Hape let down by conduct of his England team-mates October 4, 2011 ENGLAND centre Shontayne Hape admits he feels let down by the off-field conduct of those team-mates who were reprimanded by manager Martin Johnson, but denied the suggestion his side are spiralling out of control. The trio of James Haskell, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley were recently read the riot act by Johnson over inappropriate comments [...]
Wilkinson fitness boost but Tindall looks doubtful October 4, 2011 FLY-HALF Jonny Wilkinson provided England manager Martin Johnson with a timely fitness boost ahead of Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against France by taking part in light training yesterday. But vice-captain Mike Tindall, who suffered a dead leg in last weekend’s narrow victory over Scotland, sat out the session and remains a major doubt. After another [...]
Rio still has a part to play for England, says Welbeck October 4, 2011 ENGLAND striker Danny Welbeck believes his Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand still has a valuable contribution to make at international level, despite being left out of Fabio Capello’s squad to face Montenegro on Friday. The 32-year-old, a veteran of 81 caps, was surprisingly not part of the Italian’s plans for the clash in Podgorica, from [...]
THE BREAKDOWN | WORLD CUP BRIEFS October 4, 2011 TUILAGI mouthguard fine ENGLAND centre Manu Tuilagi has been fined £4,800 by Rugby World Cup officials for wearing a sponsored mouthguard during the win over Georgia. Tuilagi, whose brother Alesana was fined last week for the same offence, also wore the gumshield in the victory against Argentina. The Rugby Football Union said Tuilagi’s breach was [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF October 4, 2011 Bender injury sees abandonment FOOTBALL: Accrington’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie against Tranmere was abandoned last night after 39 minutes due to a serious injury to Tom Bender. The 18-year-old was treated for a suspected broken neck for 30 minutes on the field at the Crown Ground before being taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious. [...]
SHARES SLUMP AS EURO FEARS GROW October 4, 2011 THE EUROZONE’S escalating financial crisis hammered European stocks yesterday, with markets also dampened by growing concerns over the fragility of the global recovery. The bad news was compounded after hours as Moody’s downgraded Italy by three notches, from Aa2 to A2. The prospect of a Greek default was heightened by an apparent delay in the [...]
Industry to get carbon tax breaks October 4, 2011 THE CHANCELLOR is set to unveil a package of tax relief for energy-intensive firms in his autumn statement, after he was criticised for hitting industry with a £3.2bn carbon stealth tax in his last Budget. City A.M. understands the package will help those firms that use large amounts of energy, such as cement, aluminium and [...]
Deutsche Bank blown off course by euro troubles October 4, 2011 DEUTSCHE Bank yesterday blamed the European debt crisis for the scrapping of its annual profit targets as struggling UBS said it would stay in the black in the third quarter despite its “rogue” trading losses. Shares in Deutsche Bank fell nearly four per cent after it said its €10bn (£8.62bn) pre-tax profit target is no [...]
Crisis across the Eurozone is just getting started October 4, 2011 LOOKING at the chaos in the markets and the Eurozone yesterday, it would be tempting to claim that the sovereign debt crisis is nearing its endgame. But that would be the wrong call to make. The crisis is intensifying, obviously, but political incompetence in the European Union, as well as its faulty political institutions, means [...]
S&P 500 index dives into bear market territory October 4, 2011 STOCK markets officially dipped into “bear market” territory yesterday, after US stocks tumbled during morning trading. The S&P 500 traded as low 1,074.77 at the start of yesterday’s session, more than 23 per cent down on its 52-week high of 14,330. It later recovered to close at 1,123.95. A “bear market” is usually defined as [...]
