Adebayor quits Togo after Angola gun attack April 12, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY striker Emmanuel Adebayor last night announced his decision to retire from international football in the wake of the gun attack on the Togo team bus earlier this year. The 26-year-old admitted he couldn’t come to terms with the attack at this year’s African Nations Cup, which killed three people. In a statement, Adebayor [...]
Murray factor earns Smith Davis role April 12, 2010 GREAT Britain’s new Davis Cup captain Leon Smith insists his good relations with the country’s top players will help him reverse the team’s humiliating slide. Britain must beat Turkey in July to avoid relegation to Europe/Africa Zone Group III – the lowest tier of the competition. And Smith, who used to be Andy Murray’s coach, [...]
Five-star ten Doeschate gets Essex off to a flier April 12, 2010 PART-TIME bowler Ryan ten Doeschate claimed a match-winning 5-13 to help Essex claim victory in their season opener with Hampshire at Chelmsford. The Dutch medium-pacer tore through the Hampshire tail to skittle the visitors out for just 185 – 63 runs short of their victory target. Meanwhile, a six-wicket stand of 153 between Jacques Rudolph [...]
Klitschko makes Haye call April 12, 2010 BOXING: Wladimir Klitschko has laid down the gauntlet to Britain’s WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye to agree to a unification showdown this year. Klitschko, the IBF and WBO title holder, withdrew from a fight with Haye last June with injury but now claims Haye is “running away”. “I am officially calling you out to [...]
Walsh out for up to 10 weeks April 12, 2010 RACING: Top jockey Ruby Walsh could be out for up to 10 weeks after breaking his arm at Aintree on Saturday. Walsh missed riding Big Fella Thanks in the Grand National after falling on Celestial Halo in the Aintree Hurdle.
Italian on brink of outdoing Mourinho April 12, 2010 JUST a few weeks ago the scandals surrounding the alleged extra-marital activities of John Terry and Ashley Cole looked like being the most memorable things to happen to Chelsea this season. Struggling for form in the Premier League and then dumped out of Europe by Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan, the Blues’ campaign was in danger [...]
Europe in €30bn Greek loan plan April 11, 2010 EUROZONE politicians moved to soothe markets by spelling out the terms of a rescue package for Greece yesterday, bringing a bailout of the heavily indebted country a step closer. After a week that saw Athens’ borrowing costs driven up by frustrated bond investors, the 16 eurozone finance ministers agreed to lend Greece up to €30bn [...]
Manifestos to target the City April 11, 2010 THE City is set to take centre stage in the general election campaign this week, when the Tories and Labour unveil their manifestos. The Conservatives will confirm plans to raise over £1bn via a levy on banks’ wholesale funding when they release their manifesto tomorrow. Part of that will fund their £550m tax break for [...]
Davies rejects UK board role April 11, 2010 LORD Davies, the minister for trade, investment and small business, yesterday poured cold water on suggestions he is considering quitting politics for a return to the boardroom. Commenting on speculation that he has consulted headhunters over possible roles at the helm of some of Britain’s biggest companies, Davies told City A.M. he has “no desire [...]
Higher tax will make us all worse off April 11, 2010 ECONOMICS is not always intuitive – and that is what makes it such a fascinating and important discipline. Take what economists call “incidence” – the study of who actually bears the burden of a particular tax. It is obvious enough that employees pay income tax. But it is much harder to actually work out who [...]
