Chalmers denies Woods November 13, 2011 Home favourite Greg Chalmers held off resurgent Tiger Woods to win the Australian Open. Chalmers shot a final round of 69 to finish on 13 under par, one better than countryman John Senden. Former world No1 Woods was a shot further back after closing with a 67.
Federer claims successive titles November 13, 2011 Former world No1 Roger Federer claimed the Paris Masters for the first time with a straight-sets victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in yesterday’s final. Federer beat the Frenchman 6-1, 7-6 to seal successive tournament wins, having triumphed in Basel last week.
Sutton handed County cup tie November 13, 2011 Non-league Sutton United have been drawn at home to Notts County in the second round of the FA Cup, following their win over Kettering. Charlton, who beat FC Halifax 4-0 yesterday, will host League One rivals Carlisle while Brentford face Cambridge or Wrexham.
Ex-Somerset captain in suicide November 13, 2011 Former Somerset captain Peter Roebuck has died, aged 55, in a case South African police were treating as suicide. Opening batsman-turned-journalist Roebuck plunged six floors from his Cape Town hotel room on Saturday night, where he was covering the Test series for Australian media.
Pacquiao to face Marquez again November 13, 2011 A fourth welterweight showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is being lined up after the Filipino’s controversial points win over the Mexican in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Hopes had been raised that Pacquiao might finally face American Floyd Mayweather but his promoter Bob Arum said: “I’m bound and determined to have these [...]
Bond markets target France November 10, 2011 CONFIDENCE in France’s and Spain’s ability to pay back their debts weakened yesterday as investors piled into UK and German government debt. Yields on 10-year French bonds rose 0.3 percentage points over the day, to 3.47 per cent. Spain’s yields too have risen steadily, hitting 5.95 per cent for 10-year bonds, before falling back to 5.86 [...]
HSBC to axe hundreds of bankers in London and Hong Kong November 10, 2011 HSBC is to make hundreds of bankers redundant this week in London and other financial centres such as Hong Kong and the US, it emerged yesterday, as it struggles to get back to bumper profits in the current troubled economic climate. City A.M. understands that staff in HSBC’s City offices were told about the cuts [...]
City’s chief to stand down November 10, 2011 STUART Fraser, the City of London Corporation’s policy chairman – its chief executive in all but name – yesterday said he would step down to the deputy’s seat to free up more time to experience “a very special year for London” in 2012. Fraser (pictured) – also a City A.M. columnist – will step aside [...]
Britain’s safe haven status won’t last November 10, 2011 SOMETHING seemingly astonishing is happening. Despite suffering from a gigantic budget deficit of at least £120bn, out-of-control inflation and an economy that has ground to a halt, investors are giving Britain the thumbs-up. The cost at which the government can borrow keeps on falling, and reached its lowest level since the 1950s yesterday. In real [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 10, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES EXXON SIGNS KURD EXPLORATION CONTRACTS ExxonMobil has become the first of the “supermajor” oil companies to venture into Kurdistan, in a controversial move that will be seen as a huge vote of confidence in the semi-autonomous region of Iraq but could spark a backlash in Baghdad. Exxon, the largest international oil company, signed [...]
