The car insurance boss who wants to motor into new foreign markets August 22, 2010 It is a case of ‘Recession? What recession?’ for motor insurance firm Admiral, which is in the middle of taking on 750 staff in the UK alone this year. And that means an awful lot of meetings for the Cardiff-based firm’s 53-year-old chief executive Henry Engelhardt. The Chicago-born boss meets every one of his new [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS May 3, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. CHELSEA IT was do or die for the Blues at Liverpool on Sunday, but they held their nerve to claim [...]
Taylor slams Wembley pitch April 12, 2010 PLAYERS’ chief Gordon Taylor has added to the wave of discontent surrounding the state of the Wembley pitch, branding it an “embarrassment”. The surface was slammed by both Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp and Portsmouth boss Avram Grant after Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final where players complained that excessive watering had made it too skiddy. The national [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF May 6, 2010 Tiger back on form at Sawgrass GOLF: Tiger Woods made a welcome return to form as he closed in on the leaders in the Players’ Championship at Sawgrass. Woods, who missed the cut in the Quail Hollow Championship last week, was just three shots behind clubhouse leaders JB Holmes and Robert Allenby on three-under-par as he [...]
Chiefs defend rules that let cocaine users off with fine April 13, 2010 RUGBY chiefs insist their liberal new policy on testing for recreational drugs such as cocaine is not a soft touch. Players could escape with only a £5,000 fine and their anonymity protected if they return a positive sample from a non-matchday test. That is compared to the automatic two-year ban, prescribed, by world anti-doping chiefs [...]
Four get England call-ups September 30, 2009 RUGBY LEAGUE: Four players from Huddersfield and Hull KR have been added to the England train-on squad for the end-of-season internationals. Giants hooker Scott Moore and prop Eorl Crabtree, as well as Hull KR full-back Shaun Briscoe and winger Peter Fox, have been called up by coach Tony Smith after their clubs were eliminated from [...]
Four get England call-ups September 30, 2009 RUGBY LEAGUE: Four players from Huddersfield and Hull KR have been added to the England train-on squad for the end-of-season internationals. Giants hooker Scott Moore and prop Eorl Crabtree, as well as Hull KR full-back Shaun Briscoe and winger Peter Fox, have been called up by coach Tony Smith after their clubs were eliminated from [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF November 12, 2009 MANNY’S WARNING TO COTTOPOUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao insists he is feeling stronger than ever ahead of his mega-fight with Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Sunday morning. Pacquiao moves up to welterweight to take on the WBO king in a bout both claim to be the most important of their careers. Both have shown a [...]
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON IN THE WORLD OF SPIN June 17, 2010 TO THE Kensington home of City slicker Roland Rudd, the boss of PR firm Finsbury, last night for his annual party, one of the highlights of the summer schmoozing circuit. Grandees of the worlds of business and politics were there in their droves for the event, including WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell; Royal Bank of [...]
Cheats ‘not widespread’ say experts September 30, 2009 A TASK force created to tackle the scandals that have tarnished the game this year says there is no evidence to suggest cheating is widespread. The Rugby Football Union’s expert panel also found no proof the England team had fabricated blood injuries, as Harlequins infamously did in last season’s Heineken Cup. The Image of the [...]