Milner deal the final straw as O’Neill quits Villa helm August 9, 2010 FRUSTRATED Martin O’Neill finally lost patience with Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner yesterday and quit as manager just five days before the start of the new Premier League season. The Northern Irishman brought an abrupt end to his four-year tenure at Villa Park amid speculation the club were about to let midfielder James Milner join [...]
Capello denies England unrest after retirements August 9, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO yesterday refuted claims of a communication breakdown with his players despite the furore surrounding his latest squad selection. Since naming his 23-man party for tomorrow’s friendly with Hungary at Wembley, Capello has seen two of his included players, goalkeeper Paul Robinson and defender Wes Brown, announce their retirement from international football. And he [...]
Match-winner Strauss backs bad boy Broad August 9, 2010 CAPTAIN Andrew Strauss leapt to the defence of hot-headed Stuart Broad after leading England to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Pakistan in the second Test at Edgbaston. Seamer Broad was fined 50 per cent of his match fee (around £3,000) after petulantly throwing the ball at batsman Zulqarnain Haider and hitting him on the shoulder. [...]
Harbinger forced to quit August 9, 2010 HORSE RACING: Record-breaker Harbinger was officially retired to stud yesterday after suffering a crippling injury at the weekend. The colt, who rallied to an impressive 11-length win in the King George VI at last month, fractured his near-fore cannon bone at Newmarket on Saturday. He underwent successful surgery on Sunday but it wasn’t enough to [...]
Miley leads British charge August 9, 2010 SWIMMING: Britain’s Hannah Miley stormed to gold yesterday in the 400m individual medley at the European Championships in Budapest. The 21-year-old staged an impressive fightback to win by over three seconds after trailing Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu. The British women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team claimed a silver medal, finishing behind Germany, after edging out Sweden.
No Murray rift, says ex-coach August 9, 2010 TENNIS: Coach Miles Maclagan insists he is still on good terms with Andy Murray despite his recent split with the world No4. Maclagan spent two-and-a-half years working with the British No1 but confirmed the split was “very amicable”. “We left on very amicable terms,” he said. “I’ve heard from him a couple of times since, [...]
BANKS TO FIGHT LENDING CRITICS August 8, 2010 BANKS are clubbing together in a bid to end claims they are starving small businesses of credit. The banking taskforce comprises chief executives from the major UK financial institutions and the British Bankers’ Association (BBA). The BBA has drafted a letter to chancellor George Osborne setting out a raft of proposals it says will ensure [...]
BlackBerry gets boost in Bahrain August 8, 2010 BAHRAIN yesterday ruled out banning BlackBerry mobile phones just hours before a crunch decision is expected by nearby Saudi Arabia. The Persian Gulf island says it maintains concerns over the security risk posed by the device, made by Canadian firm Research In Motion (RIM), but would not make sharing information using the phone illegal. Last [...]
City: Bank looks too bullish on forecasts August 8, 2010 THE Bank of England needs to revise down its optimistic growth forecasts and hike its expectations for the path of inflation to bring them into line with other forecasters, City economists have warned ahead of the quarterly Inflation Report on Wednesday. In its May Inflation Report, the central bank forecast that real economic growth would [...]
US Fed predicted to unveil more easing August 8, 2010 WEAK US employment figures have spurred speculation the Federal Reserve will announce a return to “unconventional” quantitative easing (QE) at tomorrow’s policy meeting. After figures on Friday showed 131,000 Americans lost their jobs in July, more than double the number expected, analysts at Goldman Sachs said the Fed could begin using the proceeds from maturing [...]
