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Toulon 31-23 Saracens
Jonny Wilkinson scored 16 points as Toulon beat Saracens 31-23 in the Amlin Challenge Cup. The former Newcastle fly-half kicked four penalties and two conversions to condemn Saracens to their first defeat of the campaign in France. Two tries from Gabiriele Lovobaluvu put the hosts in control going into half-time but three penalties from the boot of [...]
Continue reading...Wales rocked by Ospreys injuries
16. October 2009
Ospreys full-back Lee Byrne has added to Wales’ injury crisis ahead of the autumn internationals after being ruled out with ligament damage to his right foot. The 29-year-old, who has won 27 caps for Wales, faces six weeks in plaster before beginning a period of rehabilitation after limping off during his side’s thrilling 32-32 Heineken Cup [...]
Continue reading...Azam 12-week ban upheld
15. October 2009
Gloucester front-row Olivier Azam has been told he must serve his full 12-week suspension from rugby for kicking Steve Borthwick in the head. The England and Saracens second-row was forced to have five stitches to an eye wound suffered after Azam kicked out at him during a Guinness Premiership match at Vicarage Road on September 27th. Despite [...]
Continue reading...Crusaders name Noble as new coach
14. October 2009
Celtic Crusaders have unveiled former Wigan boss Brian Noble as their new head coach at a press conference in Bridgend. The former Great Britain coach, 48, who won three World Club Championships and three Grand Finals in his five-year reign at Bradford Bulls between 2001 and 2006, has taken up a senior role at the Crusaders [...]
Continue reading...Three new faces in England squad
14. October 2009
England coach Tony Smith has called up three new faces to his squad for the upcoming Four Nations tournament involving France, Australia and New Zealand. Super League young player of the year Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors) joins fellow new boys Chris Bridge (Warrington Wolves) and Kyle Eastmond (St Helens) in the 24-man lineup. The former two also [...]
Continue reading...Meehan signs new Bath contract
14. October 2009
Bath head coach Steve Meehan has signed a new two-year contract extension until the end of the 2011/12 season, the club have announced. Meehan joined Bath as an assistant coach in the summer of 2006 after four years at French giants Stade Francais, before being promoted to the top job after only a month when Brian [...]
Continue reading...Crusaders ‘to name Noble as new boss’
14. October 2009
Celtic Crusaders are set to unveil former Wigan Warriors head coach Brian Noble as their new director of rugby, according to reports. The former Great Britain coach, 48, who won three World Club Championships and three Grand Finals in his five-year reign at Bradford Bulls between 2001 and 2006, is expected to take up a senior [...]
Continue reading...Cipriani to miss autumn internationals
13. October 2009
Danny Cipriani’s bid to re-establish himself in the England national side has suffered a major blow with the news he will miss the upcoming autumn international series. The Wasps fly-half suffered a contusion to his knee in his side’s Guinness Premiership victory over Northampton last Sunday. And after undergoing scans, it has emerged Cipriani has also suffered [...]
Continue reading...Sinfield heaps praise on McClennan
13. October 2009
Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield praised coach Brian McClennan for masterminding their third consecutive Grand Final victory. Sinfield, who was awarded man of the match in the 18-10 win over St Helens, also commended the efforts of chairman Paul Caddick and chief executive Gary Hetherington in helping the Rhinos to re-write Super League history. Sinfield told the [...]
Continue reading...Toulouse 36-17 Sale Sharks
12. October 2009
Toulouse showed why they are amongst the favourites to lift the Heineken Cup by beating Sale Sharks 36-17 at Stade Ernest Wallon. Two tries from Vincent Clerc and one from Maxime Medard gave Toulouse a commanding 24-3 lead at the break with Sale struggling to get a foothold in the game. The hosts added two more tries [...]
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FTSE down 0.4% by end of trade Thursday, as miners drag
Britain’s leading shares index the FTSE 100 was down 0.4 per cent at 23.31 points to 5,617.26 by close of trade Thursday. Miners dragged on the FTSE, as did Morrison WM Supermarkets; despite the firm announcing much better than expected results for 2009 earlier today. Among the miners Kazakhmys led the falls, down 3.17 per cent, while [...]
Continue reading...Barack Obama: The time for talk is over on health reform
US president Barack Obama has said the "time for talk is over" on his crucial plans to overhaul the country’s healthcare system. Speaking to a crowd in Missouri, Mr Obama said it was time for Congress to vote on his proposed healthcare plans, which would see a trillion-dollar national health service introduced in the world’s richest [...]
Continue reading...Beckham insists Red Knights campaign is ‘not his business’
David Beckham has denied supporting an anti-Glazer family takeover of Manchester United despite draping himself in the movement’s colours at Old Trafford last night. The former England captain returned to Old Trafford as an opposing player for the first time last night since leaving United seven years ago as his AC Milan side lost 4-0 on [...]
Continue reading...Sahil Saeed has not been freed, Foreign Office confirms
Sahil Saeed, a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Punjab, has not been freed and is still being held by kidnappers, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. A Foreign Office spokesperson told inthenews.co.uk that Sahil had definitely not been released, as had been claimed by a senior Punjab minister earlier today. Sahil was taken at gunpoint by [...]
Continue reading...Morrisons sees profits for 2009 up 30% beating forecasts
UK supermarket chain Morrison has seen its profits for 2009 surge 30 per cent, beating financial forecasts. The firm said like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, were up six per cent, with profit before tax at £858 million in 2009, compared to 2008’s £655 million. Underlying profits were up 21 per cent, the firm announced, at £767 [...]
Continue reading...BP announces deal to search for oil off Brazilian coast
Oil giant BP has announced today it has secured a deal to begin deepwater offshore exploration for oil off the Brazilian coast. The firm said it would pay US firm Devon Energy £4.7 billion for its Brazilian assets, as well as those in Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In addition, BP will sell [...]
Continue reading...HMRC accepts Portsmouth administration
Portsmouth Football Club are expected to learn on Thursday that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will accept the legality of the club entering administration. The south coast are still likely to face a nine-point deduction in the Premier League but will now avoid a winding up order after HMRC accepted that owner Balram Chainrai was legally [...]
Continue reading...Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list
According to the Forbes rich list Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms bazillionaire, has pushed Bill Gates off the top spot as the world’s richest man. The list also showed that China now has more billionaires than any other country besides the US, while the Grosvenor family were the only UK-based billionaires to make it into [...]
Continue reading...De Niro to call plays as NFL coach Vince Lombardi
Oscar winner Robert De Niro is to play renowned American Football coach Vince Lombardi in a new big screen biopic, it has been confirmed. The Taxi Driver star, who won an Academy award in 1980 for playing real-life boxing champion Jake LaMotta, will star as the Green Bay Packers’ greatest coach in Lombardi, a new production [...]
Continue reading...Kaka asks for forgiveness after Lyon defeat
Real Madrid forward Kaka has apologised to the club’s fans after the big-spending club were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon. The Spanish side crashed out Europe’s premier club competition after Miralem Pjanic’s late equaliser for Lyon, sending the French team through 2-1 on aggregate. Real Madrid spent £240 million last summer, purchasing the likes [...]
Continue reading...UK journalist accused of espionage by Hamas is freed
A British journalist accused of being an Israeli spy has been freed by Hamas after the Palestinian group held him captive in the Gaza Strip for the last month. Paul Martin was arrested in mid-February as he arrived in Gaza to testify in the defence of a Palestinian man himself accused of espionage. Hamas did not formally [...]
Continue reading...Three MPs and peer deny false accounting over expenses claims
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer have denied charges of fraudulent expenses claims as the political scandal of the decade finally reached the courts. Labour MPs Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor, as well as Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield, have been charged with 13 charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for [...]
Continue reading...BA and union leaders reach stalemate over threatened strikes
Leaders for Unite and British Airways (BA) will be meeting later today to decide if, and when, strikes by cabin crew will be held. Union leaders have until March 15th to announce a date for strike action, and it must give the airline a full week’s notice before cabin crew can walk out over a long-running [...]
Continue reading...Felipe Massa looking for large Ferrari points haul in Bahrain
Felipe Massa is looking for a large points haul at the opening race of the season in Bahrain, following Ferrari’s impressive form during winter testing. The Brazilian makes a comeback to his race-seat with the Maranello-based team, having made a full recovery from the injuries he sustained from being struck on the head by a piece [...]
Continue reading...Heart patients being ‘failed’ by doctors over cholesterol levels
A study out today has claimed doctors are failing to lower heart patients’ cholesterol levels adequately, with women particularly at risk. According to research in the European Heart Journal only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels. The study, of 25,250 patients in Germany, investigated [...]
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16. October 2009
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