Ford’s focus solely on Scotland February 2, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Scotland captain Ross Ford will pay little heed to England’s line-up for the Six Nations opener on Saturday. Only six players remain from the side that started the Red Rose’s World Cup quarter final defeat against France in October, but Ford said: “Whatever England bring, we’ll just have to deal with it and [...]
Tremlett to miss Sri Lanka tour February 2, 2012 CRICKET: England seamer Chris Tremlett has been ruled out of his side’s tour of Sri Lanka in March. The 30-year-old was forced to fly home early from the current tour of Pakistan after breaking down following the humiliating 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Dubai earlier this month. He revealed on Twitter yesterday: “After [...]
Oscars could Well be the only one to live with Hurricane Fly February 2, 2012 NO Champion Hurdle winner has set the pulse racing as much as Istabraq in the past 20 years, but some would argue that Hurricane Fly has the potential to be even greater. The 10-time Grade One winning hurdler has had some niggling problems during his career, but when on his game, he is breathtaking. Last [...]
BLUE SQUARE WINTER CARNIVAL February 2, 2012 IT’S been a profitable few weeks on the all-weather for us. Diamond Vine’s victory in round four of the Blue Square Sprint Series was a third winner in the last three weeks. Luke Morris nominated his mount as his ride of the weekend and Blue Square’s other exclusive blogger, ATR’s all-weather specialist Simon Mapletoft, also [...]
Super Saint-Andre can lead France to trophy February 2, 2012 SPORT TRADER DAVID WILD AND BEN CLEMINSON BRING YOU THE BEST SIX NATIONS AND PREMIER LEAGUE BETS FROM TOMORROW WHO is under the most pressure ahead of this year’s Six Nations? Is it Stuart Lancaster, England’s interim coach who, should he achieve anything less than a Grand Slam, will probably be out of a job? [...]
Facebook unveils float of the year February 1, 2012 FACEBOOK has taken the first official step to becoming a publicly traded company, filing papers yesterday that outline plans to raise $5bn in what could be the biggest float this year. Silicon Valley’s most anticipated flotation will see Facebook represented by ticker symbol FB, although the company did not specify whether it would list on [...]
Hoare Govett sold at a cost February 1, 2012 BRITISH taxpayers will still have to fork out for the salaries of some Hoare Govett staff after Royal Bank of Scotland sold the legendary stockbroker for just £1. RBS last night agreed to offload Hoare Govett to US investment bank Jefferies and City A.M. understands the state-owned lender will pay some staff costs after the [...]
Britain is now an anti-business nation February 1, 2012 YES, this government is anti-business. This is the first time since 1994, when Tony Blair took over the Labour party, that both government and opposition are united in their relentless attacks on corporate Britain, money-making and the City. The difference in those days – and starting in 1979 – was that the Tories were in [...]
EU blocks bourse merger February 1, 2012 EU REGULATORS have blocked the $7.4bn (£4.7bn) deal to merge exchange operators Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext, saying the combined firm would have killed competition in the European futures market. The two companies are now set to abandon the plan, which would have created the world’s biggest stock exchange. Neither firm was willing to placate [...]
Dozens die as riots erupt at Egyptian match February 1, 2012 MORE than 70 people died as football supporters wielding makeshift weapons invaded the pitch and caused a stampede following a match in Port Said, Egypt, last night. Hundreds more suffered injury when fans of Masry rioted, chasing players and fans from bitter rivals Al-Ahly, after their unexpected win over the country’s top team. It is [...]
