Baggies to prove tough nut to crack for United August 11, 2011 FOOTBALL TRADER BEN CLEMINSON TAKES A LOOK AT THE BEST FOOTBALL BETS OF THE WEEKEND SUNDAY – 4.00PM SKY SPORTS SIR ALEX Ferguson will have been delighted with Manchester United’s performance against local rivals Manchester City in the Community Shield last weekend. There were some defensive lapses in the first half, but they showed their [...]
England to pile on misery for Indians at Edgbaston August 9, 2011 SPORT TRADER OLLIE DREW AND DAVID WILD BRING YOU THE BEST BETS FROM ENGLAND VS INDIA AS WELL AS THE USPGA CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY – 11.00 AM SKY SPORTS 1 With India 2-0 down with just two Tests to play, they may be the ones drinking in the last chance saloon, but there’s one man in [...]
More glory in store for Rory at USPGA August 9, 2011 TOMORROW – 6PM SKY SPORTS 2 Can the 93rd USPGA Championship provide us with a story worthy of a gripping season of golf so far? It is less than a month since Open winner Darren Clarke’s emotional walk up the 18th at Royal St. George’s and two months since Rory McIlroy tore up the record [...]
JAMES MURDOCH PUT ON HOLD BY BROOKS’S GENTLEMEN’S CLUB August 8, 2011 BROOKS’S in Mayfair is one of the oldest and most reputable gentlemen’s clubs in the country, founded in 1764 by four Dukes and with a cast list of former members that includes William Pitt the Younger and Lionel de Rothschild. As you can imagine, joining the ranks of the exclusive all-male preserve is not straightforward. [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES August 4, 2011 FILM THE TREE Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in this traumatic family drama set in the Aussie outback. KNUCKLE Hard-as-nails documentary about bare knuckle boxers. FRENCH CANCAN Reissue for one of the finest films from French cinematic pioneer, Jean Renoir. DVD LIMITLESS Bradley Cooper is an unexpected success in this strange tale of power and excess. SUBMARINE [...]
It must be time for another holiday August 2, 2011 If the UK’s economy was really as severely dented by the numerous bank holidays in April as some say, let us hope the nation as a whole doesn’t follow David Cameron in his holidaying habits. Never mind the UK’s faltering growth, the US debt deal or the worsening of the Eurozone crisis. The Prime Minister, [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 2, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LIVING SOCIAL SET TO BUY TICKET MONSTER LivingSocial, the world’s second biggest group discount website by customers after Groupon, has agreed to buy Ticket Monster, a South Korean equivalent site, to strengthen its presence in Asia. It is the latest acquisition by the US company, which has this year announced three deals to [...]
Pandora pain lands a fresh blow to IPOs August 2, 2011 JEWELLERY maker Pandora was deserted by investors yesterday just ten months after it listed as it admitted spiralling sales had caused it to rip up its profit forecasts for the year. Shares in Pandora, known for its charm bracelets, plunged a record 65 per cent after it said sales had slumped 30 per cent in [...]
Zappia gets Sky Italia job August 1, 2011 NEWS Corp has appointed Andrea Zappia as chief executive of Sky Italia, replacing Tom Mockridge, who left the broadcaster to fill the vacant top job at News International. Zappia will leave his job as a director at former News Corp takeover target BSkyB with immediate effect. He will take on the running battle with Italian [...]
Twitter confirms significant investment from Russian firm August 1, 2011 TWITTER yesterday confirmed it has completed a “significant round of funding” led by Russian technology investor Digital Sky Technologies (DST). The microblogging site said the new funds, in which several other investors were involved, would be used to “aggressively innovate, hire more great people and invest in international expansion”. It is understood DST took a [...]