Mucho Macho Man ready to flex his muscles in the Breeders’ Cup Classic November 1, 2012 WITH its monster purses the Breeders’ Cup has never struggled to attract the top horses from around the globe and a strong European challenge has arrived in Santa Anita for the 29th annual championship. Considering Europe’s poor record in the Classic (12.35am), the $5 million (£3.1m) highlight of the two-day meeting on Sunday, it’s no [...]
Di Matteo: United win won’t tire us out October 31, 2012 CHELSEA 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 4 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo insisted their extra-time victory would help ease his players’ fatigue for the weekend after last night’s comeback set up a grudge quarter-final against Leeds United. Goals from Daniel Sturridge and Ramires finished off Manchester United after Chelsea had drawn level three times in 90 minutes, [...]
Bank’s Paul Tucker stumbles upon a Barclays bonus truce October 31, 2012 IT has become the City’s most wearyingly familiar formula: bank floats pay proposals with investors; investors cry foul; bank showers its largesse on employees regardless; bank suffers revolt at annual meeting. Repeat, year after year. The 2013 bonus round should, at last, provide an antidote to the toxic relationship between Britain’s biggest lenders and the [...]
Ref Clattenburg given time off as FA examine race row claims October 29, 2012 REFEREE Mark Clattenburg has been stood down from this week’s fixtures after the Football Association launched an investigation into allegations that he used a racial slur towards Chelsea players. The Blues made an official complaint about Clattenburg using “inappropriate language” to two of their stars – believed to be John Obi Mikel and Juan Mata [...]
Team Sky lose another man after De Jongh’s confession October 29, 2012 TEAM Sky sports director Steven de Jongh last night became the third leading figure to leave the hugely successful British outfit in a week as chiefs continued their zero-tolerance policy on doping. De Jongh, 38, departed after admitting to taking banned substances during his riding career. Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford has demanded all staff [...]
Bank’s deputy governor sees glimpse of economic progress October 29, 2012 BANK of England deputy governor Charlie Bean said yesterday that there was “reason for some optimism” going forward, but warned against getting overexcited about the latest GDP figures showing Britain pulled out of recession in the third quarter. “We should avoid getting overexcited,” Bean told Sky News, adding that growth could be weak in the [...]
Pickles warns against state control of press October 28, 2012 CABINET minister Eric Pickles yesterday said the government should be “very, very, very reluctant” to introduce legislation to regulate the media industry, “My view is that we should always balance in favour of a free press,” he added. His comments are one of the clearest signs yet that senior Conservatives are uneasy with any move [...]
Yates departs Team Sky but says he’s clean October 28, 2012 TEAM Sky insist sports director Sean Yates, one of the key figures in the British outfit’s success, was not forced to quit over doping confessions, following his abrupt retirement from cycling yesterday. Yates’s exit came just days after coach Bobby Julich was released, having admitted to doping during his riding career when quizzed by Team [...]
Team Sky show Julich the door after coach’s doping confession October 25, 2012 TEAM SKY last night became embroiled in the purge on doping sweeping cycling when coach Bobby Julich left the British outfit after admitting using banned substances. The American confessed to taking the blood-booster EPO between 1996 and 1998, when he was a pro rider for Cofidis and finished third in the Tour de France. Julich’s [...]
The sky’s the limit: Why the humble checklist beats masterful intuition October 25, 2012 THOSE of us glued to the live feed of Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the edge of space last week were also incidentally witness to one of the most powerful – and underappreciated – performance enhancement techniques known. If you were watching, the chances are you didn’t even give it a second thought. But there’s as [...]