SPORT IN BRIEF May 14, 2009 Millwall clinch Wembley finalFOOTBALL: Millwall earned a place in the League One play-off final after holding Leeds United to a 1-1 draw at Elland Road, ensuring a 2-1 aggregate victory. One-nil down from the away leg, Jermaine Beckford missed a penalty for Leeds before Luciano Becchio netted to level the aggregate scores. But the Lions [...]
Cooking up an idyllic holiday January 10, 2010 THERE’S no getting away from the fact that it takes a long time to get to the Cook Islands. Located between Samoa, Fiji and Tahiti, they are as remote as it gets. The flight from London is over 20 hours. However, they are a perfect stop-over to stretch your legs on the way to Australasia [...]
Borthwick boost for Gloucester clash September 24, 2009 KICKING INTO TOUCH WITHBRENDAN VENTER THREE games into the season we still have a 100 per cent record, and I would be lying if I said we planned for that kind of start to the campaign. But while it’s better to be joint first in the Premiership than sixth, league position is virtually irrelevant after [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 17, 2009 Ex-Bath duo plan appealsRUGBY UNION: Former Bath players Michael Lipman and Alex Crockett are to appeal their nine-month bans handed out by the RFU.Co-captains Lipman and Crockett, along with team-mate Andrew Higgins, were suspended after they were found guilty of failing to submit to drugs tests as the club investigated allegations of misconduct on a [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 11, 2009 Blades crash out of Carling CupFOOTBALL: League Two minnows Port Vale caused the shock of the night in the Carling Cup first round after beating Sheffield United 2-1 at Bramall Lane. A costly error from Blades keeper Ian Bennett allowed Marc Richards to notch a brace and hand Vale a famous victory against the Championship [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS September 6, 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopersThe accountancy firm has appointed Marco Amitrano to lead its UK risk assurance business.Amitrano, 39, joined the firm in 1992, and worked first in Newcastle and then for three years in the Chicago office. Most recently, he has had responsibility for all of the firm’s audit and related services to the UK subsidiaries of global [...]
Top Up TV signs deal with ESPN to broadcast Premier League football August 4, 2009 TOP UP TV, the media group that offers premium content to Freeview, yesterday signed a carriage deal with ESPN to show top football this season and signalled that it hoped to offer subscribers Sky Sports 1 & 2 by the end of the first half of next year. Top Up founder and former BSkyB stalwart [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 5, 2009 Headingley crackdown on fansCRICKET: Security has been increased at Headingley to avoid repeats of the rowdy behaviour at the fourth Ashes Test, which starts tomorrow. Some 81 fans were ejected from the Leeds ground when England played South Africa last year and, following the booing of Australia captain Ricky Ponting at Edgbaston, Yorkshire County Cricket [...]
Football Association touting rights after Setanta’s demise June 24, 2009 THE FOOTBALL Association (FA) and the owners of other sports rights previously held by Setanta are desperately searching for new buyers to fill the payment void left by the collapse of the Irish pay-TV broadcaster. Setanta held the rights to the English and Scottish Premier Leagues, Premier Rugby, PGA golf, FA Cup and England football [...]
Crusaders and Salford get the nod to contest new-look Super League July 23, 2008 Rugby Football League chief Richard Lewis admitted selecting licenses for the new-look Super League was a “difficult decision” after several top clubs missed out. All 12 of the existing Super League clubs retained their place in the 14-club top-flight, joined by National Leaguers Salford City Reds and Celtic Crusaders. Licenses run until 2011, with no [...]