Greece dismiss Olympian following Twitter race row July 25, 2012 GREEK triple jumper Voula Papachristou has been expelled from competing at London 2012 after posting comments on Twitter that were considered to be racist. The Greek Olympic Committee deemed Papachristou to have undermined the spirit of the Games in tweets mocking African immigrants and in support of a far-right political party and, despite her subsequent [...]
Klitschko ready to make Haye with title fight July 25, 2012 WORLD heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has revealed he he and his brother Vitali are considering a fight with Britain’s David Haye. The two-weight world champion last summer lost to Wladimir but after returning from a shortlived retirement to stop Dereck Chisora in just five rounds earlier this month after the latter had gone the distance with [...]
Kagawa scores in United victory July 25, 2012 FOOTBALL: New signing Shinji Kagawa yesterday scored his first Manchester United goal in a 1-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua.
Allen approach angers Swansea July 25, 2012 FOOTBALL: Swansea admit Liverpool’s pursuit of midfielder Joe Allen has angered them. “Swansea can confirm that Liverpool have expressed an interest in Joe Allen, despite a written agreement with Liverpool not to approach any players within the 12-month period of former manager Brendan Rodgers leaving,” said a club spokesman.
Ashton confident about Sarries switch July 25, 2012 RUGBY UNION: England wing Chris Ashton believes he will thrive in his new surroundings at Saracens. “One of the reasons I came here was to help my rugby and push myself again,” he said.
South Africa to rest Kallis July 25, 2012 CRICKET: South Africa will rest all-rounder Jacques Kallis for the one-day series against England.
Russia’s Petropavlovsk aims to boost H2 gold output July 25, 2012 Russia-focused gold miner Petropavlovsk aims to boost its gold production during the second half of 2012 after its first half gold output rose 27 per cent, the company said on Wednesday. Its first half gold production was 279,100 troy ounces, up from 219,100 ounces, year-on-year, and in line with the group’s 2012 production target of [...]
Johnson Matthey drops as metal prices hit Q1 July 25, 2012 Shares in Johnson Matthey shed 4 per cent, the second biggest FTSE 100 faller, after the British speciality chemicals company posted a virtually flat first quarter on the back of weak precious metals prices, prompting worries it could miss market forecasts for the first half. Johnson Matthey, the world’s largest supplier of catalytic converters, posted [...]
Outsourcer Capita upbeat as profits rise July 25, 2012 British outsourcing group Capita posted a 10 per cent rise in first half profit, boosted by another acquisition spree, and said a buoyant sales market gave it confidence for a strong 2012 and beyond. Capita, which manages over 21 million life and pension policies and provides radios for UK emergency services, on Wednesday said underlying [...]
Tullow Oil galvanised by Uganda farm-down July 25, 2012 Africa-focused Tullow Oil is setting its sights on boosting production at its Jubilee field in Ghana and success from a busy drilling programme, putting to use $2.9bn (£1.8bn) of funds from partners which bought into its Uganda project. Reporting a 48 per cent increase in first-half pretax profit to $829m and an unchanged dividend of [...]
