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Republic await World Cup playoff draw
The Republic of Ireland will discover their opponents for a two-legged playoff to decide who qualifies for next summer’s World Cup finals later today. The draw for the last stage of the European qualifying campaign takes place at Fifa headquarters in Zurich at 12:00 local time (13:00 BST), when the eight remaining teams will be paired [...]
Continue reading...Republic learn potential playoff opponents
16. October 2009
The Republic of Ireland will face France, Russia, Greece or Portugal in next month’s World Cup playoffs after the latest world rankings were announced today. Giovanni Trapattoni’s side, who played out a snore-draw against Montenegro at Croke Park on Wednesday, will find out their opponents on Monday when the draw takes place at Fifa HQ in [...]
Continue reading...Sunderland snap up Zenden
16. October 2009
Sunderland have announced the signing of midfielder Boudewijn Zenden, 33, on a free transfer. The veteran former Dutch international has signed a deal until the end of the season with an option for a further year. Zenden has been a free agent since leaving French side Marseille in the summer and has been on trial at Sunderland [...]
Continue reading...Rooney out of Bolton match
16. October 2009
A calf injury suffered by Wayne Rooney while on England duty will keep the striker out of Manchester United’s Premier League fixture against Bolton tomorrow. The news was confirmed by United manager Sir Alex Ferguson at his pre-match press conference at the club’s Carrington training ground today, meaning a possible start for fit-again Michael Owen. Owen was [...]
Continue reading...Yeung unveils £40m transfer kitty
16. October 2009
New Birmingham City president Carson Yeung has revealed he plans to give manager Alex McLeish a transfer kitty of up to £40 million to spend in January. In a bid to salvage the club’s Premier League status, Yeung, who has now finally completed his buyout of the club, said he will dip into his own pocket [...]
Continue reading...Yeung unveils £40m transfer kitty
16. October 2009
New Birmingham City president Carson Yeung has revealed he plans to give manager Alex McLeish a transfer kitty of up to £40 million to spend in January. In a bid to salvage the club’s Premier League status, Yeung, who has now finally completed his buyout of the club, said he will dip into his own pocket [...]
Continue reading...Yeung unveils £40m transfer kitty
16. October 2009
New Birmingham City president Carson Yeung has revealed he plans to give manager Alex McLeish a transfer kitty of up to £40 million to spend in January. In a bid to salvage the club’s Premier League status, Yeung, who has now finally completed his buyout of the club, said he will dip into his own pocket [...]
Continue reading...Yeung unveils £40m transfer kitty
16. October 2009
New Birmingham City president Carson Yeung has revealed he plans to give manager Alex McLeish a transfer kitty of up to £40 million to spend in January. In a bid to salvage the club’s Premier League status, Yeung, who has now finally completed his buyout of the club, said he will dip into his own pocket [...]
Continue reading...Yeung unveils £40m transfer kitty
16. October 2009
New Birmingham City president Carson Yeung has revealed he plans to give manager Alex McLeish a transfer kitty of up to £40 million to spend in January. In a bid to salvage the club’s Premier League status, Yeung, who has now finally completed his buyout of the club, said he will dip into his own pocket [...]
Continue reading...Yeung unveils £40m transfer kitty
16. October 2009
New Birmingham City president Carson Yeung has revealed he plans to give manager Alex McLeish a transfer kitty of up to £40 million to spend in January. In a bid to salvage the club’s Premier League status, Yeung, who has now finally completed his buyout of the club, said he will dip into his own pocket [...]
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Lehman Brothers report blames management and audit firms
The collapse of Lehman Brothers was in part the fault of the firm’s senior executives and auditors Ernst & Young, a report has found. In the 2,2000 page report, Anton Valukas accused the senior management of the firm of "actionable balance sheet manipulation" and said the firm was insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy. [...]
Continue reading...England close on 374-3 after Cook’s unbeaten ton
An unbeaten century from England captain Alastair Cook helped the tourists to a commanding position on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh. The visitors were 374-3 at the close of play on the first day with Cook not out on 158 and Paul Collingwood also unbeaten on 38. Kevin Pietersen had earlier recovered [...]
Continue reading...Karl Rove: Waterboarding terror suspects saved America
George Bush’s former long-time adviser Karl Rove has claimed the torture techniques used on terror suspects under the last White House administration helped avert a succession of attacks. Mr Rove said he was "proud" of the waterboarding of terror suspects, despite the technique, which simulates a drowning sensation, being outlawed by Barack Obama last year and [...]
Continue reading...Wenger tells Real Madrid to leave him alone
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Real Madrid to leave him alone after the Spanish side’s Champions League exit sparked rumours of an approach for the French coach. It is believed current Real boss Manuel Pellegrini could soon be fired from the Bernabeu after a 2-1 aggregate defeat to Lyon saw the La Liga side fail [...]
Continue reading...Labour peer Baroness Uddin will not face charges over expenses
The Labour peer Baroness Uddin will not face charges over her parliamentary expenses claims, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced. She stood accused of fiddling her second homes allowance by claiming her main home was in Kent, but following a Scotland Yard investigation it was decided she would not face prosecution. Keir Starmer QC, the director [...]
Continue reading...Andy Murray: Give players choice on Davis Cup
British number one Andy Murray has stressed the importance of giving the UK’s tennis players a voice if a new Davis Cup captain is sought. Current captain John Lloyd is thought to be on the verge of dismissal after Great Britain’s recent loss to Lithuania, which put the team perilously close to dropping into the Davis [...]
Continue reading...Mother jailed over starvation of seven-year-old daughter
The mother of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death in 2008 has been jailed for 15 years, with the girl’s stepfather being jailed indefinitely. Khyra Ishaq weighed just 2st 9lb (16.5kg) when she died in Birmingham children’s hospital on May 17th 2008 after being taken there from her home in Handsworth. Her mother Angela Gordon was [...]
Continue reading...Didier Drogba named African Footballer of the Year
Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba has won the highest honour in African football, after picking up the African Footballer of the Year award. The 32-year-old beat Chelsea team-mate Michael Essien and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o to the prize, which was confirmed at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana. Essien and Eto’o were the two other shortlisted [...]
Continue reading...China tells Obama not to interfere in its currency strategy
China has hit back at US president Barack Obama after he said the country needed to rethink its currency policy. Yesterday Mr Obama said China needed to adopt a "market-orientated" exchange rate policy for the yuan, which would allow it to appreciate. But while the US claimed that China’s decision to keep the currency low was to [...]
Continue reading...Activist arrested for boarding Japanese whaling ship
A New Zealand activist has been arrested by Japan’s coastguard after he boarded a whaling ship last month. Peter Bethune, who is a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, stands accused of boarding the ship illegally, when it is said he intended to make a citizen’s arrest of the Japanese crew in an ongoing [...]
Continue reading...Pill users reassured but still risk of ‘violent, accidental death’
Contraceptive pill users have been told it does not increase their long-term risk of death, but there is still an unexplained "higher rate of violent or accidental deaths". In a study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) women in the UK have been told that those who have used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely [...]
Continue reading...Manchester City plan £1 billion Eastlands revamp
Premier League big spenders Manchester City have agreed a £1 billion plan with local authorities to redevelop the area surrounding their Eastlands stadium. The renovation project will see the surrounding area - one of the poorest in Manchester - turned into a "world class sports and leisure complex", the club announced. The overhaul could also include the [...]
Continue reading...Manchester City plan £1 billion Eastlands revamp
Premier League big spenders Manchester City have agreed a £1 billion plan with local authorities to redevelop the area surrounding their Eastlands stadium. The renovation project will see the surrounding area - one of the poorest in Manchester - turned into a "world class sports and leisure complex", the club announced. The overhaul could also include the [...]
Continue reading...Bombing in Pakistan sees at least 39 killed in double explosion
Two apparently-linked suicide bomb attacks in the Pakistani city of Lahore have killed at least 39 people and injured dozens more. Police in the city said one of the blasts ripped through a crowded market, the RA Bazaar, which was particularly busy because of Friday prayers. The city was attacked earlier this week when 13 people [...]
Continue reading...Bangkok braces for ‘million-man march’ from pro-Thaksin group
Thousands of security forces are being deployed on the streets of the Thai capital Bangkok ahead of a massive anti-government protest planned for this weekend. The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, commonly known as the red shirts, have vowed to rally in Bangkok in a "million-man march" against the present government, although organisers expect around [...]
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19. October 2009
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