Crouch is Spurs’ San Siro hero February 15, 2011 AC MILAN 0 vs TOTTENHAM 1 TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp has implored Uefa to review Mathieu Flamini’s horror tackle on Vedran Corluka following the latest installment of his side’s Champions League fairytale. Peter Crouch’s 80th minute strike gave Tottenham a fully deserved first leg win, but Flamini’s two-footed assault on the Croatia defender, allied to [...]
Arsenal put faith in Van Persie February 15, 2011 ARSENAL vs BARCELONA ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has hailed Robin van Persie’s sizzling form and backed the Dutchman to deliver as the Gunners prepare for a Champions League rematch with their conquerors of last season, Barcelona. Van Persie has hit a purple patch since returning from injury, scoring 10 goals in his last eight games, [...]
Walcott threat is key for Gunners February 15, 2011 ARSENAL’S focus tonight ought to be two-fold: maximise the threat of Theo Walcott and try to neutralise Barcelona by ensuring the team unit stays as compact as possible. Walcott is a wild card as no-one else on either side has such extraordinary pace, as he has shown repeatedly this season, and did when these two [...]
Facebook fesses up – social network launches phone with HTC February 15, 2011 HTC, the Taiwanese mobile phone giant, yesterday unveiled two Facebook-branded phones, as first revealed in City A.M. last month. Dan Rose, head of business development at the social network, had denied our story, telling a press conference the following day there were no branded handsets in the pipeline. However, the two new devices – which [...]
Olympic chiefs: We will cope with ticket demand say February 15, 2011 LONDON 2012 organisers are confident they are equipped to cope with the increased demand for Olympic tickets following the release of the key dates for next year’s Games. Tickets do not go on sale for another month, but organisers advised that there is no advantage in rushing to register interest via the 2012 ticketing website. [...]
Agius: 50p tax makes it harder to keep talent in London February 15, 2011 THE 50p top tax rate makes it harder to retain talent in London, Barclays chairman Marcus Agius told City A.M. yesterday. He also said the bank’s “regretted losses” – staff that it has lost despite efforts to prevent them leaving – have risen, adding: “Competition for talent is fierce.” UK banks face a particularly difficult struggle to [...]
Inflation hits 27-month high February 15, 2011 INFLATION reached its highest rate since November 2008 last month, as escalating price pressures and tax hikes continue to hammer households suffering from sluggish wage growth and rising unemployment. While inflation on the consumer price index (CPI) climbed 0.3 per cent to four per cent, the tax and price index (TPI) – which includes the [...]
Spiralling prices are hurting the UK February 15, 2011 TAKE your pick. Is inflation four per cent a year, as the official, consumer price index measure suggests, or 5.1 per cent, as the older, broader retail price index would have you believe? My own favourite measure of how the cost of living is going up is the tax and price index, which has surged [...]
Contador is free to ride again after doping ban is overturned February 15, 2011 SPANISH superstar Alberto Contador expressed his relief after winning his appeal against a provisional one-year doping ban. The three-time Tour de France winner tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol during last year’s race in July. But the 28-year-old maintained his innocence, insisting contaminated meat was responsible for a failed test, and was cleared yesterday [...]
Farepak bosses could be barred from City jobs February 15, 2011 EXECUTIVES of the ill-fated savings club Farepak could be banned from serving as company directors after the government’s Insolvency Service applied to the courts to disqualify them. Nine directors including former CBI president Sir Clive Thompson and outgoing Blacks Leisure chief executive Neil Gillis could face a ban of up to 15 years if the [...]
