Premiership rights may spark bid war March 11, 2012 PREMIER league football clubs could rake in three times as much if “a real bidding war between broadcasting giants” breaks out when the sale of the broadcast rights to the football premiership kicks off next month. Having already entered the French market, Al Jazeera has been touted as a serious challenger to the supremacy of [...]
Doing game right – a stone’s throw from Cape Town March 11, 2012 After hours of anticipation, I finally caught sight of it – right in front of our jeep. Romantically backlit by the pinkening sky, a tall G&T with glinting ice cubes and a slice of lemon. Sundowners on safari. Best idea ever. We’d arrived in Cape Town five days ago for a little city before our [...]
Wiggins lands Paris-Nice and emulates hero March 11, 2012 LONDONER Bradley Wiggins pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career with victory in the Paris-Nice, becoming the first Briton to claim the race for 45 years. Team Sky rider Wiggins clinched the triumph in style, winning the final stage time trial in Col d’Eze to beat Dutchman Lieuwe Westra by eight seconds [...]
Spurs to come unstuck against in-form Toffees March 8, 2012 EVERTON vs TOTTENHAM TOMORROW – 5.30PM ESPN THE past few weeks were always going to be a severe test of Tottenham’s title credentials and, unfortunately for their fans, they have failed. The demoralising 5-2 defeat at Emirates Stadium was followed by last weekend’s 3-1 reverse against Manchester United. Harry Redknapp described that loss as “soul [...]
No stopping United at Spurs on Sunday March 1, 2012 FOOTBALL TRADER BEN CLEMINSON BRINGS YOU THE BEST OF THIS WEEKEND’S FOOTBALL BETS TOTTENHAM vs MANCHESTER UNITED SUNDAY – 4.10PM SKY SPORTS AFTER the destruction derby against Arsenal, Tottenham must pick themselves up off the floor pretty sharpish – or else face the prospect of undoing much of the good work that has taken them [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 29, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES ATTARA CAPITAL TO LIQUIDATE OPERATIONS Attara Capital, the hedge fund co-chaired and founded by Nat Rothschild and the successor to the now-defunct activist fund Atticus Capital, is to liquidate its operations. Attara, which is run by David Slager, a former Atticus partner, is shutting as a result of adverse trading conditions and difficulty [...]
ITV pins its hopes on in-house shows as advertising slips February 29, 2012 ITV, the free-to-air broadcaster, yesterday said sales of hit shows such as Downton Abbey had boosted its revenues, allowing it to become less reliant on an advertising market it expects to slow down this year. Non-advertising revenues jumped 11 per cent last year to £922m, accounting for around 43 per cent of overall revenue. Since [...]
HSBC near sale of its insurance arm to rivals for £1bn February 29, 2012 HSBC is about to complete a £1bn deal to sell its general insurance arm to rivals AXA and QBE, according to reports. Under the deal French insurance giant AXA would take over HSBC’s business in Mexico and Asia, excluding Hong Kong. Australian firm QBE would then take over the Hang Seng operation in Hong Kong [...]
Why we need to convert sport to suit today’s lives February 29, 2012 MAINTAINING and realising the sporting legacy of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games is a huge challenge. But it also presents the chance for those governing sport to do things differently, and find a new generation of participants as a result. Existing policy has failed to engage people in sport in the volumes hoped for. [...]
James Murdoch to step down as executive chairman of News International February 29, 2012 James Murdoch is to step down as executive chairman of News International, the UK publishing arm of News Corporation. Murdoch, 39, is leaving the role to concentrate on the firm’s global TV business, according to the company. “We are all grateful for James’ leadership at News International and across Europe and Asia, where he has [...]