PLUNKETT JETS TO ENGLAND’S AID January 31, 2011 ENGLAND have called up Liam Plunkett to ease their bowling injury crisis ahead of the remaining one-day internationals in Australia. The Durham paceman is set to leave the Lions’ tour of the Caribbean and fly Down Under, but will not arrive in time for tomorrow’s sixth ODI. England trail 4-1 in the best-of-seven series.
Tyrie calls for clarity on pay January 31, 2011 UP TO nine Lloyds bankers earn more than the £3.4m per year paid to chief executive Eric Daniels, it was revealed yesterday by the bank. The development comes after the chair of the Commons Treasury Select Committee, Andrew Tyrie, demanded more transparency over bank pay. Tyrie made his call in a letter to the chief [...]
Doran-Jones set for Gloucester January 31, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Northampton have confirmed that England prop Paul Doran-Jones will join them from Premiership rivals Gloucester in the summer. The 25-year-old, who can play on both sides of the scrum, won his only international cap against Argentina during the 2009 autumn internationals.
WTO rules against Boeing January 31, 2011 The World Trade Organisation yesterday ruled that US aircraft manufacturer Boeing benefited from illegal American government subsidies, which distorted market competition. The case against Boeing was brought by the European Union in a tit-for-tat dispute after the United States challenged European Union subsidies for Airbus. The ruling, which is not going to be published for [...]
Southgate lands FA position January 31, 2011 FOOTBALL: Former England defender Gareth Southgate will take on the newly-created role of head of elite development for English football. His main responsibility will be to develop more young players. “As a former England player I’m committed to helping develop a greater number of high-quality international players,” Southgate said.
Android outstrips Nokia platform January 31, 2011 Google’s Android smartphone operating system has overtaken Nokia to become the most popular platform in the final quarter of last year. Research group Canalys found that shipments of smartphones using Android, such as the HTC Desire, outstripped those containing Nokia’s Symbian platform. Canalys estimated 33.3m Android smartphones and 31m Nokia smartphones running Symbian were shipped [...]
Bangalore to host England game January 31, 2011 CRICKET: England’s World Cup group match against India will now take place in Bangalore on 27 February. Kolkata’s Eden Gardens had been set to host the fixture, but an ICC inspection team last week said it would not be ready in time.
Consolidation hits Deutsche Bank profits January 31, 2011 GERMAN lender Deutsche Bank has revealed a fourth-quarter pre-tax profit well below estimates as a result of restructuring costs. The bank reported pre-tax profits of approximately €700m (£598.5m) for the last three months of 2010, down on its €756m posting for the same period the year before. Released in a surprise preliminary statement last night, [...]
Broughton’s new company is through to final Tote round January 31, 2011 A new sports investment group formed by Sir Martin Broughton, the former British Airways and Liverpool Football Club chairman, has made it through to the final round of bidding to take over the Tote, the government’s bookmaker. Broughton’s son Michael, of Sports Investment Partners said yesterday: “Sports Investment Partners is very pleased to have been [...]
Clubs smash Jan records January 31, 2011 THE £215m spent by Premier League clubs before last night’s deadline set a new record for the January window – and fulfilled one of City A.M.’s predictions. More than £130m was spent yesterday alone – four times the entire sum shelled out in January 2010 and topping the previous best of 2008. Six deals topped £20m [...]
