McIlroy holds off Tiger to become new world No1 March 4, 2012 NORTHERN IRELAND’S Rory McIlroy kept a revitalised Tiger Woods at bay to win the Honda Classic last night and become world No1 for the first time in his career. McIlroy finished two shots clear of Woods on 12-under-par after the American had put together and astonishing final round of 62 which was just one shy [...]
Ameobi denies Sunderland as tempers flare March 4, 2012 NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew blasted Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole after Shola Ameobi’s stoppage-time equaliser snatched the Magpies a 1-1 draw in a feisty Tyne-Wear derby. Ameobi atoned for Demba Ba’s 83rd-minute penalty miss and cancelled out the first-half spot-kick scored by Nicklas Bendtner. Sunderland saw Stephane Sessegnon sent off while Cattermole was shown a red card [...]
Kauto on track for Cheltenham March 4, 2012 Two-time winner Kauto Star’s bid for a third Cheltenham Gold Cup received a boost yesterday when he completed an encouraging canter. Trainer Paul Nicholls last week rated him only 50-50 for the race on 16 March following a fall in schooling. But he said: “All was fine. We will look to step up his work [...]
Hammers keep pace with Saints March 4, 2012 West Ham closed to within a point of Championship leaders Southampton with a 2-0 win at promotion rivals Cardiff. Captain Kevin Nolan and George McCartney scored goals in each half as the Hammers moved four points clear of third-placed Reading.
Adlington seals Olympic place March 4, 2012 Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington secured her spot in the British team for London 2012 with a superb display in the 400m freestyle at the national trials. Adlington was one of six swimmers to book places including Jo Jackson (400m free), Ellen Gandy and Fran Halsall (100m fly), and Daniel Sliwinski and Craig Benson (100m [...]
Hodgson keeps Sarries on track March 4, 2012 England fly-half Charlie Hodgson kicked six penalties as Saracens beat Northampton 18-12 to keep up the pressure on Premiership leaders Harlequins, who lead the table by four points. Meanwhile, Quins scrum-half Danny Care was arrested in Leeds city centre early on Sunday morning for his third alcohol-related incident in the last three months. Care, who [...]
Credit default insurers will not pay out over Greece March 1, 2012 GREECE has not defaulted on its debts after all because the government has negotiated a “voluntary” haircut with investors, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) controversially ruled yesterday. As a result, €3bn (£2.5bn) in insurance contracts taken out against the risk of Greece defaulting will not be paid out, even though bondholders face heavy [...]
Lloyds signs finance chief but job will be left vacant for two months March 1, 2012 LLOYDS Banking Group has clinched new chief financial officer George Culmer, after months of wrangling over his start date and pay package. But the part-nationalised bank will be left without a finance chief for the next two months because Culmer, who stepped down from insurer RSA in November, will not join until the Lloyds shareholder [...]
GM asked to save UK jobs March 1, 2012 VINCE Cable has flown to New York to meet with the leaders of General Motors (GM) and asked them to commit to UK manufacturing. The business secretary met with GM’s chief executive Dan Akerson and corporate strategy vice chairman Stephen Girsky to make the case for continued investment in its British factories. Reports suggest the American firm [...]
All tax rates are too high in Britain March 1, 2012 IT was good to see yet more entrepreneurs and small business owners joining in the campaign to scrap the 50p tax rate yesterday. But supporters of the tax were also out in force yesterday; they deployed three main arguments. The first is that “bankers” (in modern parlance, anybody who works in finance, including fund managers, [...]
