Silva the hero as City cut Chelsea’s lead to two points October 17, 2010 BLACKPOOL (2) vs MANCHESTER CITY (3) BLACKPOOL manager Ian Holloway risked landing himself in more hot water after a controversial defeat to Manchester City which saw the big-spending Eastlands outfit close to within two points of Premier League leaders Chelsea. Holloway accused referee Phil Dowd of getting three major decisions wrong: disallowing a Gary Taylor-Fletcher [...]
Leicester fight back to thrash Scarlets October 17, 2010 LEICESTER blew Scarlets away with a second-half salvo in a five-try 46-10 victory that tightened their grip on Heineken Cup Pool Five. A try from Martin Castrogiovanni and eight points from the boot of Toby Flood gave the Tigers a slender 13-10 half-time advantage, with Morgan Stoddart touching down early on for the Welshmen. But [...]
Fears of World Cup vote delay amid bribery claims October 17, 2010 GLOBAL governing body Fifa has launched an investigation into claims of a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding England’s fight to host the 2018 World Cup. A Sunday newspaper alleged that two of the 24 members of Fifa’s executive committee, who will decide in December who is to stage the tournament, offered to sell votes. Nigerian Amos Adamu, [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF October 17, 2010 Irvine tipped to land Lions role RUGBY UNION: British and Irish Lions chiefs are expected to name their latest manager today, with Scotland legend Andy Irvine tipped for the role. The former full-back, 59, toured three times as a Lions player and will be tasked with picking a coach for the 2013 trip to Australia. [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS October 17, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport – as this lot will attest. But while for some it was one to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. Here are this weekend’s heroes and villains. WINNER PADRAIG HARRINGTON The three-time Major winner ended a two-year trophy drought that stretched [...]
Yahoo on alert over £13bn bid October 14, 2010 STRUGGLING internet giant Yahoo is preparing itself for a possible $21bn (£13bn) takeover bid from a private equity-backed AOL. Yahoo has retained Goldman Sachs to advise it on a bid as market speculation reached fever pitch last night. Any deal would be one of the most significant in the online world in the last decade. [...]
UN warns of currency war threat October 14, 2010 WORRIES over the US economy sent the dollar tumbling against most world currencies yesterday, prompting the UN to warn countries against an all-out currency war. The dollar reached $1.41 against the euro and near-parity with the Australian dollar, while a rush to hedge against a weak US dollar sent gold prices to a record high. [...]
HSBC cools on Nedbank bid October 14, 2010 HSBC is believed to be reconsidering its plans to launch a £5bn bid for a controlling stake in South African bank Nedbank, as its exclusive talks with majority owner Old Mutual draw to a close. Shares in Nedbank fell 0.9 per cent to 147.73 rand (£13.59) yesterday, after South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan said [...]
Osborne’s cuts are relatively modest October 14, 2010 IT is time for a reality check. The public spending cuts planned by the coalition only involve reversing, over five years, a small part of the enormous increase in expenditure which took place under Gordon Brown. This is highlighted again this morning by Tim Morgan of Tullett Prebon in A Shower, not a Hurricane: the [...]
Clarke warns on economy October 14, 2010 KEN Clarke yesterday said the British economy was “in grave danger of financial collapse”, in comments that are likely to annoy Number 10. Speaking to the Prison Governors’ Association, the justice secretary added: “We have rescued ourselves for the moment from being bracketed with the weaker brethren with doubts about our credit rating… but if [...]
