News archive from Tuesday, 24 April 2012, page 15
Obama: Work to prevent atrocities 'will never be done'
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, watches as Barack Obama lights a candle in the Hall of Remembrance at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington yesterday. In a...
Family to visit extradited Briton
The family of a retired British businessman who has been granted bail after being extradited to the United States over arms dealing charges plan to visit him as soon as possible, his wife said. Elaine Tappin said she was relieved and "grateful...
Claire charity tributes pass £200k
Donations to the charity of an "inspirational" runner who collapsed and died during the London Marathon have passed the £200,000 mark. Cash has been flooding in following the death of Claire Squires during Sunday's event at a rate of...
HOCKEY: TEARS WILL FLOW IN AGONISING CUT
GB Hockey have agonised over how best to tell those who will miss out when the squads are cut from the current 28 to the 16 who will appear at the Games. Some players wanted to hear face to face from the coaches, others wanted a group meeting, some...
NEWCASTLE AND WASP ARE GIVEN GROUNDS FOR HOPE
Bristol are the only side in the Championship semi-finals whose home ground meets current entry requirements. Of the three other Championship semi-finalists, neither Bedford nor Cornish Pirates applied to be audited for Premiership status, while...
SNOOKER: MARK ALLEN MAY HAVE ‘CUT OWN THROAT'
Outspoken world No11 Allen accused rivals of underhand tactics at the Betfred.com World Championship this week. The Northern Irishman had already insulted the country earlier this season at the Haikou World Open and was fined £1,000 for those comments...
Collison’s cracker takes promotion fight to wire
Sam Allardyce is preparing himself for an excruciating final day of the season after Jack Collison secured West Ham the victory they desperately needed to keep their automatic promotion hopes alive. Collison's sweetly struck winner in the 58th minute...
Australia make solid start
Australia reached 69 for 1 at lunch on the first day of the third Test against West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica, after Michael Clarke won the toss and chose to bat. Australia, who lead the series 1-0, opted for Mitchell Starc in place of the...
Balotelli given Euro 2012 boost
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has said the Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli will be an integral part of his team for Euro 2012. "I never really thought of doing this without Balotelli, as he is a focal point of the national team,"...
Mumm's the word for Exeter
Exeter have signed the Australia utility forward Dean Mumm on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old, who has 33 caps and can play in the second and back rows, will leave the New South Wales Waratahs at the end of the current Super 15 season. The Chiefs'...
Senegal stand tall to take final Olympic place
Olympic football returned to British soil last night for the first time since Ted Heath was ensconced in No 10 and T Rex glittered at No 1. On a lush surface where an old, contaminated gasworks stood a decade ago, Senegal beat Oman 2-0 in the...
Debt-free Wolves prioritise keeping best players
Jez Moxey, the Wolverhampton Wanders chief executive, said yesterday that the club would not "self destruct" after being relegated from the Premier League and that there will not be a fire sale of Wolves' leading players, as the club have no...
Put your camera away: security guards offer glimpse of Olympic enforcers
Poorly trained and overzealous security guards are abusing the law by clamping down on public photography in the run-up to this summer's Olympics. Amateur and professional photographers say they are being routinely harangued by aggressive guards near...
David Tremayne: As F1 takes a battering, where is the silver lining?
Now that the most politically volatile grand prix in the sport's history has been run and the dust has settled momentarily in the troubled Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, amid a welter of arrests and protests allegedly involving 50,000 people in Manama, two...
Osbourne revels in pirate role
Sharon Osbourne is transformed into a pirate's mum as she is seen for the first time in her new animated role for a children's show. The 59-year-old takes a role in the Disney Junior hit series Jake And The Never Land Pirates, playing Captain Hook's...
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