Beating United is City’s last chance, says Mancini April 29, 2012 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini admits tonight’s Premier League summit derby may represent their last chance to overtake neighbours and title rivals Manchester United. Victory over the holders in the most eagerly-anticipated Manchester derby in recent memory would lift Mancini’s team, who are seeking the club’s first top-flight championship since 1968, level on points with [...]
Chambers free to compete at London 2012 April 29, 2012 FORMER drug-cheat sprinter Dwain Chambers looks set to compete for Team GB at London 2012, with confirmation expected today that the British Olympic Association has lost a landmark legal battle. Chambers, cyclist David Millar and shot-putter Carl Myerscough had been deemed ineligible for selection under the BOA’s rules, which banned for life any athlete found [...]
WIGGINS MAKES HISTORY WITH ROMANDIE VICTORY April 29, 2012 BRITAIN’S Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de Romandie yesterday after edging the 16.5km time trial in Crans-Montana by a second, winning the overall race by 12 seconds with a time of 28 minutes 56 seconds. The victory makes the Team Sky man the first Briton to win the race through Switzerland in its 65-year history. [...]
Dawson fight would be Clever April 29, 2012 Wales’s world light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is being lined up to face Chad Dawson in a unification clash after the American outpointed veteran Bernard Hopkins for the WBC title on Saturday night. Cleverly, who withdrew from a planned title defence against Robin Krasniqi due to illness, previously admitted his desire to face the winner.
Nadal sets record on favoured clay April 29, 2012 World No2 Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open yesterday with a 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 final victory over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. He becomes the first man in the Open era to capture two ATP events seven times. He said: “This is my hardest clay match this season.”
Dujardin breaks record in Germany April 29, 2012 Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin yesterday set a new dressage world record at Hagen, Germany, by scoring 88.022 per cent aboard her Olympics-bound horse Valegro. “It is a new test and it was the first time we had ridden it competitively, but he was just amazing,” said Dujardin.
Celtic win adds to Rangers’ misery April 29, 2012 Scottish Premier League champions Celtic beat financially stricken rivals Rangers 3-0 with goals from Charlie Mulgrew, Kris Commons and Gary Hooper, yesterday. “It’s been a great day for the players, club and supporters,” said Celtic manager Neil Lennon, whose side are now 21 points clear of their closest challengers.
D-Day for Diamond April 26, 2012 BARCLAYS boss Bob Diamond will be hoping that he has managed to head off a major shareholder rebellion today by unveiling a bumper set of first-quarter results. The bank has been preparing for 10 to 15 per cent of its investors to vote against its remuneration package in today’s shareholder meeting, although there were suggestions yesterday [...]
S&P downgrades Spain’s credit rating as fears over bank bailouts grow April 26, 2012 CREDIT rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) last night slashed Spain’s credit rating by two notches to BBB+, warning the beleaguered country will be forced to increase its debt burden to support its ailing banks. S&P also put its credit on negative outlook, indicating a high risk of further downgrades, as Spain struggles to curb [...]
Ofcom deepens probe into BSkyB’s broadcast licence April 26, 2012 OFCOM has stepped up its probe into whether BSkyB remains “fit and proper” to hold a broadcast licence, it emerged yesterday. The investigation into whether News Corp is an appropriate dominant shareholder of the satellite broadcaster has focused so far on publicly available information, such as from newspaper reports and the Leveson inquiry. But last [...]
