King ready to rule defence with Terry June 6, 2010 ENGLAND defender Ledley King has dismissed fears he will not have time to forge a solid partnership with John Terry, insisting their experience will make up for a shortage of practice. It is three years since King last started a game alongside Terry and, with only five days until the opening match against USA, England’s [...]
Hodgson has Schwarzer and Houllier backing for Reds job June 6, 2010 FULHAM goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer admits he would not begrudge manager Roy Hodgson if he walked away from west London to replace Rafael Benitez at Liverpool. Hodgson is among the favourites to succeed the Spaniard, who accepted a pay-off to quit last week, and is the preferred candidate of ex-Reds chief Gerard Houllier. The well-travelled Englishman, [...]
Kidd proves man of moment to snatch glory for City A.M. June 6, 2010 CAPTAIN Jack Kidd scored in the last minute to hand Team City A.M. New York a dramatic 11-10 victory in the final of the MINT Polo in the Park tournament in London. Kidd swooped to strike the winner in a Square Mile showdown against Team IG Index Paris with just seconds to spare of regulation [...]
Australia’s nemesis Wilko ready to renew hostilities June 6, 2010 ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson expects fly-half Jonny Wilkinson to be fit to face his old foes Australia on Saturday. Wilkinson had been considered a major doubt owing to the rib injury he suffered playing for Toulon in the Amlin Challenge Cup final last month. But the 31-year-old – a key man in the 2003 tour [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS June 6, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. WINNER – MICHAEL DAWSON The Spurs man was probably one of the few to consider Rio Ferdinand’s injury good news, [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 6, 2010 McDowell proves lord of Manor GOLF: Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell lifted his Ryder Cup hopes by winning the Wales Open at Celtic Manor. McDowell finished on 15 under par, three shots clear of home favourite Rhys Davies, to triumph on the course that will host the 2010 clash between Europe and the US. Davies caught [...]
WORLD CUP NEWS | IN BRIEF June 6, 2010 USA get Altidore fitness boost ENGLAND’S opening match opponents USA look set to have star forward Jozy Altidore fit to face Fabio Capello’s men. Altidore, who spent last season on loan at Hull from Villarreal, missed Friday’s warm-up win over Australia but returned to training yesterday. The 20-year-old did not need strapping on his return [...]
BP credit rating cut in new blow June 3, 2010 BP suffered a fresh blow yesterday after two of the world’s three largest credit rating agencies downgraded the group’s debt. Fitch and Moody’s both slashed BP’s rating on fears that the company would be significantly impacted by the mountainous legal and clean-up costs coming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Moody’s lowered its senior [...]
Cable says he is not a socialist June 3, 2010 VINCE Cable attacked banks yesterday for not lending enough to small firms –?though he insisted he was not a socialist and believes in the market economy. He said that in many cases, the most useful thing the government could do was to “get out of the way”, adding that the coalition government was going to [...]
Blackstone in $1bn sale talks June 3, 2010 PRIVATE equity group Blackstone is in talks with fund manager M&G to sell it most of the property behind its Center Parcs holiday business. The deal could be worth more than £1bn, making it one of the biggest property deals since the recession. The proposed sale would leave Blackstone running the holiday parks it acquired [...]
