Woodward set to leave BOA role October 4, 2012 SIR Clive Woodward is to resign as the British Olympic Association’s director of sport but will retain an ambassadorial role and his seat on the entourage commission of the International Olympic Committee. “Post London 2012 is the right time for me to leave the BOA, which is now taking a new direction following a home [...]
Ogogo ready to consider the pro’s October 4, 2012 LONDON 2012 bronze medallist Anthony Ogogo has admitted the lure of turning professional may yet dissuade him from choosing to pursue his dream of boxing in Rio in 2016. The 23-year-old middleweight has had offers from professional promoters after impresssing throughout the London Olympics where he defeated the world No1 Ievgen Khytrov of Ukraine, but [...]
Holt ridicules England omission October 4, 2012 FOOTBALL: Norwich striker Grant Holt has admitted he gave up on an England call up at the end of last season, calling his exclusion “ridiculous”. He said: “I think I’ll never be in it. Roy’s come in and is picking his players. When two friendlies came up and I wasn’t included, it was ridiculous to [...]
Bailey’s season likely to be over October 4, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Wasps wing James Bailey appears set to miss the rest of the season after breaking his leg against Northampton last Friday.
We just need the political will to reduce destructive energy prices October 4, 2012 OUT of all major economies, politicians in the UK have embraced aggressive climate policy in the most starry-eyed and expensive way. No other country has taken on more ambitious targets, done less to protect industry from the consequences or imposed more draconian unilateral regulations. We were the only country to set serious targets in the [...]
Romney’s debate triumph has thrown open the presidential campaign October 4, 2012 IN THE annals of presidential debates, it’s unclear whether Wednesday night’s showdown between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will go down as a classic. The match-up failed to spawn any memorable Reaganesque one-liners, evocations of Clinton-style empathy or knock-out blows. And yet the winner was largely uncontested. Through sheer consistency, Romney emerged as the clear [...]
How the EU could slash regulations and go for growth October 4, 2012 EUROPEANS are shooting themselves in the foot. In the middle of recession, there have been no attempts to roll back the EU’s massive regulatory burden. Yet regulation is just as much an obstacle to recovery as unsustainable debt. The Eurozone’s structural problems can seem hopeless. But there’s plenty of low-hanging fruit and European leaders could [...]
As UK universities slip down world rankings, is private higher education the way forward? October 4, 2012 YES Carl Lygo So how do governments respond to educational demand in a time of austerity, when there’s estimated to be 300m students globally by 2025? Enter the private sector, which provides quality higher education on a large scale. A major plus is that programmes tend to be career focussed, closely aligned to the world [...]
Rapid Responses October 4, 2012 Contract failure [Re: Lessons from the government’s rail franchise fiasco, yesterday] The ownership of the rail system is not the issue at stake. The problem is the unserious attitude that many civil servants take when managing government contracts. There has been a consistent failure to realise that there is a more to business and than [...]
The man who changed Savile Row October 4, 2012 THERE are times when Edward Sexton could seem straight out of a Guy Ritchie movie, with his wizened pink features, shock of punkish white hair and thick cockney accent – especially when he says, of the suits he’s created with ready-to-wear specialists Chester Barrie: “It’s a steal really, one of these suits, a bloody steal!” [...]
