Fergie guarantees goals as Reds get set for Real February 12, 2013 MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has promised goals in a fixture fit for the final when his side lock horns with Real Madrid in the Champions League tonight. Eight previous meetings between the two giants of European football have produced 31 goals, and Ferguson expects that pattern to continue against Jose Mourinho’s team in [...]
Wily Old Lady outwits Bhoys February 12, 2013 CELTIC 0 vs JUVENTUS 3 CELTIC manager Neil Lennon admits his team’s Champions League adventure is all but over after ruthless Juventus plundered a commanding first-leg lead last night. The Scots bombarded Juve – nicknamed the Old Lady – throughout the last 16 clash but defensive lapses let in Alessandro Matri, Claudio Marchisio and Mirko [...]
Broad’s England need to be more savvy in series decider February 12, 2013 E NGLAND captain Stuart Broad was quick to blame yesterday’s series-levelling 55-run defeat in the second Twenty20 match in New Zealand on his decision to put the hosts into bat. Yet if England had just bowled a bit better they might have won. As good as the tourists were in Saturday’s romp to victory in [...]
Three Lions rely on Aussie favour February 12, 2013 CRICKET: England’s women bid to reach the World Cup final today, but need a little help from Australia to get there. England must beat New Zealand and overturn an inferior run-rate to the West Indies, who earlier play the Aussies.
Jones gets Six Nations call-up February 12, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Lock Alun Wyn Jones has been added to the Wales RBS Six Nations squad for their final three matches of the championship.
G7 fails to halt currency wars February 12, 2013 INTERNATIONAL leaders yesterday failed in their attempt to reassure investors that a currency war would not be allowed to escalate, after a joint-statement failed to convince analysts and prompted sharp fluctuations in the foreign exchange markets. Finance ministers of the Group of Seven leading nations, known as the G7, sought to reaffirm their “commitment to [...]
“We’ve never been stronger” – Tim Cook says Apple is at top of its game February 12, 2013 APPLE chief executive Tim Cook sounded a bullish note at a Goldman Sachs event yesterday, reassuring investors that “limit” was not a word in his vocabulary, and that the firm remained a “centre of innovation”. Speaking ahead of the bank’s annual technology and internet conference, Cook acknowledged the lawsuit brought against the firm by David Einhorn’s [...]
Comcast to buy stake in NBCUniversal February 12, 2013 US CABLE provider Comcast is to buy out General Electric’s (GE) entire 49 per cent stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7bn (£10.7bn), taking full control of the company behind CNBC and Universal Studios. The deal, which was announced late last night, comes more than a year ahead of the original date that was agreed when GE [...]
Work placements for the unemployed make a lot of sense February 12, 2013 UNEMPLOYMENT remains obscenely high in today’s stagnant Britain, and far too many people – young and old – have been on the dole or on other out of work benefits for far too long. Anything that allows them to break out of their present predicament should be welcome. The government should be able to ask [...]
Retailer Republic poised to fall into administration February 12, 2013 REPUBLIC, the youth fashion retailer, is poised to become the latest high street name to collapse into administration, putting 1,000 jobs and 121 stores at risk. Ernst & Young has been lined up as administrators and the appointment is expected to be confirmed this morning. The group’s demise marks the latest in a string of [...]
