Flower signs new deal and sets lofty goals May 3, 2011 ENGLAND coach Andy Flower insists he can take the team to new heights after resisting overtures from India to extend his contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Flower has worked wonders in his two years as team director, winning two Ashes series and the Twenty20 World Cup and hoisting England from sixth to [...]
Frankel to miss Derby but Cecil still favourite May 3, 2011 WORLD DOMINATION has been installed as the new favourite for the Investec Derby after trainer Henry Cecil revealed much-fancied Frankel will not run. Cecil is reluctant to step up 2000 Guineas winner Frankel to a mile and a half next month at Epsom, leaving his stablemate to take top billing. “I think the Derby would [...]
Melbourne Rebel Cipriani hit with one-game ban May 3, 2011 ENGLAND outcast Danny Cipriani has accepted his punishment of a one-match ban for breaking a curfew imposed by his Melbourne Rebels team-mates. Cipriani, 23, who won the last of his seven international caps three years ago, and scrum-half Richard Kingi defied an agreement to avoid a late night after Saturday’s 28-9 defeat by the New [...]
Radcliffe calls off comeback race May 3, 2011 ATHLETICS: Paula Radcliffe has been forced to abandon her comeback race due to a throat infection. Radcliffe who has been out of action for 18 months, was due to race on 15 May.
Stevenson wins world title May 3, 2011 TAEKWONDO: Britain’s Sarah Stevenson has won her third Taekwondo World Championship title by beating China’s Guo Yunfei in the -67kg category in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Glencore in float price climbdown May 3, 2011 ADVISERS to Glencore are set to price the shares in the group’s flotation at the bottom of the expected range. As the banks working on the deal gauged investor support for what is the London market’s biggest ever flotation, it became clear last night that the shares will be priced at a range that will [...]
Tensions over referendum hit fever pitch after Huhne attack May 3, 2011 SIMMERING coalition tensions over tomorrow’s referendum on AV reached boiling point yesterday, after Chris Huhne launched an extraordinary attack against the Prime Minister and chancellor during a cabinet meeting. In heated exchanges, the climate change secretary challenged David Cameron and George Osborne to “disassociate” themselves from the No campaign, which he claims is “trashing” the [...]
Bin Laden was unarmed when shot by US troops May 3, 2011 THE WHITE House last night revealed fresh details of Osama bin Laden’s death, shifting the official story on the mission to kill the world’s most wanted man. US officials now say the Al-Qaeda leader was not armed when he was shot dead by special forces, although maintained he “did resist” during the 40-minute raid on [...]
Centrica plea over gas tax May 3, 2011 CENTRICA was yesterday hopeful that the chancellor would reconsider plans to raid the profits of North Sea gas firms, after his own tax tsar hit out at the proposals. A source close to the British Gas owner said they were pleased that such a “senior voice” had “questioned whether this is the right way forward”. [...]
Britain must vote No to AV tomorrow May 3, 2011 FIRST it was wedding bells that drowned out campaigning for tomorrow’s referendum – and then it was Osama bin Laden’s death. But the vote on whether to change our voting system is nevertheless a hugely important moment for Britain’s democracy. We urge all of you who care about the way we are governed to take [...]
