Piraeus Bank posts loss November 30, 2011 Piraeus Bank posted a nine-month loss after a jump in bad debt provisions and Greece’s fourth-largest lender said it still planned to sell its Egyptian operations even though Standard Chartered has pulled out of talks on a deal. The bank will begin discussions with other potential buyers for its Piraeus Bank Egypt following Standard Chartered’s [...]
Osborne misses a great opportunity November 30, 2011 AS ever, it was Lewis Carroll who put it best in Alice Through the Looking Glass: “The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.” Even that could be too optimistic: reading between the lines of yesterday’s mini-Budget, it is clear that the UK is out of money to an even [...]
Boom and bust-up for villain Nasri November 29, 2011 City midfielder involved in tunnel incident with former team-mate Frimpong after helping seal semi-final spot ARSENAL 0 vs MANCHESTER CITY 1 ARSENAL midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong and former Gunner Samir Nasri were involved in a stormy verbal bust-up in the players’ tunnel after Manchester City dumped the north Londoners out of the Carling Cup. A clinical [...]
Chelsea need an anxiety cure, admits Villas-Boas November 29, 2011 CHELSEA 0 vs LIVERPOOL 2 UNDER-FIRE Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits there’s no quick remedy to his side’s alarming slump which gathered unwanted momentum following last night’s Carling Cup defeat against Liverpool Second half goals from Maxi Rodriguez and Martin Kelly inflicted on Chelsea a third defeat in their last four games at Stamford Bridge, [...]
Inquest told Speed’s wife found him hanged at home November 29, 2011 AN INQUEST into the death of Wales manager Gary speed was told that the body of the 42-year-old was found hanged at his home in Cheshire by his wife. Detective Inspector Peter Lawless, of Cheshire Police, told Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinber there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances and a post mortem examination found Speed’s [...]
Tindall: RFU made me World Cup scapegoat November 29, 2011 FORMER England captain Mike Tindall remains deeply dissatisfied with the Rugby Football Union for making him “a scapegoat” following the infamous alcohol-fuelled night out in Queenstown that nearly cost him his Test career. Tindall on Monday successfully appealed against his expulsion from the elite squad, thus opening the door to an international return, while he [...]
Administration woe returns to haunt Pompey November 29, 2011 PORTSMOUTH are back in financial turmoil after their chairman, Vladimir Antonov, resigned and the club’s parent company, Convers Sports Initiatives, went into administration. The blow does not plunge the Championship side back into administration – 19 months after they first were – but could lead to a points deduction of between 10 and 25 points. [...]
Redknapp struggling to keep everyone content November 29, 2011 TOTTENHAM vs PAOK SALONIKA TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp has confessed he is struggling to find a solution to keeping the fringe members of his squad content. The likes of Vedran Corluka, Heurelho Gomes, Sebastien Bassong and Roman Pavlyuchenko, who are in contention to start against PAOK Salonika tonight, have all recently voiced their discontent at [...]
Freedman will rotate his squad for Old Trafford test November 29, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED vs CRYSTAL PALACE CRYSTAL PALACE manager Dougie Freedman admits his attempts to steer the club to a first cup semi-final for 10 years have been compromised by fixture congestion. Tonight’s Carling Cup quarter-final against Manchester United at Old Trafford takes place just 48 hours before Palace entertain Derby County. Freedman is looking forward [...]
CAPITAL GAINS | Top awards come to London November 29, 2011 SPORT’S biggest names will gather in London months before next summer’s Olympics after the capital was named as host city for the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards. The prestigious prizes, which last year went to stars such as Rafael Nadal (above), will be presented at a glitzy ceremony at Central Hall in Westminster on 6 February. [...]
