Manchester still holds edge September 1, 2011 United and City’s title rivals are now stronger, but are they strong enough? TRANSFER deadline day was even more frenzied than usual this year as Premier League managers scrambled to reinforce their squads for a campaign that already looks like being hugely competitive. Particularly busy in the final days were those clubs initially billed as [...]
Terry: United novices are ready September 1, 2011 BULGARIA vs ENGLAND MANCHESTER UNITED youngsters Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley and Phil Jones are ready to make their international debuts in tonight’s crunch European Championship qualifier in Bulgaria, according to England skipper John Terry. The trio have played a significant part in United’s barnstorming start to the defence of their Premier League crown and have [...]
Greene machine strikes gold at last for Britain September 1, 2011 WELSHMAN Dai Greene produced a masterful performance to the win the 400m hurdles final at the World Championships in Daegu and revealed the golden glow will help him get through months of painstaking winter training ahead of next summer’s Olympics. The 25-year-old’s heroics followed the surprise silver won by Hannah Edwards in the 5,000m on [...]
Focused Murray ready to go up a gear September 1, 2011 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray accepts he must improve if he is to avoid becoming the first high-profile casualty at the US Open when he faces Dutchman Robin Haase in their second round clash today. Murray got off to a sluggish start in his victory over India’s Somdev Devvarma on Tuesday and will need to raise [...]
Spending rises spark concerns clubs ignoring fair play rules September 1, 2011 CLUBS across Europe are jeopardising their participation in continental competitions by continuing to ignore new rules on spending, football finance experts fear. The summer transfer window, which closed on Wednesday night, saw a £125m rise in gross outlay by Premier League sides, who splashed £485m on signings. Spanish and Italian leagues witnessed even bigger relative [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF September 1, 2011 Swann eager to turn the screw CRICKET: England spinner Graeme Swann insists he and his team-mates are far from done with tormenting India yet. England head into the five-match one-day series on the back of an overwhelming 4-0 Test victory which they followed up on Wednesday night with victory in a one-off Twenty20 clash at [...]
MANUFACTURING GRINDS TO A HALT September 1, 2011 THE global economic slowdown is hammering factories throughout most major Western economies. Manufacturing survey scores declined in all but one of the G7 countries last month, with factory sectors actually contracting in the UK and the Eurozone. Manufacturing growth in the UK plummeted to a 26-month low in August, according to the latest purchasing managers’ [...]
LSE mulls a bid for LCH Clearnet September 1, 2011 THE London Stock Exchange is mulling a bid for a majority stake in European clearing house LCH.Clearnet, just three months after ruling itself out of the race to own the prized trading asset. The LSE’s move to take control of the last independent clearing house in Europe follows the collapse of its merger with Canada’s [...]
Goldman pays US homes fine September 1, 2011 GOLDMAN Sachs was hit by more US government action yesterday as it agreed to pay a fine and reform some of its mortgage management practices after wrongfully repossessing borrowers’ homes in 2009 and 2010. The Federal Reserve said Goldman, through its former subsidiary, US mortgage lender Litton, had agreed to pay the unspecified fine over [...]
Why more QE would be wrong for UK September 1, 2011 IT is not looking good for the global economy, with manufacturing output slowing or contracting in most countries, including Britain. There is growing talk that the Bank of England could launch a fresh round of quantitative easing as early next week. If so, that would be a mistake. The British economy faces many challenges but [...]
