Meireles earns Blues Barca revenge shot April 4, 2012 Chelsea survive late scare to reach sixth semi in nine seasons CHELSEA 2 BENFICA 1 Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate CHELSEA manager Roberto di Matteo last night warned that his players are out for revenge after setting up a mouth-watering Champions League semi-final tie against holders Barcelona. An injury-time piledriver from substitute Raul Meireles secured [...]
Swann: Strauss best captain in the world April 4, 2012 ENGLAND spinner Graeme Swann hailed Andrew Strauss as “the best captain in world cricket” after the skipper’s return to form helped the tourists to a commanding position in the second Test in Sri Lanka yesterday. Under-fire Strauss hit 61 – only his second half-century of a miserable winter – and shared a patient 122-run stand [...]
Thomas expects to smash records in London after Melbourne glory April 4, 2012 GREAT Britain’s Geraint Thomas believes the men’s pursuit team can go faster still at London 2012 after they laid the foundations for Olympic glory with gold at the Track Cycling World Championships yesterday. Thomas, Ed Clancy, Pete Kennaugh and Steven Burke set a new world record of three minutes 53.295 seconds to beat arch-rivals Australia [...]
Harrington risks Masters jinx by completing par-three hat-trick April 4, 2012 IRELAND’S Padraig Harrington found form on the eve of the Masters by winning the traditional par-three tournament last night – but could be forgiven for not dreaming of adding to his three Majors just yet. Harrington’s five-under-par total, matched by American Jonathan Byrd, earned him the distinction of becoming the first man to win the [...]
Real set up Bayern semi-final April 4, 2012 FOOTBALL: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid beat Cypriot minnows Apoel Nicosia 5-2 last night, and 8-2 on aggregate, to set up a Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich.
McGeechan to leave Bath April 4, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Former Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan is to leave his post as Bath director of rugby at the end of the season. The 65-year-old arrived at the Premiership club as performance director in 2010.
THE GREAT DIVIDE April 4, 2012 THE UK’S economic recovery is back on track after a raft of new figures released yesterday showed the economy growing in the first quarter of 2012. The figures contrast starkly with the deteriorating picture in the Eurozone. The country’s services sector output expanded at its fastest pace for almost two years in March, Markit’s purchasing [...]
Euro slump deepens April 4, 2012 AS THE UK seemed to be hinting at recovery yesterday, data from the continent showed the Eurozone economy is contracting as consumers cut back, output fell in the manufacturing and services sectors, and borrowing costs rose in weak countries as the sovereign debt crisis reared its head again. France, Spain and Italy all saw output [...]
Banks short of €2 trillion in liquid assets, says EBA April 4, 2012 EUROPEAN banks need to find €485bn in new capital and €1.9 trillion in new liquid assets in order to comply with tough new Basel III rules, the European Banking Authority (EBA) said in a report yesterday. The EBA’s report also highlighted the degree to which banks are being forced to rely on buying public debt [...]
Boris is right to want to transform London into a city-state April 4, 2012 BORIS is right: London should keep more of its tax money. Too much of London’s GDP is transferred via the tax system to other parts of the UK, a situation which is bad for both sides. Londoners pay too much tax, and those in receipt of the cash become too dependent on it. The Mayor’s [...]
