How sport can help millions January 9, 2012 THE FIRST humanitarian sports-based project Laureus supported back in 2000 was the Mathare Youth Sports Association, based in one of the largest and poorest slums in Nairobi, Kenya. With disease widespread and Aids a serious problem, the project pioneered the use of football as a tool to encourage co-operation and raise self-esteem in the young [...]
Mystery man Ameen has ‘nothing to hide’ in row over Khan title defeat January 9, 2012 THE MYSTERY man at the heart of the row over British fighter Amir Khan’s controversial defeat to Lamont Peterson last month, Mustafa Ameen, has broken his silence to declare his innocence of any wrongdoing. Ameen has been accused of being an unauthorised presence at ringside for the WBA and IBF light-welterweight title bout, amid suggestions [...]
LAUREUS AWARDS: THE CATEGORIES January 9, 2012 WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR Last year’s winner: Rafael Nadal This year’s nominations: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics; Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Tennis; Cadel Evans (Australia) Cycling; Lionel Messi (Argentina) Football; Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) Basketball; Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Formula One WORLD SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR Last year’s winner: Lindsey Vonn This year’s nominations: Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) Athletics; [...]
Chambers to learn Olympic fate January 9, 2012 OLYMPICS: Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers will discover on 12 March whether he is likely to be able to overturn his ban and compete for Britain at London 2012. That is the date that has been set for the Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule on the validity of the British Olympic Association’s lifetime ban [...]
Murray fourth seed in Aussie Open January 9, 2012 TENNIS: Britain’s Andy Murray has been seeded fourth for the 2012 Australian Open which begins on Monday. Meanwhile, Great Britain have been drawn in the same group as the Netherlands, Israel and Portugal for Judy Murray’s first tie as Fed Cup captain.
The man gunning for Sky in the battle to be king of the movies January 9, 2012 IT’S a brave man who takes on BSkyB. The UK’s undisputed champion of subscription TV continues to go from strength to strength, seemingly impervious to the problems facing its biggest shareholder. But there is a new kid in town who wants to muscle in on the action. Netflix launched its video streaming service in the [...]
Persimmon buoyed by bullish outlook January 9, 2012 SHARES in house builder Persimmon rose 2.8 per cent yesterday after it said it expects its underlying full-year pre-tax profit to rise by half, helped by higher sales margins, and said it was confident of further growth in 2012 as first time buyer interest improves. The largest UK housebuilder by market value said yesterday that [...]
London the only region to defy house price slump throughout rest of UK January 9, 2012 UK HOUSE prices continued to fall at the end of last year, a widely-regarded survey revealed this morning, yet prices in the capital are still bucking the trend. London was the only region to show a positive net balance (46 per cent) of surveyors reporting rising prices. Across the country as a whole, a balance [...]
Asian clamour for safe investments lifts City property January 9, 2012 THE CITY and the Docklands enjoyed a big lift in commercial property deals last year, with £6.3bn changing hands through 108 transactions, new figures show. Activity was up 34 per cent by value on a year ago, according to real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, with overseas funds making almost half of all purchases. Asian [...]
Eurotunnel eyes up ships after SeaFrance sinks January 9, 2012 CROSS-CHANNEL ferry operator SeaFrance sank into official liquidation yesterday after France’s Tribunal de Commerce ruled a £165m bailout by the French government illegal. Eurotunnel told the French press yesterday that it could mount a surprise bid to buy up SeaFrance’s fleet in the wake of the collapse, only to draw criticism from a rival ferry [...]
