Crystal Palace starlet Zaha earns first call-up as Hodgson patches up his injury-hit squad November 11, 2012 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson last night handed a first call-up to in-demand Crystal Palace prodigy Wilfried Zaha amid a spate of injury concerns before Wednesday’s friendly in Sweden. Versatile forward Zaha, 20, has scored four goals this season in Palace’s charge to the top of the Championship and has been scouted by a host of [...]
McIlroy emulates Donald to capture Euro and American double November 11, 2012 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy hailed “the icing on the cake” of a historic season after his third place finish in Singapore saw him complete the European and US money list double. South African Louis Oosthuizen’s failure to win the Singapore Open ensured McIlroy can no longer be caught in the Race to Dubai, the European [...]
Allarydce talks up ex-Toon duo after steely win November 11, 2012 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 vs WEST HAM UNITED 1 WEST HAM manager Sam Allardyce praised his former Newcastle players Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll after the pair helped their new team to an impressive win at St James’ Park. A 37th minute goal from Nolan gave the visitors the advantage at the break, and Allardyce’s team [...]
Irish fight back as Welsh crash out of LV= Cup November 11, 2012 LONDON Irish produced a remarkable second-half turnaround to gain revenge over Sale Sharks yesterday with a 34-28 bonus-point win in the LV= Cup. Matt Garvey was the hero, crossing twice for the Exiles as George Skivington and Shane Geraghty also went over for the home side. London Welsh, however, were put to the sword by [...]
All Blacks too strong for Scotland November 11, 2012 Three tries late in the first half saw New Zealand crush Scotland’s resistance and win 51-22 at Murrayfield yesterday. Wing Tim Visser crossed twice as Scotland became the first side this year to score three tries against the All Blacks, but the visitors, who face England next month, responded through Julian Savea (2), Israel Dagg, [...]
Hopkins up next for Cleverly November 11, 2012 Welshman Nathan Cleverly is expected to be offered a fight against veteran Bernard Hopkins after defending his WBO light-heavyweight title against American Shawn Hawk in Los Angeles. Cleverly downed Hawk three times, on the last occasion in the eighth round to retain his title for a fourth time. Meanwhile, IBF, IBO, WBF and WBO heavyweight [...]
City blasts Euro boss over growth claims November 8, 2012 Draghi’s delusions ■ Eurozone is poised for solid recovery ■ Debt to GDP is down even in the countries with the worst ratios EUROPEAN Central Bank boss Mario Draghi was under fire yesterday for claiming the Eurozone economies are back on track for growth – just a day after the European Commission slashed its own [...]
Bank turns off the taps November 8, 2012 THE BANK of England yesterday agreed a halt to quantitative easing (QE) for November, with economists warning the policy is close to running its course. The Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) rejected both a change in rates and QE – stopping asset purchases for only the third time since the policy began. While some analysts [...]
G4S loses out as coalition rows back on prison deals November 8, 2012 OUTSOURCING giant G4S has lost its contract to run Wolds prison and failed to make the shortlist to oversee several other jails, as the government backtracked on plans for more competitive justice operations. The Ministry of Justice revealed yesterday that G4S will hand over the category C jail in Hull in July 2013 after 21 [...]
End of quantitative easing will stop mad monetary recycling November 8, 2012 IT is time for George Osborne to start worrying. The Chancellor will be the biggest loser from the Bank of England’s right and proper decision to halt quantitative easing, at least for the time being. The biggest problem with QE – apart from its increasing lack of impact and the pain inflicted upon savers and [...]
