Blunder keeper Mannone gets shot at atoning for Euro errors September 18, 2012 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has backed Vito Mannone after being forced to call upon the third choice goalkeeper for tonight’s opening Champions League fixture at French title-winners Montpellier. Mannone, 24, has made just 11 starts for the Gunners but will be tasked with helping them begin their European campaign on a winning note after No1 [...]
England ready to defend title, says tyro Hales September 18, 2012 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE opener Alex Hales believes England will head into their World Twenty20 opener on Friday in high spirits after his halfcentury helped them beat Australia by nine runs in Colombo yesterday. Hales hit 52 off 38 balls as defending champions England amassed 172-6 before captain Stuart Broad clinched victory by taking the key wicket of [...]
Asia will soon hold all men’s Majors as well September 18, 2012 HISTORY was made at Hoylake on Sunday, when South Korea’s Jiyai Shin comfortably claimed her second Women’s British Open title by nine strokes. It was Shin’s second British Open win in five years but of far greater significance was that it completed a landmark season for Asia’s golfers. For the first time in a calendar [...]
Froome waits for road race September 18, 2012 Britain’s Chris Froome has withdrawn from tomorrow’s Road World Championships time trial to prepare for Sunday’s road race. After competing in the Tour de France, Olympics and Vuelta a Espana, Froome said he needed to recover. Compatriot Alex Dowsett will still compete.
Ulster mourn Spence September 18, 2012 Ulster have postponed their Pro12 match away to Italian club Zebre as they mourn the death of player Nevin Spence. The 22- year-old was killed with his brother Graham and father Noel in a tragic accident at the family’s farm in County Down.
Robson defeats Torro in China September 18, 2012 British No1 Laura Robson yesterday beat Maria Teresa Torro 6-2, 3-1 in China’s Guangzhou International after the Spaniard retired during the second set.
Business back Gove’s exam plans September 18, 2012 BUSINESS leaders last night welcomed the decision to replace GCSEs with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate as the national test for 16- year-olds, a move that the government says will end “the race to the bottom” in exam standards. Education secretary Michael Gove announced yesterday that children will begin studying for the “EBacc’”qualifications in September [...]
Iconic Hamleys stores sold to French group September 18, 2012 BRITISH toy shop Hamleys was yesterday sold to French toymaker Groupe Ludendo for £60m. The family-owned French giant has taken the 252-year-old business out of the hands of failed Icelandic lender Landsbanki, which last year rejected a £60m offer from the Bahraini investment bank Global Banking Corporation. “We are delighted to be acquiring Hamleys today,” [...]
Gove’s reforms will help better equip young people for life September 18, 2012 BRITAIN’S poor educational standards are a national scandal and a key reason why the UK’s productivity continues to lag. The problem is not with graduates of our top universities, though even they could do better. The real crisis is that thousands of school leavers and even, in some cases, graduates from other universities, end up [...]
Rajoy’s inaction pushes Spanish yields up to 6pc September 18, 2012 SPANISH bond yields began to rise again yesterday, from the low they hit following European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi’s speech 12 days ago committing the Bank to sovereign bond-buying. In the wake of his speech the euro rose four per cent on the dollar and 10-year yields on Italian and Spanish bond yields [...]
