Farah can go distance in 2012, insists Daley December 15, 2011 DOUBLE Olympic champion Daley Thompson has tipped world-beating distance runner Mo Farah to sweep the board next year. Farah, who won 5,000m gold and 10,000m silver at this year’s World Championships, is one of six Britons shortlisted for the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards, which will be held in London on 6 February. And decathlon great [...]
English clubs prepare for Euro draws December 15, 2011 ARSENAL and Chelsea will be eager to avoid AC Milan when the draw for the Champions League last 16 is made this morning. The Italian giants, crowned kings of Europe seven times, appear the biggest threat among the seven teams apiece the English clubs could meet. Napoli and Basel, who eliminated Manchester City and Manchester [...]
Perfectionist Jonny has been model pro December 15, 2011 TOMORROW we are privileged to face Scottish opposition in the final round of the British and Irish Cup pool matches. Melrose are the visitors to the Richmond Athletic Ground (kick-off 3pm), and after a victory over Ayr during our pre-season campaign, it is great to be able to test ourselves against another top Scottish club. [...]
Villa faces lengthy injury lay-off December 15, 2011 FOOTBALL: Barcelona’s Spanish striker David Villa faces a race to be fit in time for next summer’s European Championships after he suffered a fracture to the tibia in his left leg yesterday. Villa, who is set to spend up to five months on the sidelines, suffered the injury in Barca’s 4-0 Club World Cup semi-final [...]
Westwood shoots career best 60 December 15, 2011 GOLF: England’s Lee Westwood shot a magnificent career best 12-under-par 60 to lead the Thailand Golf Championship yesterday. Westwood holds a five-shot lead over American John Daly.
London beefs up security for 2012 December 15, 2011 OLYMPICS: London will be protected by 13,500 military personnel during next year’s Games – twice as many as had been predicted. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said security would remain police-led but the Armed Forces would make a “significant contribution”.
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 15, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES CVC STRUGGLES WITH TERRIBLE RESULTS IN ASIA When CVC raised a $4.12bn Asian buy-out fund in 2008, Marc St John, its head of investor relations, referred to the private equity group’s record in the region when he said investors “like what they see”. A few years and a financial crisis later, investors are [...]
Fitch downgrades eight banks December 15, 2011 France’s two biggest banks were among eight downgraded by ratings agency Fitch yesterday after it put them on negative watch two months ago. Fitch hit BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs with downgrades to their viability ratings and one or two notch cuts to [...]
RIM co-CEOs pay cut to just $1 December 15, 2011 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion will pay its two co-chief executives $1 each next year after it posted a 27 per cent drop in quarterly profit and gave a dismal outlook for the Christmas period. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis will cut their salaries as they work to fix the firm’s problems. Revenues fell six [...]
Canaccord in £253m Collins Stewart deal December 15, 2011 SHARES in finance group Collins Stewart Hawkpoint rocketed more than 75 per cent yesterday after it agreed a sale of the business to Canaccord Financial for £253.3m. The 96p per share cash and shares offer put the bid at a 90 per cent premium to Collins Stewart’s share price on Wednesday, and shareholders will also [...]
