Dow component to report results, said slowing [...]
Shares slide at Robert Walters as UK fees fall October 11, 2011 RECRUITMENT consultant Robert Walters saw its shares slide almost six per cent yesterday after it said its net fees from its core UK market fell four per cent to £12.1m in the past quarter. Robert Walters said the company’s net fees were £48m in the third quarter, eight per cent higher in constant currency than [...]
