Grant charged over ref rant February 11, 2010 PORTSMOUTH boss Avram Grant has been charged by the Football Association with improper conduct after confronting referee Kevin Friend at half-time during Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw with Sunderland. Grant squared up to referee Friend after seeing two penalty claims turned down and having defender Ricardo Rocha sent off for conceding the penalty which led to [...]
Eriksson leaves Magpies post February 11, 2010 SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON’S brief tenure at Notts County ended yesterday after a consortium of investors, headed by businessman Ray Trew, bought the League Two club for £1 from former chairman Peter Trembling. The Swede resigned from his post yesterday but has taken up an offer to continue in a non-active role as joint life president. Lincolnshire-based [...]
Redknapp bailed over tax February 11, 2010 TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp has appeared before City of Westminster magistrates charged with two counts of tax evasion. Redknapp, 62, is accused of cheating the public revenue of about £40,000 while manager of Portsmouth. He appeared alongside ex-Portsmouth owner Milan Mandaric, now chairman of Leicester City, who is charged with a similar offence. Both have [...]
Sackey to quit Wasps February 11, 2010 RUGBY UNION: England winger Paul Sackey is to leave Wasps at the end of the season to join an unnamed French side. The 30-year-old, who has made over 100 appearances for the club, said: “This was the hardest decision I’ve had to make because my heart in is Wasps. “I’ve spent some great years here, [...]
Khan eyes Malignaggi bout February 11, 2010 BOXING: Britain’s Amir Khan has set his sights on making his US debut against Paulie Malignaggi at New York’s Madison Square Garden on May 15. The WBA light-welterweight champion joined forces with American promoters Golden Boy last month and is looking for a high-profile opponent in defence of his title after Juan Manuel Marquez was [...]
EU seals deal to rescue Greece February 11, 2010 A NUMBER of euro zone officials have sealed a deal to help Greece in its debt crisis, European Union President Herman Van Rompuy has said. The agreement came after a summit between Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and [...]
Sports Direct wins the double February 11, 2010 SPORTS Direct has seen a surge in sales and been cleared by a competition commission investigation. Britain’s largest sports retailer raised its full-year profit guidance after the sales jump for the 13 weeks to 24 January. Retail sales rose 9.4 per cent to £326m – lifting gross profit to £136m. Sports Direct – which is [...]
BT to tackle record £9bn pension fund deficit February 11, 2010 STRONGER third quarter profits at telecoms giant BT were today overshadowed by concerns over its record £9bn pension deficit as it published the results of its long awaited evaluation. The FTSE 100 group said it had agreed a 17-year recovery plan for the scheme under which it will pay £525M a year for the first [...]
Rolls Royce raises dividend after profit surge February 11, 2010 ROLLS Royce have posted a 4 per cent rise in full-year profit with its defence contracts helping to boost the figures. The company reported an underlying pre-tax profit of £915m on sales that were 14 per cent higher at £10.4bn for the year to the end of December 2009. Revenues climbed 14.7 percent to £10.4bn [...]
Credit Suisse returns to profit February 11, 2010 CREDIT Suisse has returned to profit after reporting a record loss in 2008. The bank made a profit of 6.7bn Swiss francs (£4bn) in 2009 – compared with a loss of 8.2bn Swiss francs in the previous year. Credit Suisse said it was pulling in new clients and that its asset management business was thriving. [...]
