Chelsea boss to quiz Torres September 12, 2011 Villas-Boas to take embattled striker to task over apparent criticism of colleagues CHELSEA vs BAYER LEVERKUSEN MISFIRING record signing Fernando Torres’ Chelsea future has been plunged into doubt after the club launched an investigation into an interview in which he appeared to criticise his team-mates’ “slow” play. Blues manager Andre Villas-Boas has vowed to quiz [...]
LEAVING IT LATE August 29, 2011 London bosses race to boost squads and make up lost ground LONDON clubs are braced for a whirlwind 36 hours as the capital’s managers scramble to bolster squads that have been left trailing by the twin superpowers of Manchester before tomorrow’s transfer deadline. Weekend results merely underlined the need for Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham and QPR [...]
LEAVING IT LATE August 29, 2011 London bosses race to boost squads and make up lost ground LONDON clubs are braced for a whirlwind 36 hours as the capital’s managers scramble to bolster squads that have been left trailing by the twin superpowers of Manchester before tomorrow’s transfer deadline. Weekend results merely underlined the need for Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham and QPR [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT July 31, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● It’s a busy week for results. Today, Hiscox, HSBC, Intertek and Ultra Electronics Holdings announce. ● Barclays, Capital Shopping Centres, Cookson, Drax, Fresnillo, GKN, Meggitt, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Rotork, Weir and Xstrata all announce tomorrow. ● Announcing on Wednesday are Capital & Counties Properties, Ferrexpo, Legal & General, Rexam, Rightmove, Standard [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 5, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LIBYA’S NEW OIL CHIEF WARNS THAT OUTPUT WILL NOT RECOVER UNTIL LATE NEXT YEAR Libyan oil production will not return to pre-war levels until late next eyar at the earliest, with many of the county’s oil facilities having suffered heavy damage and looting during the conflict, according to the newly appointed charman of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 5, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LIBYA’S NEW OIL CHIEF WARNS THAT OUTPUT WILL NOT RECOVER UNTIL LATE NEXT YEAR Libyan oil production will not return to pre-war levels until late next eyar at the earliest, with many of the county’s oil facilities having suffered heavy damage and looting during the conflict, according to the newly appointed charman of [...]
Gregory’s new one is ambitious but under-juiced September 21, 2011 THE LADY OF THE RIVERS BY PHILLIPPA GREGORY Simon & Schuster, £7.99 PHILIPPA Gregory’s success has been built upon portraying women that have remained on history’s periphery – notably Mary, sister of Anne Boleyn in 2002’s The Other Boleyn Girl and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry Tudor, in 2009’s The Red Queen. Both have enjoyed [...]
Gregory’s new one is ambitious but under-juiced September 21, 2011 THE LADY OF THE RIVERS BY PHILLIPPA GREGORY Simon & Schuster, £7.99 PHILIPPA Gregory’s success has been built upon portraying women that have remained on history’s periphery – notably Mary, sister of Anne Boleyn in 2002’s The Other Boleyn Girl and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry Tudor, in 2009’s The Red Queen. Both have enjoyed [...]
Merkozy’s first outing fails to impress August 16, 2011 IT was almost a case of goodbye Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy; welcome Merkozy, the new Franco-German super-politician. Yesterday’s summit was classic Euro-fudge: radical and possibly disastrous proposals camouflaged by the fact that some other, equally disastrous proposals, were rejected. At any other time, the news that France and Germany could harmonise their corporation tax [...]
Lukaku bid turns up heat in Chelsea striker rivalry July 20, 2011 COMPETITION for forward places is only likely to get fiercer at Chelsea, but Nicolas Anelka and Daniel Sturridge, two of the men whose places look most under threat, insist they are in no mood to step aside. Anelka’s place has been increasingly under threat since January, when Roman Abramovich sanctioned the £50m signing of Fernando [...]