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Alexandra Burke races to number one
Alexandra Burke’s latest single Bad Boys has gone straight to the top of the UK singles chart on its first week of release. The song, featuring US rapper Flo-Rida, has also become the fast-selling single of the year so far, according to the Official Charts Company. Bad Boys has already sold over 185,000 copies - more than [...]
Continue reading...Murray drops to four in rankings
19. October 2009
Britain’s Andy Murray has dropped out of the world’s top three players following Novak Djokovic’s tournament victory in the China Open earlier this month. The Serbian star beat Marin Cilic in straight sets in the final of the event on October 11, securing the required points to usurp Murray from his spot immediately behind world number [...]
Continue reading...Strictly judges knock Joe Calzaghe out
19. October 2009
Boxing champion Joe Calzaghe has become the latest celebrity to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing. The Welshman and his dance partner Kristina Rihanoff ended up in the dreaded dance-off with actress Zoe Lucker and her partner James Jordan. All four of the show’s judges then decided to save Lucker, eliminating Calzaghe from the competition. Speaking afterwards, Calzaghe [...]
Continue reading...Republic await World Cup playoff draw
19. October 2009
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...Vatanen threatens legal action against Mosley
19. October 2009
FIA presidential candidate Ari Vatanen has refuted claims that he is using "dirty" tactics to defeat his rival Jean Todt. With just one week to go until the crucial election, a French bailiff huissier de justice has delivered a letter to the outgoing president Max Mosley, in which Vatanen accuses him of being in breach of [...]
Continue reading...Key signs new long-term Kent contract
19. October 2009
Kent have announced that Rob Key has been reappointed as club captain after he signed a new long-term contract with the county. The England international batsman, who has been with Kent throughout his entire professional career spanning 11 years, has scored more than 14,000 runs at an average of 42.33. And Key said he is "very happy" [...]
Continue reading...Alonso denies Massa rift
19. October 2009
Double world champion Fernando Alonso said that Felipe Massa’s comments about his involvement in the Renault race-fixing scandal will not affect their partnership at Ferrari in 2010. Last Wednesday Massa accused Alonso of being fully aware that members of the Renault team had asked his former team-mate Nelson Piquet to deliberately crash out of last year’s [...]
Continue reading...Webber quickest in Brazilian grand prix first practice
16. October 2009
Mark Webber set a time of 1m 12.4s to go quickest in first practice ahead of the Brazilian grand prix at Interlagos, pushing world championship contenders Rubens Barrichello and Sebastien Vettel into second and third, respectively. Webber’s Red Bull team-mate - who trails Barrichello by just two points and Jenson Button by 16 in the drivers’ [...]
Continue reading...Sackey to captain Wasps against Roma
16. October 2009
England wing Paul Sackey has been handed the Wasps captaincy for his side’s trip to Rome in the Amlin Challenge Cup this weekend. Wasps take on the Italian side in their second match of the European competition this season, looking to follow up last week’s 18-13 victory over Racing Metro. And director of rugby Tony Hanks has [...]
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 [...]
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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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