Brave Murray forced to dig deep to win late-night epic June 29, 2009 ANDY MURRAY hailed his 15,000-strong army of fans after battling his way through a record-breaking five-set thriller with Stanislas Wawrinka. Playing under the new Centre Court roof for the first time, the British No1 recovered from a disastrous opening set to clinch an epic 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory in a match which finished [...]
Safina tames Mauresmo after scare June 29, 2009 WORLD No1 Dinara Safina became the first player ever to win under the Centre Court roof after surviving an epic battle with 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo. The top seed was a set down but 4-1 up in the second when the first rain of the Wimbledon week forced play to be suspended for 30 minutes. [...]
Take up ballet and get tutus, SA coach taunts ‘soft’ Lions June 29, 2009 SOUTH AFRICA head coach Peter de Villiers yesterday further inflamed the eye-gouging row with the British and Irish Lions, accusing them of being soft and suggesting they swap rugby for ballet. De Villiers also reiterated his defence of Schalk Burger after the flanker escaped with an eight-week ban for clawing at Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald’s [...]
Vaughan will be sorely missed, says Trescothick June 29, 2009 FORMER opener Marcus Trescothick believes England will miss the experience of Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan when Australia visit again this summer. Vaughan, the former England captain, is expected to announce his retirement at an ECB-convened press conference this morning, thus ending any suggestion of a recall for the forthcoming Ashes series. Since stepping down as [...]
VODAFONE PLANS BID FOR T-MOBILE June 28, 2009 MOBILE network operator Vodafone is considering launching a daring bid to buy smaller rival T-Mobile UK, in plans that could bring it face-to-face with competition regulators. The world’s largest mobile network by revenue is kicking the tyres at underperforming T-Mobile UK, which has an estimated enterprise value of around €4bn (£3.4bn). Such a deal would [...]
State set to spend 50% of UK GDP June 28, 2009 GOVERNMENT spending is set to account for half of Britain’s GDP by next year, up from 41.1 per cent last year. While the South East has relatively low public spending, forecast to rise from 32.4 per cent of regional GDP in 2007-08 to 40 per cent next year, Northern Ireland and Wales’ state spending is [...]
Madoff learns his fate today June 28, 2009 BERNARD Madoff, who became a symbol of greed in the financial crisis for masterminding Wall Street’s biggest investment fraud, faces the rest of his life in prison in one of the stiffest punishments for white-collar crime when he is sentenced today. The courtroom drama will unfold with the swindler hearing angry defrauded investors speak of [...]
Ofcom should stop persecuting BSkyB June 28, 2009 REWARDS for failure, we all agree, need to be eradicated. Everybody has had their fill of those – in the City, in government and elsewhere – who have pocketed a fortune while failing to deliver or even destroying institutions. But successful, entrepreneurial firms that have risked their owners’ capital, taken huge gambles and delivered vastly [...]
Dubai’s property merger June 28, 2009 DUBAI-BASED property giant Emaar has outlined plans to merge with three real-estate units controlled by the emirate’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Shares of Emaar Property, the largest listed Arab developer, fell 10 per cent on the statement by chairman Mohammed Alabbar yesterday, amid fears about the value of the assets owned by [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 28, 2009 THE SUNDAYSThe Sunday TelegraphCAMELOT LAUNCHES CONSULTANCYCamelot, the national lottery group, has launched a consultancy business to lotteries globally and is close to winning its first piece of business advising the California operator. Camelot Global Services, an independent company, is expected to be appointed as a consultant to the California State Lottery and advise the US [...]
