Lampard ignites race for title December 12, 2011 By FRANK DALLERES AT STAMFORD BRIDGE Late penalty from Chelsea super-sub ends City’s unbeaten run and catapults Villas-Boas’ side back into the top four CHELSEA 2 vs MANCHESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA manager Andre Villas-Boas declared his team’s faltering Premier League title challenge back on track after Frank Lampard climbed off the bench to puncture leaders [...]
End of the road for England legend Wilkinson December 12, 2011 ENGLAND’S iconic World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson yesterday announced his retirement from international rugby. The 32-year-old, arguably England’s greatest ever player, won 91 caps over the course of an injury-plagued career and also represented the British and Irish Lions on two tours. Wilkinson will forever be remembered as the man who kicked England to [...]
MATCH ANALYSIS December 12, 2011 KEY MOMENT Manchester City’s early dominance was hardly reflected by a 1-0 scoreline handed to them by Mario Balotelli’s second minute strike and a famous Chelsea comeback may never have materialised had referee Mark Clattenburg spotted Jose Bosingwa’s trip on David Silva inside the penalty area in the 14th minute. Only after super-slow-motion replays was [...]
Shanghai eye Drogba and Anelka pairing December 12, 2011 AMBITIOUS Chinese outfit Shanghai Shenhua want to reunite Nicolas Anelka with his old Chelsea strike partner Didier Drogba. Anelka, 32, will move to the Far East in January on a two-year contract believed to be worth £8m a year, it was confirmed yesterday. But, not content with just one former Stamford Bridge frontman, the Chinese [...]
Arsenal to conquer new frontier with pre-season tour of Nigeria December 12, 2011 ARSENAL chiefs are planning to take the club into new territory next summer by embarking on a pre-season tour to Africa. The Gunners are in talks about playing a number of matches in Nigeria next summer, before the 2012-13 campaign gets underway. Other tours are also being discussed and it is understood Arsenal could schedule [...]
Kauto Star set for King George December 12, 2011 HORSE RACING: Four-time winner Kauto Star has been entered for the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day by his trainer Paul Nicholls. The 11-year-old defied the critics by beating Long Run to win the Betfair Chase at Haydock three weeks ago.
Hoy caught in Foy crossfire December 12, 2011 FOOTBALL: British cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has been accidentally targeted on Twitter by Tottenham fans angry with referee Chris Foy following Sunday’s defeat at Stoke. Foy made several controversial calls and a number of Spurs fans have mistakenly written to Olympic champion Hoy expressing their displeasure. “Getting some rather amusing grief from Spurs fans!” Hoy [...]
MARKETS HIT AS EURO HOPES FADE December 12, 2011 GLOBAL markets were shaken yesterday as fears returned that governments will not manage to save the Eurozone. The honeymoon period that followed last week’s euro deal proved all too brief, making way yesterday afternoon for a show of bitter disappointment from traders. Stocks fell sharply, peripheral Eurozone economies saw their bond yields soar towards the [...]
FSA: Beef up EU rules after RBS December 12, 2011 THE UK must vigorously oppose Europe’s stance on new capital rules in the wake of RBS’s collapse, FSA chairman Lord Adair Turner said yesterday. The long-awaited report into the bank’s 2008 bail-out by taxpayers published yesterday said that regulators were using a “fundamentally flawed” set of rules for how much a bank must put aside [...]
MPs: Finance must be taught December 12, 2011 PERSONAL finance must be taught in schools to equip young people with the knowledge they need to navigate an increasingly complex financial world, said a group of MPs yesterday, as they called for compulsory lessons to be part of the curriculum. A report released by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on financial education for young [...]
