GB&I open first-day lead September 16, 2011 Great Britain and Ireland have taken a commanding 4-1 lead over Continental Europe after the opening day fourballs at the Seve Trophy in France. Scott Jamieson and Ross Fisher led the way with a 6&4 victory, while Robert Rock and Ian Poulter were 5&3 winners. Anders Hansen and Francesco Molinari were Europe’s only victorious pairing.
Murray set to face part-timer September 16, 2011 Andy Murray will go from playing Rafael Nadal to taking on a student without a world ranking in Great Britain’s Davis Cup clash against Hungary today. Six days after losing in the semi-finals of the US Open, Murray will meet Sebo Kiss at Braehead Arena, Glasgow. Kiss, 27, achieved a career-high ranking of 531st in [...]
Fifa reject Bin Hammam appeal September 16, 2011 Mohamed bin Hammam will take his case against a lifetime ban from football to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after Fifa rejected his initial appeal. Fifa banned Bin Hammam, 62, after finding him guilty of bribing Caribbean voters with $40,000 to back his later abandoned campaign to become president.
THE BREAKDOWN | WORLD CUP BRIEFS September 16, 2011 EAGLES TAKE FLIGHT The USA ensured there was no historic World Cup debut for Russia as the Eagles edged a tight Pool C encounter 13-6. The Russians, the 25th team to take part in the World Cup got on the scoreboard thanks to penalties from Yury Kushnarev and Konstantin Rachkov. But Chris Wyles responded with [...]
MADE IN CHELSEA LINK IRKS TOPSHOP TYCOON September 15, 2011 A NIGHT in is inked in the diary for Sir Philip Green next Monday, when the first episode of the new season of Made In Chelsea airs, starring his 20-year-old daughter Chloe. “I will be watching it on Monday night, of course,” he told The Capitalist. The conversation took a turn for the worse, however, [...]
London 2012 IMAGE OF THE WEEK September 15, 2011 Boris Johnson and Frank Lowry, co-founder of the Westfield Group, open the gateway to the Olympic Park: Westfield Stratford. In the run-up to the 2012 Games, City A.M. is publishing its Olympic Image of the Week. Email your photos to pictures@cityam.com with IOW2012 in the subject line. Full details: www.cityam.com/london-2012.
Award-winning city penthouse September 15, 2011 FOR sale by the building’s architects, the couple Patrick Theis and Soraya Kahn, the penthouse in this extraordinarily elegant, intelligent development in Shoreditch is a prime and prestigious choice for anyone working in the City. The building – designed to be both for working and living – has won several awards and was short-listed for [...]
THE LONDON BAROMETER September 15, 2011 MARKET COMMENT During August we took on 20 per cent more property instructions than we did last year. This is despite the fact that property stock levels are down by 15 per. While the number of new applicants registering with estate agents is down on July’s figures – to be expected for August – the [...]
Getting the very best from the Home Counties September 15, 2011 PEOPLE are often very unfair to the Home Counties,” says James Grillo of Chesterton Humberts, “There is so much more to it than sprawling suburbia.” Indeed, as he points out, there’s more woodland per acre in Surrey than another county in England. “The schools are great, the commute is quick and the properties are fabulous.” [...]
Edges smoothed on Swiss prices September 15, 2011 ORDINARY mortals find the cost of a single pizza in Switzerland staggering – friends reported having to pay SFR50 for one in Verbier a few weeks ago. Indeed, with the Swiss franc having appreciated by 20 per cent against the euro in the last 12 months alone, the Swiss economy has felt the effects on [...]
