Beaten Hatton hangs up gloves November 25, 2012 BRITISH former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton announced his retirement from boxing after losing his comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko on Saturday night. The 34-year-old, who was stopped in the ninth round in Manchester, said: “I needed one more fight to see if I had still got it – and I haven’t.”
Storming finish earns Rory glory November 25, 2012 World No1 Rory McIlroy signed off the finest year of his career in style yesterday by winning the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Northern Irishman, who this month completed the European and PGA Tour money list double, birdied his last five holes to finish 23 under par – two strokes clear of [...]
Robinson quits Scotland job November 25, 2012 Scotland have begun the search for a new head coach after Andy Robinson quit after Saturday’s 21-15 defeat by Tonga in Aberdeen. The ex-England boss, who took charge in 2009, had failed to prevent losses in 10 of Scotland’s last 13 fixtures, a run that pushed them down to 10th in the world rankings.
Ex-Chelsea boss Sexton dies November 25, 2012 Former Chelsea, QPR and Manchester United manager Dave Sexton has died, aged 82. Sexton, who also coached England Under-21s, led Chelsea to the FA Cup in 1970 and the 1971 European Cup Winners’ Cup.
Tata Steel to cut 900 UK jobs November 23, 2012 Tata Steel is to cut 900 jobs in the UK, including 580 jobs at its Port Talbot site in South Wales as part of a restructuring plan. It will cut 12 steel finishing and processing sites in England and Wales as part of the proposals. Other areas implicated by the steel manufacturer’s job cuts include [...]
EU budget summit ends without deal November 23, 2012 EU summit talks collapsed this afternoon, as leaders abandoned talks to find a deal on the currency bloc’s next long-term budget. The failure to agree a budget for the 2014-2020 period meant European Council President Herman Van Rompuy ended the summit. Talks are expected to resume early next year. It is understood that disagreement focused [...]
BP appoints Lamar McKay as new head of upstream November 23, 2012 Oil major BP said today it had appointed Lamar McKay in the newly-created role of head of upstream, in a reorganisation of its oil and gas production operations. McKay, who will take up the role in January, will lead the upstream business in a reinstatement of a role that was abolished in 2010 after the [...]
Anglo American and Lafarge appoint chief executive for joint venture November 23, 2012 Mining giant Anglo American and cement maker Lafarge have appointed Cyrille Ragoucy as chief executive for their joint venture, they said today. Jamie Pike has been appointed non-executive chairman and Guy Young will join as chief financial officer of the joint venture, which will combine Anglo subsidiary Tarmac and Lafarge’s concrete and cement services in [...]
FTSE 100 flat as EU budget talks continue November 23, 2012 A lack of headway on the EU budget talks kept the leading share index broadly flat in trading this morning. Eurasian Natural Resources was the biggest blue-chip riser, adding more than one per cent. On the FTSE All-Share, holiday group Thomas Cook rose 5.44 per cent, while credit card CPP Group added 2.88 per cent. [...]
Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping season November 23, 2012 Black Friday got off to an early start last night, as shoppers in the US hit the high street. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that is synonymous with shopping, could see 147m people shopping over the weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. Many stores opened late on Thursday, continuing a trend that began [...]
