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Di Matteo needs more than luck against Juve September 19, 2012 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo insisted he should not be thought of as a lucky manager on the eve of a fixture against a side he believes to be among Europe’s best. The 2012 Champions League winners tonight at home face Serie A champions Juventus in the first of their Group E matches against the [...]
Vaughan urges Pietersen recall after batsman snubbed again September 19, 2012 FORMER England captain Michael Vaughan has called for an end to the national team’s boycott of Kevin Pietersen after the batsman was yesterday omitted from the squad for the winter tour of India. Pietersen remains excluded for sending derogatory messages about then-captain Andrew Strauss to friends in the South Africa squad during last month’s Test [...]
Britain’s Pooley just pipped to bronze in road time trial September 19, 2012 BRITISH cyclist Emma Pooley missed out on a medal by an agonising nine seconds in yesterday’s women’s individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Holland. Pooley, who won the title in 2010 and helped AA Drink-Leontien.nl win bronze in Sunday’s team time trial, finished fourth in Limburg. Fellow Briton Wendy Houvenaghel ended 14th [...]
Arsenal fight back as Bould hails Podolski September 19, 2012 MONTPELLIER 1 vs ARSENAL 2 ARSENAL assistant manager Steve Bould hailed Lukas Podolski as one of the most clinical finishers he has seen after the German helped get the Gunners’ Champions League campaign off to a winning start. French champions Montpellier drew first blood when Younes Belhand chipped home an impudent penalty, but Podolski and [...]
Newcomers Compton and Root can help England to forget KP September 19, 2012 GIVEN that, in their words, there are still some issues to resolve with Kevin Pietersen, England selectors have done the right thing in omitting him from the winter tour of India. Clearly the desire to iron out differences has not been great enough to get it done – if that is even possible – so [...]
Japan Airlines makes modest market return September 19, 2012 Japan Airlines re-listed in Tokyo today, with its shares closing one per cent above the IPO price. The $8.5bn (£5.2bn) IPO, the second-biggest listing this year, comes less than three years after the carrier collapsed into bankruptcy. Shares in Japan Airlines opened around three per cent higher than the IPO price of 3,790 yen, and [...]
Bank of Japan eases monetary policy September 19, 2012 The Bank of Japan boosted its asset purchase programme today, following similar moves from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. Japan’s central bank, with the aim of boosting its flagging economy, today increased its asset programme to 80 trillion yen (£623bn) from 70 trillion yen. The 10 trillion yen increase will be spent [...]
Heineken nears deal with Tiger Beer September 19, 2012 Dutch brewer Heineken has struck a deal with the makers of Tiger Beer after gaining the support of a Thai billionaire. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s Thai Beverage and TCC Assets agreed to support the sale of Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave’s stake in Tiger Beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries to Heineken. In return, the world’s third-largest brewer [...]
Mendis stars as hosts romp September 18, 2012 SRI LANKA’s Ajantha Mendis took a record six wickets for just eight runs as the hosts began their World Twenty20 campaign with an 82-run thrashing of Zimbabwe. Jeevan Mendis and Kumar Sangakkara’s 94-run stand helped Sri Lanka reach 182-4 before half a dozen of Zimbabwe’s batsmen were blitzed by off-spinner Ajantha Mendis in just four [...]
World Twenty20 September 18, 2012 Groups (18-25 Sept) ■ A: England, India, Afghanistan ■ B: Australia, West Indies, Ireland ■ C: Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe ■ D: Pakistan, New Zeland, Bangladesh ■ England group fixtures: 21 Sept, Afghanistan (Colombo), 3pm BST; 23 Sept, India (Colombo), 3pm Super Eight Stage 27 Sep-2 Oct ■ Group 1: A1, B2, C1, D2 [...]
