London pride for Cavendish but Boom takes overall gold September 18, 2011 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish sprinted to his second stage victory in the Tour of Britain in rain-hit London while Dutchman Lars Boom won the event overall. Cavendish (right) and HTC-Highroad team-mate Mark Renshaw secured their third one-two finish of the week on Whitehall. But Rabobank rider Boom won the final gold jersey by 36 seconds having [...]
Hodgson earns plaudits on his Saracens debut September 18, 2011 PREMIERSHIP champions Saracens recorded their second win from three games this season with an 18-6 victory over promoted Worcester. Sarries trailed at the break but Charlie Hodgson brought the scores level after the interval before David Strettle scored in the corner. Brad Barritt then appeared to have been stopped short of the line for his [...]
Rangers too strong for Celtic September 18, 2011 SPL leaders Rangers prevailed 4-2 in the season’s first Old Firm derby to move four points clear of Celtic. Steven Naismith’s spectacular strike put the hosts ahead but Gary Hooper equalised with a clever finish, before Badr El Kaddouri’s drive slipped through the grasp of goalkeeper Allan McGregor to give Celtic the lead. But goals [...]
Stoke sunk by Sunderland September 18, 2011 Sunderland recorded their first win of the season at the fifth attempt with a thumping 4-0 home victory over Stoke. Asmir Begovic fumbled Titus Bramble’s shot as Stoke fell behind in the fifth minute and Sunderland were 3-0 ahead before the half-hour mark. Jonathan Woodgate headed into his own net before Craig Gardner’s deflected shot [...]
GB&I secure Seve trophy September 18, 2011 Great Britain and Ireland held off Continental Europe 15.5-12.5 on the final day of the Seve Trophy in France. Continental Europe recovered from an overnight deficit of 11.5-6.5 to level the tie at 11.5 points each. But GB&I, led by Paul McGinley, did enough in the final matches to wrap up a sixth consecutive win [...]
Murray stars in Cup whitewash September 18, 2011 Singles wins for Andy Murray and Colin Fleming helped Great Britain complete a 5-0 whitewash over Hungary in their Davis Cup Group Two play-off. Murray beat Gyorgy Balazs, winning 7-6, 6-3 and Fleming then won his first Davis Cup singles match, 6-4, 6-3 over Sebo Kiss.
Leeson lawyers Kingsley Napley to represent UBS trader September 16, 2011 City law firm Kingsley Napley is representing Kweku Adoboli, the UBS rogue trader. Adoboli allegedly cost UBS $2bn after allegedly carrying out unauthorized trades. Kingsley Napley represented Nick Leeson following his arrest over the secret trades that led to the collapse of Barings Bank. The firm specialises in white collar crime, including serious fraud. Ian [...]
Banks breathe new life into markets September 16, 2011 Markets across Europe regained their footing today as moves by Eurozone chiefs to provide more liquidity buoyed banking stocks. Five central banks yesterday released potentially unlimited dollar liquidity to breathe new life into flagging world markets. A meeting today between US Treasury Secretary and European finance ministers to discuss leveraging the bloc’s bailout fund was [...]
BAE among three circling for UK defence assets September 16, 2011 Three defence contractors are circling for the Defence Support Group as it prepares for privatisation. Defence minister Peter Luff told parliament that BAE systems, Babcock, and General Dynamics have all made approaches. BAE and Babcock have already had informal meetings with MoD officials, Luff said. The DSG provides maintenance repairs and replacements of a wide [...]
UBS ‘to axe thousands more jobs’ September 16, 2011 Swiss bank UBS, stung by a $2bn loss from rogue trading, is to scale back its investment bank, cutting thousands more jobs, it was reported today. Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, citing UBS insiders, said the bank would announce the major restructuring at a planned investor day on 17 November. A UBS spokesman declined to comment. The $2bn [...]
