City blasted by PFA chief Taylor over ‘strange’ Toure disciplinary hearing October 31, 2011 PLAYERS’ chief Gordon Taylor has labelled Manchester City’s decision to hold a disciplinary hearing with Kolo Toure over his failed drugs test as “strange”. Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association, attended the hearing with Toure this afternoon and the outcome of the gross misconduct charge is expected later this week. Toure, who has [...]
Wenger: There’s more to Arsenal than reliant Robin October 31, 2011 ARSENAL vs MARSEILLE ARSENAL manger Arsene Wenger insists there’s more to his side’s recent resurgence than the remarkable goalscoring exploits of Robin van Perise. The Dutch striker took his tally for the calendar year to a remarkable 28 goals in 27 matches with a hat-trick in Saturday’s epic 5-3 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. [...]
Ivanovic defends AVB right to read riot act to Chelsea flops October 31, 2011 GENK vs CHELSEA CHELSEA defender Branislav Ivanovic has admitted Andre Villas-Boas had every right to read the riot act to his players after his side shipped five goals at home for the first time in 22 years on Saturday. Blues boss Villas-Boas denied delivering a “rant” to his squad during Sunday’s post-mortem of Saturday’s 5-3 [...]
Henry steps down as Kiwi coach October 31, 2011 World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry has stood down as All Blacks boss after an eight-year reign. The 65-year-old was in charge for 103 Tests and saw his side narrowly beat France 8-7 in the World Cup final earlier this month to claim their second title. He said: “I’ve had enough, it’s been an enormous privilege [...]
Funding cut fair, says Sotherton October 31, 2011 Former Olympic bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton says she has no problem with having her funding cut and she hopes to compete in the heptathlon in 2012. “I’m not angered by the decision, I don’t feel it was unfair,” said Sotherton, who lost her UK Athletics second-tier “podium relay” funding this month. “I had my funding [...]
Markets hit by MF Global bankruptcy October 31, 2011 MARKETS plunged in London and New York yesterday as MF Global, the $41bn brokerage, became the first big American casualty of the European sovereign debt crisis. MF Global Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US following the collapse of a last-minute deal to sell off assets. It became the eighth-largest bankruptcy in [...]
Fears as Greek PM promises referendum on bailout October 31, 2011 GREEK voters will be able to reject the bailout of their country by voting in a referendum, Prime Minister George Papandreou said last night. “The command of the Greek people will bind us,” he announced. “If the Greek people do not want it, it will not be adopted.” Papandreou intends to use the poll as [...]
Third cleric quits over occupation of St Paul’s October 31, 2011 THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has broken his two-week silence over the St Paul’s occupation after the Dean of the Cathedral became the third cleric to resign yesterday. Dr Rowan Williams said he was “very sad” that the Right Rev Graeme Knowles had resigned and said the protesters had raised “urgent issues”. “The events of the [...]
A farmer’s son who bet the bank and lost October 31, 2011 IT WAS often said that Jon Corzine wanted to turn MF Global into a mini-Goldman Sachs. Now, however, this failed politician will be remembered as the man who was in charge when the broker went bust so spectacularly. It marks an ignominious end to the son of an Illinois farmer, to say nothing of the [...]
MF Global’s collapse isn’t Lehman II October 31, 2011 IT is hard not to feel a sense of deja vu after yesterday’s bankruptcy of MF Global, a major US financial institution, as a result of an unlucky bet on European government bonds. The firm employed just 2,870 people – including 730 in Canary Wharf, whose jobs are now sadly at risk – yet this [...]
