SOUTHAMPTON vs TOTTENHAM October 25, 2012 ROBERTO Di Matteo delivered his old boss a reality check at White Hart Lane last time out, but Tottenham will be confident of bouncing back against Southampton in one of the other games on Sunday’s undercard. It was a decent side that Andre Villas-Boas took to Slovenia to face NK Maribor last night, but Spurs [...]
Van Der Neer can deliver Hannon’s first Racing Post Trophy October 25, 2012 THE two-year-old Racing Post Trophy (3.05pm) is a race that often throws up clues for the following year’s big events with previous winners, including Motivator, Authorized and last year’s victor Camelot, all going on to win Classics. It’s a race that Aidan O’Brien targets with his best juveniles and the maestro has trained six winners [...]
Monye making his mark after returning to international frame October 25, 2012 RETURNING England wing Ugo Monye believes he is returning to his best form following an impressive start to the season. Monye was one of four additions to England coach Stuart Lancaster’s 32-man squad yesterday. The 29-year-old flyer has already racked up four tries to sit joint top of the league scorers for Harlequins, who are [...]
Nadal’s season over with knee injury October 25, 2012 WORLD No4 Rafael Nadal has been forced to withdraw from the impending Paris Masters and London’s ATP World Tour Finals because of a long-term injury to his left knee. The Spaniard has yet to compete since his second-round defeat to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June and has since missed both the Olympics and US [...]
Pietersen free to join England October 25, 2012 ■ CRICKET: Kevin Pietersen is to join England’s training camp in Dubai after his Delhi Daredevils side last night exited the T20 Champions League.
Cleverly title defence in doubt October 25, 2012 ■ BOXING: Nathan Cleverly’s WBO light-heavyweight title defence against Ryan Coyne could be off over Coyne’s legal dispute with promoter Don King.
Xstrata shareholders to vote on Glencore merger on 20 November October 25, 2012 Shareholders in Xstrata will vote on the proposed deal with Glencore on 20 November, the commodities trader said in a statement this afternoon. The investor meeting, which will take place 10 months after the original deal was announced, will see shareholders vote on the proposed deal of 3.05 new shares for every Xstrata share. Under [...]
FTSE 100 up as Britain leaves recession October 25, 2012 The blue chip index was up in early trading, as the economy expanded by one per cent in the three months to September, the strongest quarterly growth in five years. Companies announcing results also helped to buoy the FTSE 100, such as consumer giant Unilever, which added 3.36 per cent as it announced rising sales. [...]
UK leaves recession with strong quarterly growth October 25, 2012 The economy officially emerged from recession in the three months to September, posting its strongest quarterly growth in five years. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics said this morning that the economy expanded by one per cent in the third quarter, compared to a contraction of 0.4 per cent over the previous quarter. [...]
AstraZeneca sales fall on expiring patents October 25, 2012 Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca this morning posted a 19 per cent slump in revenue over the three months to September, hurt by negative exchange rate movements. The loss of patents on some top-selling drugs accounted for most of the decline, the drugs company said this morning, as revenue for the third quarter came in at $6.7bn [...]
