Djokovic eyes up another of Nadal’s prestigious titles February 2, 2012 THE greatest sportsmen on the planet on Monday go head-to-head to see which of them will be named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year – the most prestigious individual honour in men’s sport. Novak Djokovic took Rafael Nadal’s tennis world No1 ranking last year and beat the Spaniard in last weekend’s epic Australian Open final [...]
Hook seeks Wales redemption February 2, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Wales star James Hook says his World Cup troubles are behind him as he prepares for the Six Nations opener in Ireland. The 26-year-old concedes he had a poor tournament although Wales earned plaudits for their fourth place. “The World Cup semi-final was the lowest I have been,” he said. “But I have [...]
Ford’s focus solely on Scotland February 2, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Scotland captain Ross Ford will pay little heed to England’s line-up for the Six Nations opener on Saturday. Only six players remain from the side that started the Red Rose’s World Cup quarter final defeat against France in October, but Ford said: “Whatever England bring, we’ll just have to deal with it and [...]
Tremlett to miss Sri Lanka tour February 2, 2012 CRICKET: England seamer Chris Tremlett has been ruled out of his side’s tour of Sri Lanka in March. The 30-year-old was forced to fly home early from the current tour of Pakistan after breaking down following the humiliating 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Dubai earlier this month. He revealed on Twitter yesterday: “After [...]
Oscars could Well be the only one to live with Hurricane Fly February 2, 2012 NO Champion Hurdle winner has set the pulse racing as much as Istabraq in the past 20 years, but some would argue that Hurricane Fly has the potential to be even greater. The 10-time Grade One winning hurdler has had some niggling problems during his career, but when on his game, he is breathtaking. Last [...]
BLUE SQUARE WINTER CARNIVAL February 2, 2012 IT’S been a profitable few weeks on the all-weather for us. Diamond Vine’s victory in round four of the Blue Square Sprint Series was a third winner in the last three weeks. Luke Morris nominated his mount as his ride of the weekend and Blue Square’s other exclusive blogger, ATR’s all-weather specialist Simon Mapletoft, also [...]
Super Saint-Andre can lead France to trophy February 2, 2012 SPORT TRADER DAVID WILD AND BEN CLEMINSON BRING YOU THE BEST SIX NATIONS AND PREMIER LEAGUE BETS FROM TOMORROW WHO is under the most pressure ahead of this year’s Six Nations? Is it Stuart Lancaster, England’s interim coach who, should he achieve anything less than a Grand Slam, will probably be out of a job? [...]
Deutsche Bank reports loss February 2, 2012 Deutsche Bank posted a fourth-quarter pre-tax loss after investment banking wilted amid the sovereign debt crisis, and as bad investments and litigation charges spoiled Josef Ackermann’s final earnings presentation as chief executive. Deutsche Bank’s pre-tax loss of 351m euros (£292m) compared with a 707m euro profit in the comparative quarter the previous year. “The results [...]
Glencore in merger talks with Xstrata February 2, 2012 Xstrata said it had received an approach from commodities giant Glencore International that could lead to an all share merger of equals. Miner Xstrata is in talks with Glencore over an all-share merger of equals, it said on Thursday, confirming reports of a deal that could create a combined mining and trading group worth more [...]
Unilever warns of tough 2012 February 2, 2012 Consumer goods giant Unilever warned of a difficult 2012 due to a tough economic outlook after broadly matching 2011 sales forecasts after it hiked prices and saw strong emerging market growth. The Anglo-Dutch maker of brands like Hellmann’s, Knorr and Dove pushed up prices in the final three months of 2011 to offset higher commodity [...]
