Grabarz bucks track trend August 7, 2012 EUROPEAN champion Robbie Grabarz continued his breakthrough season by adding Olympic bronze to his medal collection in Britain’s only track success of last night. Grabarz, competing at his first Games, cleared 2.25m and 2.29m with ease but could not keep his heels clear in three attempts at 2.33 as Ukrainian Ivan Ukhov’s leap of 2.38 [...]
Team GB equal record with dressage win August 7, 2012 BRITAIN’s dressage trio of Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin emulated Monday’s showjumping success to win Team GB’s 20th gold of London 2012 in their best performance since the 1908 Games. Great Britain finished top with an average score of 79.979, leaving former champions Germany on 78.216 to settle for silver, and Holland to [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES August 7, 2012 Athletics ■ Jamaican sprint duo Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake look to set up a rematch of the 100m final in their respective 200m semi-finals at 20:10. British hurdlers Lawrence Clarke and Andrew Turner compete in the men’s 110m semi-finals at 19:15, vying for a place in the final at 21:15. Shara Proctor features in [...]
Pires and Fabregas sway Cazorla August 7, 2012 FOOTBALL: New £12m signing Santi Cazorla admits former players Cesc Fabregas and Robert Pires persuaded him to join Arsenal. “Pires and Fabregas have spoken very highly about the club,” he said.
Suarez agrees new Liverpool deal August 7, 2012 FOOTBALL: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has signed a new contract to stay at the club until 2016 amid serious interest from Italian champions Juventus.
Vidic predicts success from failure August 7, 2012 FOOTBALL: Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic believes his team-mates will learn from last season’s failures and emerge as a stronger side. He said: “The young players can learn. I’m confident we’ll be better this year.”
Froch set to fight Oosthuizen August 7, 2012 BOXING: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch is being lined up for an October fight against South African Tommy Oosthuizen in America.
Data eases UK recession woes August 7, 2012 BRITAIN’S latest slump may not be as severe as first feared, according to a fresh set of economic data. While initial estimates showed a 0.7 per cent contraction in output in the second quarter, industrial figures released yesterday exceeded expectations — suggesting that the dismal GDP measure could be revised upwards. Industrial production sank by [...]
Hope rises for ECB help as outlook worsens August 7, 2012 THE PLIGHT of the Eurozone was confirmed by a raft of weak economic data yesterday, yet investors continue to hope that the European Central Bank (ECB) will come to the rescue of the embattled single currency. Most continental equity markets finished higher last night, on hopes its purchase of bonds issued by troubled member states [...]
Growth in US credit wanes August 7, 2012 US consumer credit posted its weakest growth in eight months in June as Americans reduced credit card debt, a potentially negative sign for an economy that has struggled to create jobs. Consumer credit grew by $6.46bn (£4.13bn) in June, the Federal Reserve said yesterday, in a reading that was far below economists’ forecasts. The Fed [...]
