Wiggins’ work rewarded with relief on Tour July 12, 2012 BRITAIN’S Bradley Wiggins admitted his great relief after yesterday retaining the Tour de France’s yellow jersey and extending his overall lead in another promising day for Team Sky. At 2 minutes and 5 seconds behind Wiggins, compatriot and team-mate Chris Froome is now in second place after defending champion Cadel Evans dropped to fourth, while [...]
Rodallega in Fulham move July 12, 2012 FULHAM manager Martin Jol has toasted the arrival of striker Hugo Rodallega after signing the Colombian on a free transfer from Premier League rivals Wigan. Jol revealed the 26-year-old, who scored 24 goals in 117 Latics appearances, had turned down suitors at home and abroad in favour of securing a move to Craven Cottage. “I [...]
TORRANCE’S TIPS: OPEN CONTENDERS July 12, 2012 Tiger Woods Age: 36 Nationality: USA Ranking: 4 Majors won: 14 Lee Westwood Age: 39 Nationality: English Ranking: 3 Majors won: 0 Luke Donald Age: 34 Nationality: English Ranking: 1 Majors won: 0 Webb Simpson Age: 26 Nationality: USA Ranking: 5 Majors won: 1 Justin Rose Age: 31 Nationality: English Ranking: 9 Majors won: 0
Greene finetunes for London 2012 July 12, 2012 ATHLETICS: Team GB captain and 400m world champion Dai Greene will be among those stepping up their London 2012 preparations by competing in the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace tonight and tomorrow.
Premier League deal extended July 12, 2012 FOOTBALL: Barclays has extended its £40m per season title sponsorship of the Premier League for a further three years, until the end of the 2015-16 season.
Molinari takes Scottish Open lead July 12, 2012 GOLF: Italy’s Francesco Molinari shot a course record 62 to finish on 10 under par and seize the lead at the Scottish Open.
Barclays loses bond issue as Libor hits deals July 12, 2012 BARCLAYS yesterday lost its first major business since the Libor-fixing scandal began, as a Japanese bank pulled out of a bond issue worth around $1bn. The state-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation had included Barclays among three banks advising on a five-year bond offering but left it out of the final offering. “Barclays was dropped [...]
Aveva hit by shareholder spring as 35pc vote against pay deal July 12, 2012 IN A sign that shareholder unease over executive pay dubbed the “shareholder spring” is continuing, software maker Aveva yesterday saw over a third of its shareholders vote against approval of the directors’ remuneration report at its AGM. While the remuneration report was easily passed with 65.52 per cent in favour, versus 34.47 per cent against, [...]
Pensions firms hit back after Labour says charges are rip off July 12, 2012 THE PENSIONS industry was put on the defensive last night after a stinging attack from Labour leader Ed Miliband in which he claimed that it could be the focus of the “next big scandal” to knock the financial sector. Miliband claimed that he is aware that some people are facing four or five per cent [...]
HSBC VETERAN SANDY FLOCKHART RETIRES July 12, 2012 HSBC veteran Sandy Flockhart is retiring due to ill health having served almost 40 years at the bank. HSBC said Flockhart will step down as a non-executive group director, and from his position as chairman of HSBC Bank – the bank’s UK operations – at the end of July. Flockhart is fighting cancer.
