Botham in Twitter beef with Broad over “experts” barb November 19, 2012 SEAM bowler Stuart Broad became embroiled in a Twitter row with former England captain Sir Ian Botham following yesterday’s first Test defeat to India in Ahmedabad. Botham shot back on the micro-blogging site after Broad suggested ex-players who fared little better on the subcontinent had no right to criticise. Broad wrote: “Before u listen to [...]
Hughes spared but could still go this week November 19, 2012 QPR manager Mark Hughes was clinging on to his job last night after lengthy talks with club chiefs. Hughes did not take training yesterday and instead met chief executive Philip Beard to discuss Rangers’ woeful form. His representative Kia Joorabchian yesterday insisted reports of Hughes’ sacking were premature, calling them “not true at all”. However, [...]
Howzat! Hero Sir Steve is a hit in Sri Lanka November 19, 2012 ROWING great Sir Steve Redgrave swapped his oars for a cricket bat on a trip to Sri Lanka last week to visit a project run by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. The five-time Olympic gold medallist was in Seenigama, near Galle, to present a prize to the winner of a Laureus competition to design [...]
Top jockey Dettori facing D-Day in hearing over failed drug test November 19, 2012 JOCKEY Frankie Dettori faces a possible six-month ban today when he appears before French horse racing chiefs over a failed drug test. Dettori, the best-known name in flat racing for the past two decades, tested positive for a non-performance-enhancing substance at Longchamp in September, his solicitor has said. The three-time Champion Jockey faces a six-month [...]
Cavendish hit by GB cycling curse November 19, 2012 CYCLING: Britain’s Mark Cavendish escaped with bruising after a collision with a car while training in Italy yesterday. The incident came two weeks after Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins and British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton suffered similar crashes.
United stars out of Turkey trip November 19, 2012 FOOTBALL: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has left out a host of key players from the squad to play away at Galatasaray tonight in the Champions League, having already qualified for the knockout stages. Wayne Rooney is absent alongside top scorer Robin van Persie. Captain Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs also have [...]
Vettel fearing a final day failure November 19, 2012 FORMULA ONE: World champion Sebastian Vettel fears his quest for a third successive title could be scuppered in this week’s decisive final race by a recurring alternator fault. Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber did not finish Sunday’s US Grand Prix because of the issue, which has also forced Vettel to retire twice this year. The [...]
Firms shunning syndicated loan offer for bonds November 19, 2012 UK businesses’ use of syndicated loans has plunged to the lowest levels since 2009, as more and more firms use corporate bond markets to access financing, figures out yesterday show. Syndicated loan volumes for UK corporate borrowers, which measures money lent by a group of lenders to one borrower, now stands at $45.3bn (£28.5bn) for [...]
Fund managers complain that megamergers have little value November 19, 2012 CITY investors take a dim view of the value of megamergers and blame investment bankers for weakening the IPO market with unrealistic valuations, a new survey out today claims. A poll of fund managers from 200 major City investment houses found 72 per cent believed megamergers such as that of Glencore and Xstrata offer little [...]
Lloyds offloads Irish loan book November 19, 2012 Lloyds Banking Group has taken a 90 per cent loss on £1.47bn of troubled Irish real estate loans after selling them to US firm Apollo Global Management. The sale for £149m will not have a material impact because the value of the loans had been largely written down previously, Lloyds said yesterday. The end of [...]
