Silver lining for Meadows as Britain end on a high March 14, 2010 JENNY MEADOWS failed in her bid to clinch a third gold medal for Great Britain at the World Indoor Championships in Doha when she was beaten down the final straight by Russian Mariya Savinova in the women’s 800m. Last year’s world outdoor bronze medallist still set a new British record of 1.58.43 and said: “I [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 11, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES PUSH FOR CLEARING HOUSES FAILS TO MOVE OIL TRADERS Big oil traders are choosing to keep more derivatives deals private, in spite of a global regulatory campaign to steer such contracts to clearing houses. Their willingness to take on risks viewed as intolerable just a year ago reflects renewed faith in the strength [...]
Arsenal’s Gazidis preaching simple solution to football’s debt problem March 10, 2010 IT seems apt that Ivan Gazidis first fell in love with football at Portsmouth. His boyhood club’s grim descent into administration has laid bare the financial mismanagement prevalent even at the top level, where clubs borrow vast sums just to keep pace with their rivals. Now, as chief executive of Arsenal, he is among the [...]
Baltacha through to Indian Wells March 10, 2010 TENNIS: British No1 Elena Baltacha qualified for the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after securing a 6-3, 6-4 win over Russian Ekaterina Bychkova. She will now play American wildcard Alexa Glatch in the first round on Wednesday, joining fellow Brit Anne Keothavong and men’s No4 Andy Murray in California. Murray [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 7, 2010 THE SUNDAYS The Sunday Telegraph NORTHERN ROCK £400M LOSS Northern Rock made multi-million pound losses for a third year running in 2009, the nationalised lender will reveal this week. The bank will report pre-tax losses of about £400m, analysts believe, a marked improvement on the £1.36bn of losses in 2008. Since the Government bailed it [...]
Wiggins seals third-place finish March 7, 2010 CYCLING: Bradley Wiggins finished in the peleton to claim third place in the Tour of Mercia. The British Team Sky rider maintained his position following his time trial success on Saturday, finishing behind Czech winner Frantisek Rabon and Russian Denis Menchov. Lance Armstrong came home in seventh.
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 3, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES POLICE SHUT DOWN MARIPOSA HACKER RING Police, private security experts and internet service providers said yesterday they had shut down the Mariposa botnet, one of the largest networks of hacked personal computers discovered. It had siphoned off financial and other information from inside half of the largest 1,000 US companies. Computers using about [...]
The comeback cad trying his luck in the Med March 2, 2010 JAMES Hewitt – former lover of Princess Diana, ex-solider, comeback cad – throws his head back and laughs at what I have just said. “Yes, I suppose this is like Rick’s in Casablanca,” he says when he recovers. “And everyone comes to Rick’s.” We are having dinner in a corner of Polo House, his bar [...]
Former Russian agent is close to buying Indie February 28, 2010 FORMER KBG agent turned media mogul, Alexander Lebedev, is on the verge of buying the loss-making newspaper The Independent and its sister paper The Independent on Sunday. The Russian businessman, who already owns London’s Evening Standard, will reportedly pay a token £1 for control of the papers, in exchange for his promise to invest millions over [...]
Pavlyuchenko on mark again but injury sours Spurs’ day February 28, 2010 TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp is facing a central midfield injury crisis that threatens to derail their challenge for a top-four finish. Goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Luka Modric earned victory over in-form Everton and ensured Spurs climbed back above Manchester City into fourth place. But the win came at a cost, with Tom Huddlestone joining [...]