Airlines set for higher profits September 21, 2010 THE WORLD’S airlines are set to make an $8.9bn (£5.7bn) profit this year, according to sharply revised figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Stronger-than-expected recovery within the commercial aviation sector has pushed the leading industry body to up its profits forecast for 2010 from June, when it said the sector would post just [...]
Industry: Network Rail needs to be split and sold September 21, 2010 NETWORK RAIL should be split up and sold off to help raise cash for the Treasury, while train operators should be handed more power, according to new proposals by an industry body. A paper issued by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) to Sir Roy McNulty, who is conducting a value for money review [...]
Gold could hit $1,500 by year end September 21, 2010 GOLD prices could reach a record $1,500 an ounce by the end of the year, analysts predict. “With the break of the previous all-time high at $1,265 last week the next target looks set to be the $1,300 level, and given the fact that demand is set to remain pretty robust a move towards $1,500 [...]
Spot-on Nasri fires Gunners past Spurs September 21, 2010 TOTTENHAM (1) vs ARSENAL (4) AET, 1-1 after 90 mins ARSENAL schemer Samir Nasri conquered his spot-kick superstition to smash two extra-time penalties and earn the Gunners cup revenge over bitter rivals Tottenham. Nasri’s double within five minutes proved the killer blow long before Andrey Arshavin’s fourth, after Robbie Keane had dragged Spurs back into [...]
Row won’t damage political relations, says top diplomat September 21, 2010 PAKISTAN’S high commissioner last night defended Ijaz Butt’s allegations against England’s cricketers – but insisted they would not affect political relations between the countries. Wajid Shamsul Hasan said Paksitan Cricket Board chairman Butt made “a very innocent argument” when accusing England players of taking a bribe to lose the third one-day international at The Oval [...]
Games crisis after British stars pull out September 21, 2010 BRITISH track stars Phillips Idowu and Christine Ohuruogu pulled out of the Commonwealth Games last night amid growing fears the event in Delhi will have to be cancelled. In a disastrous 24 hours for organisers, already fraught preparations were plunged into crisis when a bridge outside the stadium collapsed, injuring 23, and a row erupted [...]
Cup shock as Toffees come unstuck at Brentford September 21, 2010 BRENTFORD(1) vs EVERTON (1) 4-3 on pens; 1-1 after 90 mins LEAGUE ONE Brentford caused a huge shock last night when they dumped Premier League heavyweights Everton out on penalties at a delirious Griffin Park. Striker Jermaine Beckford and defender Phil Jagielka, right, missed from the spot as the Toffees lost the shootout 4-3, having [...]
ICC should step in now and ban Pakistan for five years September 21, 2010 SO, members of the ICC, it’s all up to you, but, surely now enough is enough. Absurd accusations that England players were involved in match fixing weren’t just the comments of an excitable journalist, they were made by Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, for goodness sake. I believe I am balanced [...]
Liverpool chiefs know nothing about football, blasts Benitez September 21, 2010 FORMER Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has launched a scathing attack on his previous employers, claiming they “understood nothing about football”. The Spaniard, right, had a strained relationship with American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett before leaving the club in the summer after six years to join Inter Milan. Now Benitez has lifted the lid [...]
Drogba eyes Chelsea quadruple September 21, 2010 CHELSEA striker Didier Drogba believes the double winners could go even better this season and achieve an unprecedented quadruple. Ahead of tonight’s third round visit of Newcastle, the Ivory Coast international said: “Why not? If we do it, it will be an amazing season. I think to keep the title will be difficult, even if [...]
