Returning Bopara hopes he’ll be back for 10 years August 8, 2011 RECALLED England batsman Ravi Bopara hopes his return from the international wilderness won’t prove to be a short lived affair. Bopara hasn’t represented his country since the third Test of the 2009 Ashes series at Headingley a match in which he was dismissed for nought and one. Prior to that series he had been billed [...]
Motivated caddy Williams sure to be an asset for Major contender Scott August 8, 2011 ADAM SCOTT’S victory on Sunday confirmed his return to top end of the sport and he’ll certainly be a contender at the USPGA this week in Atlanta. When he first broke onto the scene a decade ago we were all comparing his swing with that of Tiger Woods. He hasn’t yet won the tournaments his [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 8, 2011 Ainslee leads sailing test event OLYMPICS: Ben Ainslie battled strong winds to take the outright lead in the Finn class at the Olympic sailing test event in Weymouth and Portland. Ainslie pulled three points clear on Monday as the second day of the event was hit with 22-knot winds. But the three-time Olympic gold medallist [...]
Pink’s lucky not to sink after accident August 8, 2011 EXTREME 40s delivered the drama at Cowes yet again yesterday when John Pink’s Aberdeen Asset Management cartwheeled spectacularly in gusty afternoon conditions. The British team, who had earlier notched an encouraging second place in the day’s first race, were stuck between rivals Niceforyou and Red Bull Extreme Sailing when the boat flipped and almost capsized [...]
Ladies Day? We don’t need any extra motivation to beat the boys August 8, 2011 Olympic champion shares Cowes Week diary with City A.M. WET and windy were the adjectives to describe Sunday’s racing, but there were lots of big smiles as the boats came in after a great day on the water. In the Aberdeen Asset Management-sponsored Dragon Class, Gavia Wilkinson-Cox came out on top – a great result [...]
A SEA OF RED August 8, 2011 WORLD MARKETS CONTINUE LURCH DOWNWARDS INVESTORS fled stocks on both sides of the pond yesterday, as financial turmoil further engulfed markets. In New York, the Dow Jones index closed down 5.55 per cent; the Nasdaq shed 6.9 per cent; and the S&P 500 lost 6.66 per cent. By the close of trading last night every [...]
Prime Minister finally cuts short holiday as London burns August 8, 2011 PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has returned to London this morning to chair a crisis meeting on the riots, as violence spread across the country and fires blazed in hotspots throughout the capital. Downing Street confirmed last night that Cameron will cut his holiday short to return to London overnight and chair the meeting of the [...]
BofA hit by AIG’s $10bn legal action August 8, 2011 BANK of America shares fell to their lowest level since April 2009 over fears of the slowing US economy and challenges to a multi-billion dollar mortgage settlement. Although most bank shares were knocked by the market turmoil, Bank of America’s shares were worst hit after insurer American International Group (AIG) said it would sue the [...]
London’s day of shame: plunging markets, mob rule and absent leaders August 8, 2011 THESE are terrible, depressing times. London is burning. Gangs of criminals have been allowed to roam unchecked, with our horrifyingly powerless authorities failing to bring the situation under control. To those of us who love London, yesterday was a day of gloom, shame and shared pain. The images of dozens of shops, homes and cars [...]
Italy’s Berlusconi faces calls to resign August 8, 2011 ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is facing calls from opposition politicians for him to resign over his handling of the country’s mounting debt crisis. Though Italian bond yields dropped to just above five per cent yesterday following the European Central Bank’s intervention in the market, the opposition accused Berlusconi of surrendering sovereignty to EU authorities. [...]
