Barcelona could be set for a new Manchester test May 30, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY could be handed an instant opportunity to succeed where their local rivals United failed by lowering Barcelona’s colours in next season’s Champions League with Roberto Mancini’s side likely to have a 20 per cent chance of facing the Spaniards in the group stages. The line-up for Europe’s premier competition was finalised over the [...]
Berbatov joins title parade May 30, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED striker Dimitar Berbatov was part of the club’s Premier League trophy parade yesterday, despite being omitted from Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad for Saturday’s Champions League final. Despite the comprehensive nature of their 3-0 defeat against Barcelona, full-back Patrice Evra is already eyeing revenge in 12 months’ time. He said: “We are not afraid. [...]
Derby specialist Fallon refuses Native Khan ride May 30, 2011 THREE-TIMES Investec Epsom Derby-winning jockey Kieren Fallon has opted not to ride Native Khan in Saturday’s big race. Trainer Ed Dunlop said he was disappointed, with the six-time champion tipped to partner Recital for Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle team. “The enticement of the great Ballydoyle battleship steered him towards their horse,” said Dunlop. Derby favourite Carlton [...]
Cardiff part company with Jones May 30, 2011 Championship club Cardiff have sacked manager Dave Jones after his failure to guide the Welsh team to the Premier League. The Bluebirds missed out on promotion to the top flight through the play-offs for the second year running and the board have moved to end Jones’ six-year spell in charge.
No US Open spot for Monty May 30, 2011 Colin Montgomerie will not return to the US Open at Congressional. The Scot finished runner-up there to Ernie Els in 1997, but was only able to manage a one over par total of 145 in the 36-hole qualifying event at Walton Heath.
Vettel hailed by boss Horner May 30, 2011 Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has hailed world champion Sebastian Vettel’s performances over the last seven days as “the two best drives of his career.” The German won in Monaco at the weekend on the back of victory in Spain. Horner said: “What he did in Barcelona, which seems an awful long time [...]
Osborne hit by data leak row May 26, 2011 SENSITIVE data leaked by the Treasury could have fallen into “the wrong hands” and been used to profit off the markets, the head of the UK’s statistics office said yesterday in a scathing letter to the chancellor George Osborne. The Treasury has sent confidential inflation data to around 400 recipients prior to its official release [...]
Facebook boss: don’t regulate us May 26, 2011 FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg defended the internet’s freedom of speech to world leaders at the Group of Eight summit in France yesterday. Smart-suited Zuckerberg (below) and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt both hit back at plans by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to regulate the world wide web, arguing that it aided democracy and free expression. [...]
FAST INTERNET CONNECTION HELPS CHILDREN May 26, 2011 THE internet encourages social interaction for children and adolescents, a German thinktank claimed last night. “The researchers refute the myth that the internet isolates people socially,” the Munich-based Ifo institute said. A fast internet connection can result in children doing more sport and extra-curricula activities, Ifo found.
US outlook knocked by slow GDP growth May 26, 2011 HOPES for a strong American recovery were dashed yesterday by disappointing GDP figures and a surprising upturn in the number of new people claiming unemployment benefits. First-quarter growth came in at an unchanged 1.8 per cent for the US, below the expectations of economists who had anticipated growth to be revised above the two per [...]
