Van Persie rediscovers touch as Gunners tighten grip on Champions League place April 11, 2012 PREMIER LEAGUE WOLVES 0 vs ARSENAL 3 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is refusing to take third place in the Premier League for granted, after a comfortable win at 10-man basement club Wolves increased their cushion to five points. Early goals from Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott followed by Yossi Benayoun’s late strike swept the [...]
DUAL HONOUR FOR SANGAKKARA April 11, 2012 SRI LANKA batsman Kumar Sangakkara has become the first man to be named both Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World and one of Five Cricketers of the Year. The cricket bible also includes England opener Alastair Cook and all-rounder Tim Bresnan in its top five, alongside Worcestershire’s Alan Richardson and Lancashire’s Glen Chapple.
Cash-strapped Wasps sign Jones April 11, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Wasps have defied their precarious financial situation by making four new signings, including Wales fly-half Stephen Jones. South Africa No8 Ashley Johnson plus young props Phil Swainston and Will Taylor will also join the club, who are urgently seeking cash to ward off administration.
Reds recall loan keeper Gulacsi April 11, 2012 FOOTBALL: Liverpool have moved quickly to ease their goalkeeping crisis ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Everton by recalling rookie Peter Gulacsi from his loan spell at Hull. Suspensions to first choice Pepe Reina and No2 Alexander Doni left the Reds with Brad Jones as their only senior stopper for the all-Merseyside clash.
Runners and riders in the race to take King’s throne April 11, 2012 STANDARD Chartered chief executive Peter Sands yesterday became the first candidate to definitively rule himself out of the race to succeed Mervyn King, Bank of England governor. His appearance on the scene and exit leaves only two bankers as possible successors to King, whose final term as governor ends in June 2013. The timeline leaves [...]
We need an open contest to decide who will run the Bank April 11, 2012 THERE is no doubt that George Osborne’s most important decision over the next few months will be who he appoints as the next governor of the Bank of England. That job, which becomes vacant next year, is by a huge distance the most powerful unelected position in the UK; its formal powers now span monetary [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 11, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Aviva considers plans for sale of US division Aviva is considering plans to sell its life assurance business in the US in a move analysts estimate could raise at least £1bn and mark an exit from one of the UK-listed group’s core markets. Andrew Moss, chief executive, told investment managers at a recent [...]
Arsenal would be only other job for Sands April 11, 2012 UNTIL yesterday, Standard Chartered chief executive Peter Sands had allowed a hunch that he was seeking the job of Bank governor to become a gnawing possibility in the minds of many who work with him or are close to the emerging markets bank. Internally, he has often joked that the only job he would take [...]
Record-beating BMW faces UK factory strikes April 11, 2012 BMW is facing the first strike action in almost 30 years at its Mini plant in Oxford, with the dispute over pay and conditions threatening to overshadow its record quarterly and monthly sales yesterday. The Unite union said 97 per cent of the 2,000 workers balloted had spurned a pay rise of 2.2 per cent [...]
Angry shareholders to protest exec pay at BP annual meeting April 11, 2012 OIL giant BP will face down shareholder dissent over its director pay packages today at its annual general meeting in London. BP, whose share price has yet to recover from the effects of the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010, has already met with big shareholders to discuss concerns over remuneration. But some of them [...]
