Popularity of defensive stocks sees FTSE rise but Spanish fears remain October 3, 2012 BRITAIN’S benchmark share index rose yesterday, driven by gains in “defensive” stocks seen as the most resilient to an economic downturn, although traders said concerns over Spain’s debt crisis could limit gains. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed up 0.3 per cent, or 16.36 points higher, at 5,825.81 points. Increases in heavyweight “defensive” stocks such [...]
HP weighs on Wall St despite strong data October 3, 2012 WALL Street ended modestly higher yesterday on stronger-than-expected US labor and service-sector data, but the Dow industrials were hobbled by a slide in Hewlett-Packard. Shares of Hewlett-Packard dropped sharply after the company warned yesterday of a darker outlook for 2013 earnings, reflecting slow progress on CEO Meg Whitman’s turnaround plan while technology spending sputters and [...]
Bould calls for Arsenal to keep improving after win October 3, 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ARSENAL 3 vs OLYMPIAKOS 1 ARSENAL assistant manager Steve Bould last night demanded his side remain focused on qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League after they laboured to a victory over Olympiakos that took them to the top of Group B. After Kostas Mitroglou’s powerful header had cancelled out Gervinho’s [...]
Balotelli saves City at the death October 3, 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MANCHESTER CITY 1 vs BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 MANCHESTER City striker Mario Balotelli last night scored an audaciously-confident late penalty to rescue his side from a second loss from two Champions League fixtures. The charismatic Italian casually stroked his 90th-minute effort into the back of the net after Neven Subotic’s handball had given them [...]
Botham: Pietersen issue should not have rumbled on like this October 3, 2012 FORMER England captain Sir Ian Botham has insisted that the proposed return of Kevin Pietersen to the national side is likely to be a difficult process. The controversial batsman yesterday signed a new four-month contract with England having agreed to undergo a “reintegration” period after being dropped from selection for critical text messages about then-captain [...]
Lloris likely to start for Spurs in Europa League trip to Athens October 3, 2012 FRANCE goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is likely to tonight start for Tottenham away to Panathinaikos after Brad Friedel was left out of the squad that travelled to Athens. The £14m summer recruit has, to his obvious distress, remained back up to Friedel since his arrival but Spurs are likely to again select a strong side for [...]
Hodgson to announce new look England squad without Terry October 3, 2012 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson will today announce his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland but will do so without both the recently-retired John Terry and Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling, who has been called up by Stuart Pearce for the U21s. Hodgson’s main dilemma surrounds who to use as Terry’s replacement. Having [...]
Ferdinand thanks QPR fans October 3, 2012 FOOTBALL: QPR defender Anton Ferdinand has thanked fans for the support he received during the club’s recent match with Chelsea, when played against bitter rival John Terry. He said: “They gave me fantastic support and I couldn’t have got through the day without them.”
Bellew added to Froch bill October 3, 2012 BOXING: Liverpool light-heavyweight Tony Bellew will fight Argentina’s Roberto Bolonti on 17 November, on the undercard of Carl Froch’s IBF super-middleweight title fight against Yusaf Mack in Nottingham.
Youngs ready to return October 3, 2012 RUGBY UNION: England and Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs could return from injury in tomorrow’s fixture away to Sale. Team-mates Manu Tuilagi and Mathew Tait could also be set to return to the first team.
