Chelsea home woes continue as Saints hand Benitez timely blow January 16, 2013 CHELSEA 2 SOUTHAMPTON 2 CHELSEA boss Rafael Benitez demanded a transformation in his team’s faltering home form after squandering a two-goal lead and wasting the chance to close on the Premier League’s top two. First-half goals from Demba Ba and Eden Hazard seemed to put the Blues on course for a first win at Stamford [...]
United chief issues warning to rebels over financial fair play January 16, 2013 MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill has warned Premier League clubs that they will have to accept European-style financial fair play (FFP) rules if they want to introduce a cap on wage increases. England’s top 20 sides are close to deciding on historic moves to curb spending, but fissures have emerged among chairmen over exactly [...]
Allardyce livid at ref calls after cup dream dies January 16, 2013 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 WEST HAM UNITED 0 WEST Ham manager Sam Allardyce risked a fine from the Football Association with his criticism of referee Phil Dowd after Manchester United ended his team’s FA Cup campaign in last night’s third round replay. Allardyce was furious that Dowd awarded United a penalty, which Wayne Rooney could not [...]
Resolute Watson targets third round Radwanska redemption January 16, 2013 BRITISH No1 Heather Watson expects a physical test against fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the Australian Open third round, after completing a remarkable comeback win over Ksenia Pervak yesterday. Watson, 20, was a point away from elimination, trailing the Kazakh by a set and 6-3 in the second set tie-break. But the Brit rallied to [...]
Fulham out to pip QPR to M’Vila January 16, 2013 FOOTBALL: Fulham hope to hijack west London rivals Queens Park Rangers’ £6m move for France midfielder Yann M’Vila. Rangers yesterday clinched the club record £8m signing of Marseille striker Loic Remy, after he rejected Newcastle. The 26-year-old could make his debut against West Ham on Saturday.
Knicks and Pistons set for O2 January 16, 2013 BASKETBALL: New York Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler are tonight set to return to the scene of their London 2012 gold medal triumph with USA when the NBA’s Atlantic Division leaders face Detroit Pistons at the O2 Arena.
Cameron’s Europe speech: A chance for the EU to boldly embrace the US January 16, 2013 IT’S hard to imagine expectations for David Cameron’s long-overdue Europe speech getting any lower. The smart money is already on him getting caught in the crossfire between supporters and opponents of Britain’s EU membership. But it needn’t be like that. A few months before the 2010 general election, the Conservatives published a policy paper called [...]
A modest proposal to improve professional standards in British banking January 16, 2013 LONDON can lay claim to be the world leader in many things. It has, for example, the world’s most popular music venue, in the O2 centre. It has the most visited modern art gallery on the planet, at Tate Modern. It is also the world’s legal capital. London rejoices in having many of the world’s [...]
Helicopter tragedy: Why disasters are so thankfully rare January 16, 2013 AFTER a helicopter clipped a crane and crashed into a busy Vauxhall road yesterday, killing two in tragic circumstances and injuring a further 12, it’s only right that we pause our busy lives for a moment, pay tribute to the superb work of London’s emergency services, and be thankful for the miracle that there weren’t [...]
Would other member states allow the UK to renegotiate the terms of its EU membership? January 16, 2013 YES Chris Heaton-Harris Though we should be mindful of charges of “blackmail”, the UK is in a strong position to renegotiate the terms of its EU membership. The Eurozone’s drive for more integration is changing the rules of the game, and requires changes to EU treaties, over which the UK has a veto. We are [...]
