Adebayor arrives at Spurs as transfer window comes to life August 21, 2012 TOTTENHAM yesterday confirmed the £5m signing of Emmanuel Adebayor, the exit of Sebastien Bassong, and are considering a £5.5m offer from Queens Park Rangers for defender Michael Dawson. Negotiations surrounding Adebayor’s transfer from Manchester City had been as steady as those surrounding the ongoing exit of midfielder Luka Modric to Real Madrid, but if there [...]
Hazard can be the new Zola August 21, 2012 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo believes £32m summer signing Eden Hazard has the ability to become the inspirational Gianfranco Zola figure of his ambitious, modern side. The European champions tonight welcome Reading to Stamford Bridge in what is likely to be Hazard’s second Premier League start and though conceding it is perhaps too early to [...]
Ainslie targets Rio 2016 to add to olympics sailing medal haul August 21, 2012 Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie is set to compete at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after initially saying that London 2012 may have been his last. “I’d love to be in Rio if it’s possible,” he said. “I’d like to be involved in the next Games.”
Care commits to Harlequins August 21, 2012 RUGBY UNION: England scrum-half Danny Care has signed a three-year contract extension with Harlequins to keep him at the club until 2016. “I’m enjoying being part of a talented squad that plays attractive rugby,” Care said.
Lawrie pleased at Ryder return August 21, 2012 GOLF: Scotland’s Paul Lawrie has admitted his delight at qualifying for the Ryder Cup.
Celtic seal European advantage August 21, 2012 FOOTBALL: Celtic last night beat Swedish side Helsingborgs 2-0 away in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier.
Barclays looks to combine all African units August 21, 2012 BARCLAYS is considering bringing all of its African operations under one structure by the middle of next year, it said yesterday. The bank is in talks with South Africa’s third-largest bank Absa about the move, and hopes to streamline operations in the continent. Barclays bought 55.5 per cent of Absa in 2005, but it is [...]
State-owned banks to flourish if ECB takes steps to ease crisis August 21, 2012 BRITISH banks have recovered strongly from the financial crisis, building up their balance sheets and improving credit quality, analysts at Liberum Capital believe. And if the Eurozone crisis starts to ease, banks like RBS and Lloyds should be well on track to rebuild capital and earnings levels, the researchers forecast yesterday. Pointing to European Central [...]
Citi loses three top analysts in the last month August 21, 2012 CITIGROUP is understood to have lost three of its leading European equities analysts in the last month, following yesterday’s confirmation that the bank’s head of insurance research has left the US firm. Raghu Hariharan has jumped ship to become director of investor relations at Prudential, one of the firms he covered in his old job. [...]
Johnston Press profits halve as ad revenue hit August 21, 2012 NEWSPAPER group Johnston Press saw profits cut in two in the first six months of the year as it was hit by falling advertising sales, the company reported yesterday. The publisher of papers including the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post said pre-tax profits fell to £8m as it took in £13.9m less from advertising than [...]
