Scots sorry for ‘crass’ fans September 8, 2010 FOOTBALL: The Scottish Football Association have apologised on behalf of fans who booed the Liechtenstein national anthem before their European Championship qualifier at Hampden Park. A section of the crowd jeered the anthem, which has the same tune as God Save The Queen, before their last-gasp 2-1 in on Tuesday night. SFA acting chief executive [...]
Bank rescues troubled Owls September 8, 2010 FOOTBALL: The Co-operative Bank has come to the rescue of cash-strapped Sheffield Wednesday by settling the club’s £703,000 debt with HM Revenue and Customs. The League One club avoided a winding-up petition in the High Court, saying they were hopeful of finalising “very serious and advanced” takeover talks.
Birthday joy for Hanagan September 8, 2010 RACING: Title-chasing jockey Paul Hanagan celebrated his 30th birthday in style after riding a 91-1 double on the opening day of Doncaster’s St Leger meeting. The jockey’s championship leader won on 3-1 shot Barefoot Lady for boss Richard Fahey before later doubling up with victory aboard David Elsworth’s Myplacelater at 22-1.
Woods and Mickelson may pair September 8, 2010 GOLF: United States Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin has refused to rule out the possibility of pairing world No1 Tiger Woods and No2 Phil Mickelson at Celtic Manor next month. “I’m not afraid to put anybody with anybody,” he said. “Any pairing is possible.”
Decanting: how to breathe life into your wine September 8, 2010 THE main thing about decanters is that they look nice – and make you look like you know about wine. At least, that’s what I thought until the folks from Riedel turned up at the City A.M. offices to demonstrate the worth of their wares. Twenty minutes after they entered bearing fine glassware, I had [...]
Know your fiction:?the Booker shortlist assessed September 8, 2010 IN A STRANGE ROOM BY DAMON GALGUT Atlantic, £15.99 Best for: travellers DAMON Galgut’s semi-autobiographical novel follows a man, named Damon, on three different journeys – through Greece, through Africa and through India. Although he encounters and connects with different people on each trip, and himself fulfils different roles in relation to them – the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE September 8, 2010 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE AT THE TATE Tate Britain is playing host to an exhibition of photographs by one of the medium’s true pioneers. Muybridge’s images of bodies in motion – including horses galloping (proving for the first time that they had all four legs in the air at one point in its running stride) and wrestlers [...]
LIFE COACH September 8, 2010 I’ve been invited on a game shoot, but I’ve never been before and don’t know what to expect. What do I need to know? AS many people in the City will attest, going on a shoot is a terrific social occasion. There’s nothing like spending a day standing in fields blowing fowl out of the [...]
Exodus fears as banks reshuffle September 7, 2010 A SHAKE-UP at the helm of two of the UK’s largest banks is fuelling fears that the country could lose its top banking institutions overseas due to an over-zealous approach to regulation of the industry. Barclays yesterday shocked the markets by appointing Barclays Capital boss Bob Diamond to run the business. Current chief executive John [...]
Hurd sued by HP over Oracle job September 7, 2010 MARK HURD, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (HP), is being sued by the computer company over his move to join rival Oracle. Hurd was appointed as co-president and director of Oracle, the world’s third-largest software maker, yesterday and just one month after he resigned from HP. HP has alleged that Hurd’s move to Oracle [...]
