Wenger set for fresh Fabregas conundrum August 4, 2011 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger could force Barcelona’s hand by fielding a fit-again Cesc Fabregas in tomorrow’s friendly against Benfica and upcoming Champions League qualifier. The two clubs are still to agree a fee for the player, who until yesterday hadn’t featured in his side’s pre-season programme due to a hamstring injury. But the Spaniard took a [...]
Bell reveals a No1 Test goal all of his own August 4, 2011 ENGLAND star Ian Bell has revealed his personal ambitions mirror those of his side as he strives to become the world’s No1 Test batsman. The 29-year-old is set to win his 68th cap on Wednesday as England look to wrap up the series against India at his home ground of Edgbaston. But despite that wealth [...]
London clubs ready for Championship’s big kick-off August 4, 2011 IT’S only 67 days since the last ball was kicked in the Championship but the race for the £90m ticket to the top flight gets under way again tonight. QPR made the leap in May but have been replaced among the London contingent in English football’s second tier by West Ham. Big names abound – [...]
DRAB FAB: CESC FORCED TO PLAY WAITING GAME August 4, 2011 ARSENAL fans were treated to the site of Cesc Fabregas at Emirates Stadium yesterday, but the Spaniard cut a glum figure as the uncertainty surrounding his future remains. Fabregas was supposed to take part in the traditional first team photo, but the weather prevented the shot being taken, which may prove extremely convenient should he eventually [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 4, 2011 Williams set for Palace date ATHLETICS: British sprinting sensation Jodie Williams, 17, will make her Diamond League debut in the Aviva Grand Prix over 200m at Crystal Palace this evening, where she faces the world’s fastest woman, Shalonda Solomon. British fans turn out in force GENERAL: Sports fans turned out in record numbers this year as [...]
Down, down, down August 4, 2011 ■ FTSE slumps to 5,393.14, its lowest level this year and 11.3 per cent below May peak ■ £35bn wiped off the value of Britain’s blue-chips; Glencore down 26 per cent since float ■ After a torrid week, Dow Jones suffers its sharpest one day drop since October 2008 STOCKS in Japan collapsed this morning, following [...]
Trichet fails to convince August 4, 2011 MARKETS were unimpressed yesterday after European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet attempted to calm fears over the debt crisis by announcing a return to its bond buying programme. Denying that the Securities Markets Programme had been frozen, Trichet told reporters in Frankfurt: “We were not unanimous but we were an overwhelming majority on the operation [...]
Eurozone may cripple global revival August 4, 2011 FOR weeks now, a global market rout had looked inevitable – so the chaos should hardly have come as a surprise when it finally began in earnest in the last couple of days. The fact that the US stepped back from the brink earlier this week provided some short-lived respite; but nobody believed America would [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 4, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES E-PETITIONS SITE CRASHES ON LAUNCH A new e-petitions website allowing members of the public to put forward motions for debate by MPs has crashed under the weight of 1,000 visitors a minute trying to register proposals on issues such as the return of capital punishment and leaving the European Union. ICBC TO BUY [...]
Tories mull cutting 50p tax rate August 4, 2011 Chancellor George Osborne and senior Tories are considering cutting the 50p top rate of income tax once HMRC completes its review of the revenue the higher tax band brings in. Senior Tories are backing a cut in the rate to 45p, citing Treasury analysis showing that about 70 per cent of revenue would come from [...]
