Fergie rift forced City move July 14, 2009 CARLOS TEVEZ celebrated the completion of his £25.5m move to Manchester City yesterday – with a parting shot at former boss Sir Alex Ferguson. The Argentina international joined a rare bread of players to cross the Manchester divide after rejecting United’s offer to upgrade his loan deal to a permanent move in favour of a [...]
Final Gatwick bidder walks away July 15, 2009 A consortium led by Manchester Airport Group has walked away from its bid for Gatwick, the UK’s second-largest airport, after it was unable to meet the price being demanded by UK airports group BAA. The consortium, which also includes Spain’s Ferrovial, was the last bidder for the airport but its £1.4bn offer was £100m short.
UK’S MAIN RAIL FRANCHISES July 1, 2009 ARRIVA WALES Shrewsbury – Swansea line. It also covers Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham FIRST CAPITAL CONNECT A FirstGroup franchise, it runs from Bedford to Brighton via Luton. Also Luton to Wimbledon and Sutton. NATIONAL EXP. EAST ANGLIATrains run from London Liverpool Street to Sheffield, Chelmsford, and Peterborough. SOUTH WEST TRAINSPart of Stagecoach group, it was [...]
UK’S MAIN RAIL FRANCHISES July 1, 2009 ARRIVA WALES Shrewsbury – Swansea line. It also covers Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham FIRST CAPITAL CONNECT A FirstGroup franchise, it runs from Bedford to Brighton via Luton. Also Luton to Wimbledon and Sutton. NATIONAL EXP. EAST ANGLIATrains run from London Liverpool Street to Sheffield, Chelmsford, and Peterborough. SOUTH WEST TRAINSPart of Stagecoach group, it was [...]
Mourinho’s dig at Chelsea business August 6, 2009 FORMER Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has accused the Blues of trying to prevent him from taking ex-charges Deco and Ricardo Carvalho to Inter Milan. Mourinho, who managed the pair at Porto and signed Carvalho for Chelsea, has tried to lure them to the San Siro this summer. But the Portuguese says his interest has cooled [...]
TV VIEW: RAY STUBBS August 13, 2009 Title race will be closer than everManchester United and Liverpool both have the motivating factor of 18 titles each, and both have strength in depth. Yes, United have sold a few players, but let’s see how they react. Chelsea will be a big force this year and while I think it would be naive to [...]
Rooney set 20-goal target to fire United August 16, 2009 SIR ALEX FERGUSON backed Wayne Rooney to fire 20 goals for Manchester United this season after his solitary first-half strike put paid to brave Birmingham at Old Trafford. The England striker got the champions up and running with a 34th minute winner from close range after seeing a header hit a post. His 99th goal [...]
Young given the nod to act as ‘clone’ for Gerrard August 11, 2009 ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello admitted he would like to “clone” injured midfielder Steven Gerrard after giving Ashley Young the nod to replace him for tonight’s friendly against Holland. Aston Villa winger Young will fill the left-wing berth due to be occupied by Gerrard, who withdrew from the squad yesterday after picking up a groin injury [...]
Young given the nod to act as ‘clone’ for Gerrard August 11, 2009 ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello admitted he would like to “clone” injured midfielder Steven Gerrard after giving Ashley Young the nod to replace him for tonight’s friendly against Holland. Aston Villa winger Young will fill the left-wing berth due to be occupied by Gerrard, who withdrew from the squad yesterday after picking up a groin injury [...]
Khan primed for Hatton July 15, 2009 BOXING: Promoter Frank Warren says he could pit Amir Khan against fellow Brit Ricky Hatton, if the Bolton youngster comes through his first world title fight. Light-welterweight Khan faces Ukrainian WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik in Manchester on Saturday. “Let’s see if Amir gets the belt first,” said Warren. “I think Ricky Hatton should retire but [...]