You’ve disrespected United: Ferguson accuses Rooney October 19, 2010 MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s yesterday emphatically retaliated in the war of words with Wayne Rooney, accusing the unsettled striker of going back on his word and disrespecting the club. Ferguson broke his silence on the controversy with a six-and-a-half-minute statement in which he revealed Rooney informed United he wanted to leave back in [...]
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? CITY AM EXPLAINS October 19, 2010 Q.When will rooney leave united? A.His contract expires in summer 2012 but his value will depreciate steadily until then, meaning United’s best chance of getting a big fee will be in January. In theory he could buy out his contract then for £7m, using the Webster ruling, but Europe’s top clubs have agreed not to [...]
BBC shares in the pain as axe looms October 19, 2010 State-funded broadcaster faces real-terms cuts of 16 per cent as licence fee frozen for six years Defence budget is cut by eight per cent and replacement for Trident is delayed until 2016 George Osborne prepares to unveil toughest spending cuts in Britain’s peacetime history THE BBC is being forced to share the pain of public [...]
Fabregas nets in a five-star Arsenal rout October 19, 2010 ARSENAL (5) VS SHAKHTAR DONETSK (1) ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger preached caution after seeing his side take a firm grip of Group H with a record-breaking drubbing of Shakhtar Donetsk. Alex Song, Samir Nasri, fit-again Cesc Fabregas, Jack Wilshere and Marouane Chamakh all netted as the Gunners trampled over the Ukrainian champions. So dominant were [...]
A traumatic but necessary cutback October 19, 2010 IT WILL be grim. The Ministry of Justice will lose 14,000 jobs over the next four years. Close to 10,000 will go in the prison and probation system. There will be 42,000 job losses in the military. These form only part of the 490,000 net public sector jobs set to go over the next four [...]
What to look out for in today’s spending review October 19, 2010 OVERALL CUTS • The chancellor is expected to announce real-terms cuts of 3.6 per cent to total public spending over four years. • Because of interest payments on Britain’s debt pile, that will equate to an average 14 per cent cut for individual departments. • Some departments, such as Health and Overseas Aid, have been [...]
Misfiring Cook and KP are England’s big Ashes worries October 19, 2010 ENGLAND coach Andy Flower has few worries as the Ashes hove into view. Results have been good and the team is very settled. Yet there are one or two issues that will be playing on his mind with five weeks to go until the first Test. First, the players need to adjust their mindsets after [...]
Former PM Thatcher in hospital October 19, 2010 Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher was admitted to hospital last night to be treated for an infection. She is thought not to have fully recovered from an illness which prevented her attending a reception at Downing Street to mark her 85th birthday last week. At the time the reason for her lack of attendance was [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 19, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES INDIAN OIL PLANS RECORD $4.3BN IPO Indian Oil plans to raise a record Rs190bn ($4.3bn, £2.73bn) by selling 20 per cent of its shares in what would be India’s biggest IPO, as several state-run groups are rushing to tap the nation’s booming equity market. Sumit Bose, India’s minister of disinvestment, said yesterday that [...]
Zhirkov relishes return as Blues cruise October 19, 2010 SPARTAK MOSCOW (0) VS CHELSEA (2) CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti hailed Yury Zhirkov after the Russian midfielder chose the perfect setting to reignite his Blues career. Zhirkov’s extraordinary 30-yard volley set the west Londoners on their way to an ultimately comfortable win that virtually guarantees their progress to the last 16. Striker Nicolas Anelka slotted [...]
