Euro exit won’t cost me job, says Mancini November 21, 2012 MANCHESTER CITY 1 vs REAL MADRID 1 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini does not fear the sack despite his side crashing out of the Champions League in the group stages last night for a second successive season. Sergio Aguero’s second-half penalty cancelled out Karim Benzema’s early tap-in but a draw was not enough for City. [...]
Rafa’s for five-year plans, not firefighting November 21, 2012 IN MOST football management jobs, if you have five or six weeks of poor results, you’re in trouble. If you’re at Chelsea and in freefall, as Roberto Di Matteo was, you know what comes next. The club are all about getting results, here and now. They are also one of the most ambitious in the [...]
Meyer wary of ferocious test for tiring Boks November 21, 2012 SOUTH Africa coach Heyneke Meyer believes England are now tough enough to compete with the brutality of the southern hemisphere sides, ahead of their clash at Twickenham on Saturday. Meyer, who spent six months as Leicester boss in 2008, admits he used to view England teams as soft but his preconceptions were changed by a [...]
Trott itching to find form in the middle November 21, 2012 BATSMAN Jonathan Trott admits he is relieved that he can immediately get back to the crease and help England respond after a heavy first Test defeat against India. The tourists stumbled to a nine-wicket loss in Ahmedabad on Monday, despite captain Alastair Cook’s fine second-innings 176, as the batting middle order collapsed in both sessions. [...]
Ex-champ Camacho shot in face November 21, 2012 BOXING: Puerto Rican former world champion Hector Camacho was last night fighting for his life after being shot in the face. The 50-year-old, who retired in 1997, was injured in a drive-by attack in San Juan on Tuesday and suffered a heart attack in hospital.
AVB won’t risk Dembele in Italy November 21, 2012 FOOTBALL: Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas insists midfielder Mousa Dembele will not play at Lazio in tonight’s Europa League clash, despite the Belgian recovering from a hip injury to travel with the squad.
Trescothick pens Somerset deal November 21, 2012 CRICKET: Former England batsman Marcus Trescothick has signed a three-year contract extension at Somerset. He has twice helped them finish second in the County Championship.
An unwanted hotel surprise in Kyrgyzstan hotel room November 21, 2012 Anot-so-jolly work jolly for an intrepid pair from City financial services firm Merchant Securities, who jetted off to Central Asia recently. Chris Theis, head of international sales and research at Merchant Securities, and his mining analyst colleague Kurt Burge, recently returned to British soil (no doubt kissing the ground at Heathrow when they landed) after [...]
Fifty Shades of Lloyd’s – Former insurance broker’s debut novel November 21, 2012 AN interesting piece of literature arrived on The Capitalist’s desk yesterday morning. A self-published novel from former Lloyd’s broker Victoria Neville. Thursday Nights, Monday Mornings promises tales from the “shambolic playground of the London insurance market”. Delving into the pages to see protagonists with names such as Sarah “Shagger” Smith it appears to be an [...]
Halfords profit drops despite high bike sales November 21, 2012 STRONG bike sales following the summer of sport failed to make up for the wet weather at the beginning of the year, as Halfords yesterday reported that profits dropped by 23 per cent in its half year results. The bicycle to car-parts retailer said it made pre-tax profits of £42.4m for the six months to [...]
