Injury crisis for Gatland as Phillips and Peel miss out January 18, 2010 WALES coach Warren Gatland has been left with a scrum-half injury crisis after Mike Phillips and Dwayne Peel failed to make the 35-man squad for the Six Nations squad. Phillips, the British and Irish Lions star, is Gatland’s first-choice No9 but has been out since October after injuring his foot playing for Ospreys against Clermont [...]
Bet on Schumy to claim title No8, insists Brawn January 18, 2010 MERCEDES team principal Ross Brawn says he wouldn’t bet against Michael Schumacher claiming an eighth world championship this season. The 41-year-old retired from F1 back in 2006 after claiming two world titles with Benetton and five with Ferrari – all under the guidance of Brawn. Now the pair are reunited for the Mercedes team this [...]
Charl can equal Seve’s haul January 18, 2010 CHARL SCHWARTZEL will go in search of a little piece of history in Qatar next weekend – and you wouldn’t bet against the South African achieving it. Victory at his home Joburg Open at the weekend was Charl’s second straight win on the Tour, following his success in the Africa Open. The legendary Seve Ballesteros [...]
FOOTBALL | IN BRIEF January 18, 2010 Rafa foiled, but will strengthen LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez is hopeful of strengthening his squad in the January transfer window – but has been warned off Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones. “We will see if we can do something more in this transfer window,” said Benitez, despite his financial constraints. “If we cannot we will stick [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF January 18, 2010 Tigers coach loses a finger RUGBY LEAGUE: Castleford Tigers head coach Terry Matterson is recovering after losing a finger in a freak training ground accident. The 42-year-old Australian got his wedding ring caught on a fence as he went to retrieve a ball in training in Perpignan. He was rushed to hospital and was held [...]
Myners: Banks could still be hit with US-style levy January 18, 2010 CITY Minister Lord Myners has warned that a US-style levy on banks could still be slapped on the UK. His comments came after Chancellor Alistair Darling had appeared to rule out the move. US president Barack Obama is hitting US banks with a 0.15 per cent charge on liabilities in a bid to recoup at [...]
Taylor Wimpey order book up 28pc January 17, 2010 HOUSEBUILDER Taylor Wimpey has entered the new year with a 28 per cent rise in orders for new homes and seen a boost in prices. But the trading update on performance in the 12 months to 31 December saw a drop in the number of homes completed in 2009 compared with the previous year. The [...]
IMF chief warns of double dip recession January 17, 2010 THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the global economy could suffer a double dip recession. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said countries should not ditch stimulus packages that have triggered growth through governments’ pumping of money into economies. He warned: “We have to very cautious because this recovery remains very fragile. “Recovery in [...]
Northern Rock in £10m Newcastle shirt deal January 17, 2010 NEWCASTLE United has signed a new £10m sponsorship deal with Northern Rock. The four-year agreement will see the nationalised bank remain as Newcastle’s sponsor from season 2010/11 to 2014. Northern Rock’s chief executive Gary Hoffman hailed the renewed sponsorship as a good deal for taxpayers. The bank, which is based in Newcastle, was taken into [...]
Tullow in $1.4bn African oil deal January 17, 2010 TULLOW Oil, the FTSE 100 oil explorer, is close to striking the biggest deal of its 25-year history after exercising a pre-emption right to buy $1.35bn (£830m) worth of Ugandan oil fields from its partner Heritage Oil. Tullow confirmed yesterday it had served notice on Heritage, which had previously agreed to sell the assets to [...]
