Froch eyes revenge missions after third world title triumph May 27, 2012 BRITISH super-middleweight Carl Froch wants a rematch with Mikkel Kessler or Andre Ward after doling out “the whupping of all whuppings” to Lucian Bute. Froch stopped the previously unbeaten Bute in the fifth round to claim the IBF crown, his third world title, on Saturday night in his native Nottingham. It marked a resounding return [...]
Fat lot of good: Ennis silences critics with British record show May 27, 2012 LONDON 2012 prospect Jessica Ennis gave her Olympic gold hopes a huge boost by breaking the British heptathlon record in her final contest with her main medal rivals before the Games. Ennis blew away the field in Gotzis, Austria yesterday with a score of 6,909 points – the best by any woman for five years [...]
Crewe promoted to League One May 27, 2012 Crewe Alexandra will play in League One next season after clinching a convincing win in yesterday’s League Two play-off final at Wembley. Crewe dominated possession against promotion rivals Cheltenham Town, and secured a 2-0 win with a late goal from Bryon Moore. The Alex had taken a first half lead through a wonder-volley by teenage [...]
Ospreys narrowly win Pro 12 May 27, 2012 Leinster were denied a glamorous European and domestic double yesterday, as they lost the RaboDirect Pro12 final to Ospreys. A last gasp conversion gave the Welsh side a 31-30 victory.
Olympian Sotherton bows out May 27, 2012 British heptathlete Kelly Sotherton, Olympic bronze medallist in 2004 and 2006 Commonwealth champion, announced her retirement from athletics yesterday after failing to recover from a back injury.
Hesjedal snatches Giro d’Italia May 27, 2012 Ryder Hesjedal re-wrote the record books yesterday, winning this year’s Giro d’Italia to become the first Canadian to win a Grand Tour. The triumph is also the first podium finish in a Grand Tour for his team Garmin. Hesjedal snatched victory from Joaquim Rodriguez on a thrilling final day, yet Rodriguez pipped the UK’s Mark [...]
Companies pull London IPOs May 24, 2012 London’s reputation as a global centre for capital markets suffered another blow yesterday when a third company pulled its planned London Stock Exchange listing in the space of a fortnight. Georgian Railway blamed market turmoil as it postponed plans to raise up to $250m (£160m) by selling as much as a quarter of its stock. [...]
Friends of Lynch point finger at HP May 24, 2012 Friends of Mike Lynch yesterday directed the blame at Hewlett-Packard for Autonomy’s recent revenue drop which led to the ousting of the British tech guru. It emerged yesterday that Lynch is the latest in a long line of execs to leave Autonomy since its £6.2bn buyout by HP last year. “HP have really stuck the [...]
Hunt backed BSkyB deal before he judged the bid May 24, 2012 DAVID Cameron faced fresh questions over his judgment last night after it emerged he knew Jeremy Hunt was an enthusiastic backer of News Corp’s £8bn bid for BSkyB when he asked the culture secretary to decide on the deal. The Prime Minister gave Hunt a quasi-judicial role in December 2010 after Vince Cable, the business [...]
Eurozone crisis moves ever closer as Greek left gains ground May 24, 2012 AN ideas factory: that was the best way to describe City A.M.’s extraordinarily well-attended investment conference, held yesterday. The Eurozone was at the top of everybody’s agenda. Even before the news last night that the Greek far-left party Syriza had hit 30 per cent in the opinion polls, most of the speakers were only divided [...]
