Revealed: The REAL Games October 3, 2010 DIRTY bathrooms, unfinished balconies, a dog’s filthy pawprints on a bed: the images that spread from Delhi across the globe little more than a week ago and told us there was something seriously wrong with preparations for the Commonwealth Games. Coming in the week in which a footbridge collapsed outside the main stadium, injuring dozens [...]
Saracens boss Venter unhappy despite earning revenge over final opponents October 3, 2010 SARACENS (26) vs LEICESTER TIGERS (20) FLY-HALF Derick Hougaard used his boot to great effect again as Saracens earned a measure of revenge for last season’s Premiership final defeat to Leicester. First-half tries from Schalk Brits and Richard Wigglesworth, both converted by former Tigers man Hougaard, helped the home side go in 17-7 up at [...]
Liverpool in bottom three after Blackpool shocker October 3, 2010 LIVERPOOL (1) vs BLACKPOOL (2) LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson insists he is not thinking about relegation despite slipping into the bottom three with a shock home defeat by Blackpool. Goals from Charlie Adam and Luke Varney put the top-flight newcomers in charge and they held for a famous victory despite Sotirios Kyrgiakos reducing the deficit. [...]
City go second as Hughton rails at ref over penalty calls October 3, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY (2) vs NEWCASTLE UTD (1) NEWCASTLE manager Chris Hughton criticised referee Martin Atkinson after seeing midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa suffer a suspected broken leg in a narrow defeat at Eastlands. Hughton was unhappy at the tackle from Nigel de Jong that contributed to Ben Arfa’s injury after just five minutes, and for which [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF October 3, 2010 Eriksson appointed Foxes boss FOOTBALL: Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson believes he can lead Leicester back into the Premier League within two years. Eriksson took charge of the Championship strugglers yesterday after agreeing a two-year contract to succeed Paulo Sousa, who was sacked on Friday. “I think it’s realistic because they’re wealthy owners and they [...]
Ireland bets all on £43bn bailout plan September 30, 2010 BANK of Ireland was forced to reassure savers their money was safe yesterday following the republic’s revelation that the cost of Ireland’s banking crisis could surge as high as €50bn (£43bn) – as it revealed further bailouts for Anglo Irish Bank, Allied Irish Banks and Irish Nationwide. “Customers can have confidence in Bank of Ireland [...]
I’ve been through hell, says Rok’s departing FD September 30, 2010 THE finance director of building and maintenance firm Rok yesterday spoke of his eight weeks of “hell” as he stepped down from the firm. “The whole experience has been hell. It’s put me through hell, its put my family through hell,” said Ashley Martin, as he reflected on the period since 11 August when he [...]
HP names the heir to Hurd September 30, 2010 COMPUTER maker Hewlett Packard has named Leo Apotheker, the former boss of software firm SAP, as its new chief executive. The surprise announcement last night sent shares in the American-listed firm down three per cent, as the company attempted to draw a line under its previous boss, Mark Hurd. Hurd left the company on 6 [...]
How the euro caused Ireland’s crisis September 30, 2010 THERE is one aspect of the Irish crisis that everybody appears to have forgotten about. Yet it goes a long way towards explaining Ireland’s problems. It is, quite simply, its membership of the dysfunctional single currency, an institution which it should never have joined. For years, sensible economists had been warning that the euro’s one-size-fits-all [...]
TfL: We’ll move Londoners September 30, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has vowed to keep as many services operating on Sunday and Monday as possible as London Underground (LU) workers stage their latest strike. If the 24-hour stoppage by LU workers goes ahead on Sunday evening at 7.00pm, the TfL said it will provide one hundred extra buses, marshalled taxis and increased [...]
