Everton fans clash with French police before Europa stalemate October 23, 2014 EVERTON fans were targeted with tear gas fired by French police during clashes in the city’s main square before the club’s Europa League fixture in Lille yesterday. The Merseyside club later issued a message on Twitter advising travelling supporters to avoid the Grand Place square ahead of the Group H clash, which ended goalless. Trouble [...]
Roman Abramovich aide Marina Granovskaia on the rise at Chelsea as chief executive Ron Gourlay quits October 22, 2014 She is the former PA who has risen to a key role in the boardroom of one of Europe’s biggest football clubs, and now Marina Granovskaia’s influence at Chelsea is about to grow even further. The Russian-Canadian, a long-time associate of Blues owner Roman Abramovich, is to take on greater responsibility for the running of [...]
Total mourns loss of chief exec Christophe de Margerie in plane crash tragedy October 21, 2014 French oil company Total yesterday confirmed the death of its chairman and chief executive Christophe de Margerie “with deep regret and great sadness”. De Margerie, 63, was killed at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow on Monday night, when the private plane he was on collided with a snow plough. Three crew members on the plane also [...]
Champions League: City continue continental stutter October 21, 2014 CSKA MOSCOW 2 MANCHESTER CITY 2 OPTIMISTIC Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini refused to accept the odds are now stacked against his side qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase despite surrendering a two-goal lead against CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital yesterday. Israel’s Bibras Natkho held his nerve to convert a late penalty and [...]
Wozniacki shocks Russian foe in opening WTA clash October 21, 2014 DENMARK’S Caroline Wozniacki summoned reserves of energy to stun five-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova in an exhausting opening match in the WTA Finals in Singapore. Eighth-seed Wozniacki claimed a 7-6 [7-4], 6-7 [5-7]. 6-2 victory in three hours and 14 minutes during a match which featured 12 breaks of serve and 111 unforced errors. [...]
Russia escalates tensions with expansion of EU food import ban October 21, 2014 Russia is ramping up its tit-for-tat trade war with the EU through an extension of the food import ban to include animal fats and offal. Russia's food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said the ban will come into effect today and applies to cattle and pig by-products, meat offal, cattle fat, pork fat (including lard) and bird [...]
Total CEO Christophe de Margerie killed in Moscow plane crash as his aircraft collides with snow-clearing machine October 21, 2014 The CEO of Europe's third largest oil company Christophe de Margerie has been killed after a collision between his private jet and a snow-clearing machine at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Russian authorities said the incident had involved a Falcon-50 plane, with the collision occurring a little before midnight local time. Visibility was reported to have been [...]
Navratilova blasts ITF silence over Russian’s Williams brothers slur October 20, 2014 EIGHTEEN-TIME grand slam winner Martina Navratilova has criticised the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for its failure to punish the Russian official who referred to Serena and Venus as the “Williams brothers”. Shamil Tarpischev, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation, landed a £15,000 fine and a one-year ban from the Women’s Tennis Association for the [...]
Caterham hit back at Kobayashi worries over suspension safety October 20, 2014 CASH-STRAPPED Formula One team Caterham have defended their safety procedures after it emerged that driver Kamui Kobayashi was fearful of driving his car at this month’s Russian Grand Prix. Kobayashi wrote on Facebook that he felt “seriously troubled” by a suspension fault that could not be replaced so instead had to be wrapped in carbon [...]
Why British homeowners are mad about mews October 20, 2014 It’s a common complaint that all the best properties in London are being bought up by foreign, cash-rich investors, looking to tie their money up in our constantly expanding property market. But there is one section of the market that, until now, has remained largely untapped by foreign investment, a last bastion of British buyers: [...]