Barritt keen for Racing victory when Sarries travel to Brussels October 18, 2012 SARACENS centre Brad Barritt believes that he and his team-mates will relish competing at the unique location of the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels at ‘home’ to Racing Metro on Saturday and that a win in the Heineken Cup fixture is “imperative”. Both teams have won their previous matches and are among the tournament’s strongest [...]
England turn to Pietersen for India tour October 18, 2012 ENGLAND have recalled controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen for the upcoming tour of India following talks with Andy Flower and Alastair Cook. The coach and Test captain met Pietersen alongside other senior players to discuss his potential international future following the South Africa text messaging scandal but after recently signing a new England contract he is [...]
Cavendish in Team Sky exit October 18, 2012 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish has confirmed he is quitting Team Sky after just one season in favour of joining Belgian outfit Omega Pharma-Quick Step on a three-year contract. The 27-year-old joined Bradley Wiggins in Dave Brailsford’s stellar line-up less than a year ago but admitted to frustrations during the summer that the team’s tactics did not [...]
Racing bullish on life after Frankel, insists chief of Jockey Club October 18, 2012 THE ‘sold out’ signs are already firmly in place outside Ascot Racecourse ahead of tomorrow’s Qipco British Champions Day, as 32,000 horseracing fans prepare to descend on Berkshire to get one last glimpse of Frankel before he takes up stud duties. It is difficult to evaluate the true Frankel factor but a capped growth just [...]
Powell blasts Uefa over Serbia racism October 18, 2012 CHARLTON manager Chris Powell has condemned the decision of European football’s governing body Uefa to charge both The Football Association and its Serbian equivalent for the violent scenes and racist behaviour witnessed during Tuesday’s fixture between the two nation’s U21 sides. Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against Serbia for racist chanting directed towards England’s black [...]
Axe relegation, says McGeechan October 18, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Coaching great Sir Ian McGeechan, leading a review of elite rugby in England, has called for promotion and relegation to be scrapped from the Premiership.
Shake-up for domestic format October 18, 2012 CRICKET: County Championship matches will start on Sundays while the Clydesdale Bank will change from a 40- to 50-over format from 2014.
Barclays increases PPI provision by £700m October 18, 2012 Barclays has set aside a further £700m to cover Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) claims, after experiencing higher than expected claim volumes since the end of June. It takes its overall provision to £2bn from £1.3bn. UK banks have set aside more than £10bn to cover claims relating to the mis-selling of PPI. PPI policies were [...]
Nat Rothschild October 18, 2012 In today’s article ‘Nat Rothschild shared £10m Bumi expenses’ we stated that Nat Rothschild had personally received $4.9m in expenses from Bumi and used the money to purchase a private jet. This was incorrect and the payment was reimbursement for third party expenses, approved by Bumi’s audit committee and in fact structured in such a [...]
FTSE 100 at one-month highs October 18, 2012 The leading blue chip index was up this morning to a one-month high, with miners leading the pack once again. Evraz, Kazakhmys, Vedanta and Antofagasta all rose on the FTSE 100 in early trading, cheered by early signs of improvement in the economy of China. On the FTSE All-Share, insurer CPP Group rose 10.71 per [...]
