Froome overwhelmed by historic Tour win July 21, 2013 TOUR de France champion Chris Froome revealed he was reduced to tears after crossing the line on the Champs-Elysees, in the final stage of this year’s race yesterday, linking arms with the fellow Team Sky riders that made his stunning win possible. The British rider knew only a disastrous final day on the 100th edition [...]
National debt at its highest level since the 1960s July 19, 2013 Public sector borrowing statistics for June have been released, and the ONS has the numbers in a variety of flavours, depending on your preferred measure (see below). Sky's Ed Conway reports that national debt is at its highest proportion of GDP since the 1960s: Britain's national debt has just gone through the £1.2 trillion mark. [...]
World Cup and Euros to remain on free TV July 18, 2013 FOOTBALL’S major international tournaments will continue to be shown on free-to-air broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV beyond 2014 after the game’s governing bodies lost a legal challenge. The European Court of Justice yesterday rejected an appeal from Fifa and Uefa and upheld a 2011 ruling that prevents rights for the World Cup and [...]
Froome facing toughest day as Tour win looms July 18, 2013 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome admits today could make or break his quest for Tour de France glory after he extended his overall lead despite being hit with a time penalty for illegal feeding. The Tour’s 19th stage features four testing climbs and, with Froome looking weary on the Alpe d’Huez yesterday, represents the biggest remaining obstacle [...]
BT Sport nets rights to share FA Cup to 2018 July 17, 2013 BT KICKED off its debut season as a sports broadcaster with an early coup yesterday, netting joint rights to televise the FA Cup until 2018. The world’s most famous domestic knock-out competition will be shown on both BT Sport and the BBC, starting from the 2014-15 season. BT had already secured rights for the coming [...]
Bottom Line: Expensive but far from £19m down the drain July 17, 2013 SHAREHOLDERS in Severn Trent may be mourning the sky-high prices of May and early June, but it is too soon to claim the City didn’t earn its fees in helping the water firm resist the advances of the LongRiver consortium. It was revealed yesterday that in batting away the takeover bid Severn Trent paid £19m [...]
Froome closes in on Tour victory with stage win July 17, 2013 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome last night toasted a tactical masterstroke after a change of bike midway through yesterday’s time trial earned him the stage win and propelled him closer to Tour de France glory. Froome increased his lead on main yellow jersey rival Alberto Contador by nine seconds to four minutes, 34 seconds with just four [...]
Pounds jump up a cent against the dollar as Carney unites the Bank of England against further QE July 17, 2013 None of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) wanted more quantitative easing at the last meeting, the Bank of England's minutes reveal. Of the nine MPC members zero voted for increased asset purchases. The pound has spiked up against the dollar on the news. Gilt yields have spiked up following the MPC minutes this morning pic.twitter.com/vtDWn2n1Pj [...]
Bale drops hint at Spurs stay by signing new three-year BT deal June 30, 2013 SOUGHT-AFTER Tottenham star Gareth Bale has given the biggest indication yet that he is to reject the lure of a move to one of Europe’s top clubs this summer after signing a three-year deal to become an ambassador for BT Sport. The new channel will broadcast 38 live Premier League games from next season and [...]
Cranes fill London sky as construction soars June 24, 2013 BUILDING activity across London has more than trebled since its low in mid-2010, booming to a four-year peak, data showed yesterday. Office construction has risen eight per cent over the past six months to 9.7m square feet of space under construction, bouncing off lows of 2.7m in the third quarter of 2010. The figures, in [...]