King Contador claims third crown as Cav ends on high July 25, 2010 ALBERTO CONTADOR cruised to his third Tour de France title in four years after Britain’s Mark Cavendish clinched the final stage in Paris for the second year running. Contador ensured Spain held onto the yellow jersey for the fifth successive year after safely arriving at the Champs Elysees 39 seconds ahead of nearest rival Andy [...]
‘He was genius, but there was also the other side’ July 25, 2010 TRIBUTES continued to flood in last night for the first true legend of snooker, Alex Higgins, who died on Saturday, aged 61, following a long battle with cancer. With his enigmatic approach to the game, the ‘Hurricane’ became the first true bastion of ‘sexy snooker’, helping the raise the profile of the sport to a [...]
New boy Kolarov backs City to rule Europe July 25, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY’S latest recruit Aleksandar Kolarov believes the club can become kings of Europe. The Serbian full-back turned down offers from several other clubs to join Roberto Mancini’s men in a £19m deal from Lazio. And the 24-year-old has already set his sights on winning silverware – including the top prize in European football.“The Premier [...]
Miller revels in tough call as Morgan edges Bopara July 25, 2010 NATIONAL selector Geoff Miller admits he was forced into making a number of difficult decisions on announcing the England squad for Thursday’s first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. In-form Essex batsman Ravi Bopara was the most notable absentee, losing out to Middlesex’s Eoin Morgan, while fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad got the nod over all-rounder [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF July 25, 2010 Open success for Langer GOLF: Bernhard Langer showed nerves of steel to card a final round 72 and clinch his first senior Major in the British Seniors Open at Caroustie. The German held off the challenge of American Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin to finish one shot clear on five-under-par to end a run of [...]
Wall St cheers bumper results July 22, 2010 WALL Street bellwethers cheered investors with a raft of good results last night, pushing up US indices and raising hopes of a sustained economic recovery. Corporate stalwarts UPS, Caterpillar and 3M all posted double-digit profit growth for the last quarter, while Microsoft surpassed Apple’s recent sales to report a record rise in revenue. The upbeat [...]
City doubts over Euro stress test results July 22, 2010 EUROPE’S much-vaunted stress tests have met with deep scepticism in the City ahead of the publication of the results today, with concerns rife that the test criteria will prove too lax to settle anxieties over the health of the region’s banks. Market observers yesterday levelled criticism at the Committee of European Banking Supervisors for watering [...]
Storm delays BP clean-up July 22, 2010 BP WORKERS were preparing last night to temporarily halt clean-up efforts as a tropical storm brewing in the Caribbean Sea threatened the oil giant’s response to the worst environmental disaster in US history. BP stopped drilling its relief well yesterday, while its slow-moving skimming ships left the Gulf of Mexico spill site to dock as [...]
Strong US profits good for recovery July 22, 2010 TWO major stories have been dominating market sentiment this week. The first was the run-up to the Eurozone bank stress tests; we will know results this afternoon but few are convinced of their rigour. It won’t quite be a whitewash but many Club Med banks will be let off too easily. The second story has [...]
Jobs market worries Fed July 22, 2010 FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told the US Congress yesterday he was willing to ease monetary policy even further if the economic recovery wobbles. Bernanke said the Fed “needs to be taking steps to reassure the American people and the markets that our fiscal situation is going to be well controlled” during his twice-yearly report [...]
