Bell hopes for another crack at Aussies in one-day series January 10, 2011 IN-FORM England batsman Ian Bell hopes to have played his way into the Twenty20 side for tomorrow’s first clash with Australia after starring in the warm-up win over a Prime Minister’s XI. Bell hit an unbeaten 124 from 102 balls as England romped to a seven-wicket victory in Canberra, just three days after sealing their [...]
Saracens to sign England star Hodgson at end of the season January 10, 2011 ENGLAND fly-half Charlie Hodgson will sign for Saracens at the end of the season and end his 11-year association with Sale Sharks. The 30-year-old, capped 34 times by his country, is understood to have signed a three-year deal. Hodgson (right), who has scored a record 1,753 Premiership points, underwent surgery in August last year on [...]
US can inspect Ernst & Young January 10, 2011 US regulators have struck a deal that allows them to continue inspecting UK accounting firms including Ernst & Young, which is currently under fire for its role in the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The US accounting watchdog has agreed with the UK’s Professional Oversight Board that it can examine UK firms that audit [...]
MySpace set to lose half its staff January 10, 2011 Social media website MySpace is poised to lay off more than half of its 1,000-strong workforce today as part of an overhaul intended to mend its grim financial position. The site, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, is expected to tell those affected today. MySpace has lost out to newer online competitors since [...]
Ponting concurs with Ashes post-mortem January 10, 2011 AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting has thrown his weight behind calls for an in-depth investigation into his side’s Ashes humiliation. England’s 3-1 triumph was their first Down Under for 24 years and Australian chiefs are preparing a particularly rigorous end-of-term evaluation. “There’s a review after every season, of which I’m always a big part,” said Ponting. [...]
ITV shakes up management team January 10, 2011 ITV has shuffled its commercial management team, the firm said yesterday, appointing Channel 5’s former sales director Kelly Williams and Simon Daglish, the man once responsible for MySpace’s commercial presence in the UK. The media group will also lose its commercial director Gary Digby and several other senior executives. Trading director Simon Lent, commercial director [...]
Jenkins to miss Six Nations January 10, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Wales prop Gethin Jenkins is to miss the entire Six Nations campaign with a toe injury. The Cardiff Blues loose-head will undergo surgery tomorrow and is likely to miss up to 12 weeks. “It is a massive blow to have to replace Gethin Jenkins for the Blues and Wales,” said Blues coach Dai Young.
Silkmen’s Butcher passes away January 10, 2011 FOOTBALL: Macclesfield Town have announced midfielder Richard Butcher has died at the age of 29. Butcher joined the Silkmen in the summer on a two-year deal. A Silkmen statement read: “It is with great sadness that we have to announce the untimely death of Richard Butcher. He was an exemplary professional and a likeable young man.”
Messi wins top Fifa award January 10, 2011 FOOTBALL: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the inaugural Fifa Ballon d’Or. Messi, 23, won the prize – a merger of the Fifa Player of the Year prize and Ballon d’Or – ahead of his Barca team-mates Andres Iniesta and Xavi.
Not so smooth: Clegg falls to pieces in bank bonus chit-chat January 10, 2011 LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg clearly didn’t eat his Weetabix yesterday morning. Normally a consummate media performer, as evidenced by his strong showing in the leaders’ debates, the “trust me, I’m a Lib Dem” act didn’t do the trick on Radio 4’s Today programme. Verbose Scot Jim Naughtie was asking the questions, and he caught [...]
