Vettel in no hurry to seal successful title defence September 22, 2011 DEFENDING champion Sebastian Vettel could clinch back-to-back titles in Singapore this weekend but the German insists he is in no hurry to put the seal on another season of glory. A maiden win at Marina Bay coupled with off days for nearest challengers Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Mark Webber would be sufficient for runaway [...]
THE BREAKDOWN | WORLD CUP BRIEFS September 22, 2011 MURRAY IN SUNDAYS PLEA Scotland prop Euan Murray has called for Sunday matches to be removed form the calendar for religious reasons. Murray, a Christian, has elected to sit out this weekend’s crunch Pool B clash with Argentina because of his faith. He said: “I don’t see why there have to be games on Sundays. [...]
No Ashes Tests for Headingley September 22, 2011 CRICKET: The Oval, Lord’s, Trent Bridge, Old Trafford, and the Riverside in Durham will host the 2013 Ashes Tests, it was announced yesterday. The latter two will be replaced by Edgbaston and Cardiff’s Swalec Stadium for the 2015 series. Headingley and the Rose Bowl feature only in one-day international against Australia.
Wiggins wants Tour over gold September 22, 2011 CYCLING: Britain’s Bradley Wiggins admits he will jeopardise his London 2012 chances by prioritising the Tour de France. Wiggins, who has three Olympic golds, is still to decide between track and road at the Games. “As big as the Olympics are, being in London, it’s kind of ‘been there, done that’,” he said. “It’d be [...]
Rookie Lewis toils on pro debut September 22, 2011 GOLF: Welshman Liam Bond goes into the second day of the Austrian Open as the surprise leader after English rookie Tom Lewis endured a difficult baptism. Bond, who came through qualifying school last year at the 16th attempt, shot a six-under-par 66. Lewis, who led the Open as an amateur this year, fired a two-over [...]
Bloodbath: Equities and commodities plunge on fears over global recovery September 22, 2011 A FRANTIC sell-off saw stock markets tumble yesterday while commodities collapsed, as spooked investors retreated from mounting signs of global economic weakness. The world economy is “in a danger zone”, World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said yesterday, while International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Christine Lagarde again said that the path to recovery is “narrowing”. At [...]
US caves in on trading rules September 22, 2011 THE US futures regulator has yielded on several contentious parts of a plan to crack down on commodity speculation, marking a victory for banks and traders who have lobbied to limit increased market oversight. A draft of the final rule by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission maintains that the Dodd-Frank Act requires position limits — [...]
Investors well and truly out of luck September 22, 2011 WHAT a rout. The markets took a major battering yesterday, in what looked like a belated wake-up call. The Eurozone crisis is getting worse, a major sovereign default in the EU is becoming closer and growth in the West is grinding to a halt. There was talk last night that some Eurozone banks may need [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 22, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES EU TO SPEED RECAPITALISATION OF 16 BANKS European officials look set to speed up plans to recapitalise the 16 banks that came close to failing last summer’s pan-EU stress tests as part of a co-ordinated effort to reassure the markets about the strength of the 27-nation bloc’s banking sector. A senior French official [...]
Tesco kicks off price war September 22, 2011 TESCO has kicked off a price war with rivals, announcing that it plans to splash out £500m on dropping prices on 3,000 food items. In an aggressive attempt to outflank the competition, the supermarket giant has vowed to focus the campaign on cheap, everyday products and to scrap complex promotions in favour of across-the-board price [...]
