England’s fightback turns into a damp squib at rainy Headingley August 5, 2012 ENGLAND’S hopes of grabbing an already-unlikely win in the second Test of this summer’s series against South Africa appeared to have been washed away for good last night, after a torrential storm saw play abandoned on the fourth day. The visitors will resume this morning – assuming the Headingley outfield has drained sufficiently overnight – [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES August 5, 2012 Athletics Dai Greene will need to improve on his semi-final performance if he is to challenge in the men’s 400m hurdles final at 20:45. Holly Bleasdale, meanwhile, competes in the women’s pole vault final at 17:00. Gymnastics Great Britain’s Beth Tweddle is in the women’s uneven bars final at 14:50, followed by Kristian Thomas in [...]
Mancini gives up Van Persie chase August 5, 2012 Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini appears to have accepted that his bid to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has failed. He said: “Van Persie? No, I don’t think he will come here.” Manchester United and Juventus remain interested in the talented Dutch international.
Spurs narrowly overcome Watford August 5, 2012 Tottenham yesterday defeated Championship club Watford in a friendly at Vicarage Road. The Hornets, who fielded ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, lost 1-0 due to a second half header from Jermain Defoe. The match was Watford’s Lloyd Doyley’s testimonial.
Red Devils boosted by Vidic return August 5, 2012 Manchester United were held to a goalless draw by Norwegian side Valerenga in Oslo yesterday, with key centre-back Nemanja Vidic returning from an eight month injury lay-off.
Cole dismisses wage demands August 5, 2012 England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has denied he has asked for £200,000 per week in wages. “Contract talks have not stalled just started, and 200k are you for real, I’d never ask for that,” he wrote on Twitter. “Like I said before don’t listen or always believe what media say they aint got a [...]
Virgin Atlantic swings to full-year loss August 3, 2012 British airline Virgin Atlantic swung to a full-year loss as higher fuel costs and tough economic conditions took their toll, it said today The carrier, founded by serial entrepreneur Richard Branson, posted a pretax operating loss of £80.2m in the year to the end of February compared to a profit of £18.5m in 2010/11. The [...]
IAG to restructure Iberia as group slumps to H1 loss August 3, 2012 The owner of British Airways and Iberia has announced a wholesale restructuring of the underperforming Spanish airline as it tumbled to a first-half group loss and cut its full-year earnings guidance. Willie Walsh, the head of International Airlines Group, said the Iberia reorganisation would mean shedding jobs and reshaping its network. “Iberia’s problems are deep [...]
Heineken agrees deal to take control of APB August 3, 2012 Global brewer Heineken agreed a $4bn-plus (£2.6bn) deal today to take control of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) by agreeing to buy a stake in the Singapore-based brewer from partner Fraser and Neave (F&N) said sources with knowledge of the situation. Heineken had given F&N a deadline of today to agree to a sale, and a [...]
Plunge in new orders hits July Eurozone business August 3, 2012 A sharp drop in new orders compounded the misery among Eurozone companies during July, a business survey showed today forcing firms to lay off staff at the fastest pace since January 2010. Markit’s composite purchasing managers index (PMI), gauging the health of thousands of Eurozone companies, rose marginally in July to 46.5 from 46.4 in [...]
