tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32419857330574645992024-03-08T11:45:54.639-08:00News Summaries and SatireKickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.comBlogger332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-39641409342266784802011-10-16T04:25:00.001-07:002011-10-16T04:25:23.435-07:00Korean Grand Prix Greeted With Even More Indifference Than Usual<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">People around the world are turning in extraordinary performances this weekend in ignoring the Korean Grand Prix, following Sebastian Vettel’s title-clinching result a week ago.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Because of the German’s achievement in transforming a complete bore-fest into an even more complete bore-fest for the second consecutive year, sports fans in particular have found even less reason to wake up at 6 a.m this Saturday and Sunday.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">One devoted Formula 1 fan exclusively revealed, “I could sleep in till noon or I could watch cars going round the same track for hours before the sun rises.”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Of course, there’s always the appeal of David Coulthard’s features on the scientific causation and performance implications of rear-tyre degradation, so I might set the alarm to tune-in for that.”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“But probably not.”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/16/korean-grand-prix-greeted-with-even-more-indifference-than-usual/">http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/16/korean-grand-prix-greeted-with-even-more-indifference-than-usual/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-6738186680601860692011-10-15T12:16:00.001-07:002011-10-15T12:16:58.007-07:00English May Feign Sympathy For Welsh Rugby Fans<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Many English rugby fans face a difficult weekend as they have to choose carefully between feigning sympathy for the Welsh rugby team, or decide to snigger uncontrollably at their neighbours’ misfortune in the semi-final against France.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The amusement among the English was stoked early on with the harsh red card issued to the Welsh captain, and then compounded late in the match as they failed to take their chances to claim a heroic victory.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pete Arnold from Stoke admitted, “The Welsh squad have made things very tricky for us.”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Some wrote the match will ‘haunt Welshmen forever’. I certainly hope so!”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“But I’ve got a lot of mates in Cardiff and Swansea who are going to be rather edgy right now – not to mention drunk – so I’m hesitating as to what message to text them.”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It’s either ‘the ref’s a loser’ or ‘ALLEZ LES BLEUS!’”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I might have to flip a coin, to be honest.”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/15/english-may-feign-sympathy-for-welsh-rugby-fans/">http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/15/english-may-feign-sympathy-for-welsh-rugby-fans/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-65801615870177079252011-10-15T01:57:00.001-07:002011-10-15T01:57:43.999-07:00FIFA Seek Liam Fox Free Transfer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">FIFA have announced their interest in snapping up Liam Fox after his resignation, as they look to rebuild their sleazy executive committee following the ethical allegations over the summer.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Football’s governing body lost some key bribery goal scorers during Sepp Blatter’s corruption-ridden re-election campaign, and they see Fox as an ideal substitute, with Adam Werritty always available in case they need some last-minute ‘advice’.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Blatter told us, “I’ve been monitoring Fox’s underhanded performances across the globe and I think he’s got what it takes to become part of our squad.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“We can always use a little poacher to ghost into a variety of obscure regions around the world and bring us out countless wads of cash.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“He’s used to playing in defence for the UK government but I can see him slotting right into our forward line and netting us some tidy profits.</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“We’re looking to expand into Sri Lanka especially, so who better to lead the charge?”</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/15/fifa-seek-liam-fox-free-transfer/">http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/15/fifa-seek-liam-fox-free-transfer/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-50543609475985667422011-10-14T09:20:00.001-07:002011-10-14T09:20:39.332-07:00Parents to Allow Children to Watch Group Stage of Euro 2012 After Rooney Ban<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Football-loving children are waking up to unconfined joy across Europe as their parents finally confirmed that they will be able to watch the group stage of next year’s European Championships, after the news that UEFA had handed Wayne Rooney a three-match ban.</strong></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The verdict, announced this morning, shocked absolutely no-one and meant that fans can start planning to enjoy a start to the tournament with slightly less on-pitch verbal abuse and tantrums.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">One devoted England supporter and father admitted, “It’ll be nice to be able to enjoy the games before the quarter-finals with the family. If Rooney was there, my wife would have insisted we go outside instead of watch them for fear of the children kicking each other for absolutely no reason.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Now they’ll be able to watch the England matches and focus on the quality of the football.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“That’s not going to work actually, is it?”</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Former captain and current pundit Alan Shearer insisted that Fabio Capello should pick Rooney anyway, despite his persistent lack of maturity when assaulting opponents.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“When I was playing for England and frustrated at losing possession, I would have waited to go in for a header – probably after an aimless hoof from Sol Campbell – and subtly planted my elbow in a defender’s eye-socket,” Shearer noted.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Wayne showed again he doesn’t have the patience for those opportunities, and that’s very disappointing.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“However, England don’t reach the same level of overconfidence without Rooney. He simply has to go or there’s a danger that we might not develop any ludicrous expectations whatsoever.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“He must now prepare to come in at the quarter-final stage and humiliate himself and the nation immediately.</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“But that’s what Wayne Rooney does and I’m sure he won’t let us down.”</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/14/parents-to-allow-children-to-watch-group-stage-of-euro-2012-after-rooney-ban/">http://thedailybear.co.uk/2011/10/14/parents-to-allow-children-to-watch-group-stage-of-euro-2012-after-rooney-ban/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-65697228761896319882011-10-04T04:35:00.000-07:002011-10-04T04:35:00.843-07:00Carlos Tevez drops outside top twenty most hated people in Manchester<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Reports are emerging that Carlos Tevez has dropped twenty places overnight in the Most Hated People in Manchester chart, thanks to the start of the Conservative party conference.</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mancunians can, for one week only, choose from a wide range of applicants for the prestigious title, although according to bookmakers George Osborne has already made the title his own.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mandy Jones from Salford told us, “I thought the Tories had died out, but here they are telling us the things they’re going to do to make the gap between the rich and poor even wider!”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I’m really looking forward to hearing more about Osborne’s strategy to wangle a reduction in the 50p tax rate, in amongst all the excuses about how enormous our national deficit is and how bad our economy is.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I guess that will put the grimace that passes for a smile on Tevez’s face.”</div><h4 style="color: #111111; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tevez loses another position</h4><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Osborne put in a stunning performance on Monday as he made his claim for selection, and revealed that he was giving his all to snatch the prize from the Argentine.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Knocking Carlos off top spot was always going to be difficult, but I feel that I might have done enough,” he said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I really think I hit the back of the net with my gloomy admissions about how, after all the spending cuts, everything is just as bad as it was before.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“And the bit where I gave credit to the Liberal Democrats could have killed the game off.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I’m expecting some healthy competition from David Cameron and the other Cabinet ministers over the coming days, though.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2011/10/04/carlos-tevez-drops-outside-top-twenty-most-hated-people-in-manchester/">http://newsthump.com/2011/10/04/carlos-tevez-drops-outside-top-twenty-most-hated-people-in-manchester/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-83767794077468867152011-10-03T14:01:00.001-07:002011-10-03T14:01:23.253-07:00Man City: Tevez Set For Greece?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a desperate attempt to divert global anger and derision from their economic mismanagement, the Greek government have offered to take troublesome Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez on loan.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With tensions across the EU growing on how to save Greece from economic disaster, the ministers have decided to gamble on bringing in a man who provokes even greater public anger than themselves.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tevez’s agent said, “Obviously it’s not an ideal move for Carlos, but at least he won’t be in Manchester and he will be five minutes closer to his beloved Buenos Aries.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The Greek finance ministry have made it clear that they value Carlos and we imagine that with he’d fit in perfectly with a group of guys that sit around sullenly when everyone needs them most.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Greek Prime minister Stelios Kyriakos was optimistic about their prospects of signing the Argentinean, although he admitted the star would have to accept a pay cut.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We know everything about making the most of our loans so we hope that signing Carlos could be the turning point for our country.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“He singlehandedly diverted everyone’s attention from City’s defeat in Munich and unselfishly bore the brunt of the media backlash, we just hope he can do the same for us.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Obviously we can’t compete with Manchester City’s wage structure but we can promise him sunshine, kebabs and a one way ticket out of Manchester.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Manchester City are set to release a statement before the end of the week.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://themondaysupplement.co.uk/headline/man-city-tevez-set-for-greece/">http://themondaysupplement.co.uk/headline/man-city-tevez-set-for-greece/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-3533031225175100362011-10-03T03:54:00.001-07:002011-10-03T03:54:42.256-07:00Football managers debate God’s refereeing decisions after shock ozone loss<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The news of a record loss of the ozone over the Arctic this year has created a heated discussion among Premier League managers over God’s decision-making as the global warming argument has progressed.</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Greenhouse effect fanatic, Everton’s David Moyes, was furious with the Almighty for spoiling the record-breaking hot October weather with a rash call which leaves a hole in Earth’s defence against ultraviolet-B rays.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Moyes fumed, “God has ruined our late summer with this inexplicable decision.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I can’t see what the ozone’s done wrong there. He’s overreacted and that’s really cost us.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“At all other times since Creation He’s been spot-on about everything, but this time it’s affected me and I think He’s played this one like a blindfolded Martin Atkinson.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Following a review of the evidence, we’ve decided to appeal. Or at least ask that He bans Luis Suarez from football for life.”</div><h4 style="color: #111111; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ozone loss reaction</h4><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Global warming denier Arsene Wenger presented a different version of events, coming out in support of God.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Normally I would claim not to have seen the incident, but in the case of an alleged difference in the levels of ozone in the atmosphere, I think that should be self-evident,” he explained.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“By not intervening too often and allowing everything to flow, God makes it possible for all things to come together like one of Arsenal’s scientifically-proven passing moves.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Bill Kenwright not giving David Moyes any pocket money isn’t a sufficient reason to bring His integrity into question.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The decision was correct. That is clearer than a Rafael van der Vaart handball.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Meanwhile, Steve McLaren has finally realised he doesn’t have a clue what’s going on and withdrawn from the debate entirely, to everyone’s intense relief.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2011/10/03/football-managers-debate-god%E2%80%99s-refereeing-decisions-after-shock-ozone-loss/">http://newsthump.com/2011/10/03/football-managers-debate-god%E2%80%99s-refereeing-decisions-after-shock-ozone-loss/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-41317136530042834212011-09-30T05:29:00.000-07:002011-09-30T05:29:10.120-07:00Job cuts hit UK Royal Navy<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The defence spending cuts brought in by the UK coalition government have taken their toll on the armed forces with 1,020 Royal Navy staff learning they are going to be made redundant. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<img alt="Titus Bramble arrested" class="post_image alignright" height="160" src="http://cdn.newsthump.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/titus-bramble-arrested.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; float: right; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 1.571em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="283" /><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sunderland defender Titus Bramble has reacted to the news of Rio Ferdinand losing his legal battle by instructing his lawyers to find much better lawyers.</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug, many football fans are wondering if his defence will consist of him looking confused before falling on his backside.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bramble revealed, “Rio’s surprise defeat was certainly not the result I was hoping for.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I couldn’t handle Norwich so I really don’t know what chance I’ve got in court against the next attack.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I guess I could try for privacy over public interest though. I get the feeling people in Wigan and Newcastle in particular don’t want to hear about me anyway.”</div><h4 style="color: #111111; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bramble way offside</h4><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bramble is also concerned by the way the privacy defence proved ineffective for Ryan Giggs due to social networking, ensuring the thought of checking his Twitter feed is causing him to tremble at the knees like when he is one-on-one against a mediocre striker.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“My mates have been telling me the online world’s full of tiresome puns about me being caught in possession again, and how I can’t have been found with any speed.” said Bramble.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The fans and media don’t consider our feelings for one second. I completely sympathise with Carlos Tevez – it’s so unfair!”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“But maybe if I claim it was all a big misunderstanding I’ll be able to go to Ireland for a few months.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I might even come across as a half-decent player over there.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2011/09/30/i-definitely-need-a-better-lawyer-than-rio-ferdinand-admits-titus-bramble/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">http://newsthump.com/2011/09/30/i-definitely-need-a-better-lawyer-than-rio-ferdinand-admits-titus-bramble/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter</a></div></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-34163702987366921402011-09-28T18:39:00.001-07:002011-09-28T18:39:40.551-07:00UK objects to EU tax proposition<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">A financial transaction tax suggested by the European Commission has been met with resistance in London, causing British bank share prices to drop sharply.<br />
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Other EC executives made clear their confidence in the tax facilitating the fair "contribution" of the financial sector towards solving current economic difficulties.</span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Following his refusal to take to the field against Bayern Munich, Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has announced his determination to do whatever it takes to force Carlos Tevez out of the club.</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mancini wanted to bring the Argentine on in the second half in the hope of transforming the game, but Tevez made clear that he’d be more interested in attending the Labour party conference.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Carlos Tevez will never play for Manchester City. Never.” Tevez said after the match.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“My off-pitch behaviour has been appalling for months and now I’ve taken that final step which completely crosses the line. No, not the touchline.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“In the coming days I’ll be doing everything to see that I get out of here. Just like I’ve been doing for the past year or so.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It’s been really hard to make myself look like a bigger fool than Balotelli, but I think I’m finally getting there.”</div><h4 style="color: #111111; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tevez not feeling blue</h4><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mancini tried his best to sound angry and like he knew what was going on as he explained the situation.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I do not tolerate players on such high wages who refuse to play and exhibit such childish behaviour.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Actually I didn’t before, but since I joined City I’ve had to learn to put up with it – if I want any players to select at all.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I’m ready to kick this spoiled multi-millionaire into touch and replace him with another spoiled multi-millionaire.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Our squad is such that we have any number of them waiting to take Tevez’s place.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Now, where’s Owen Hargreaves?”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2011/09/28/i-want-carlos-tevez-out-of-manchester-insists-carlos-tevez/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">http://newsthump.com/2011/09/28/i-want-carlos-tevez-out-of-manchester-insists-carlos-tevez/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-82547346926639294342011-09-28T02:32:00.001-07:002011-09-28T02:32:52.368-07:00Champions League woes in Manchester<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">The fallout from last night's Champions League matches is consuming both Manchester clubs as they look to rebound from disappointing results and performances.<br />
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Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed his frustration at his players who threw away a 2-0 lead at Old Trafford, where they were saved by a last-minute Ashley Young header to take a point against Basel of Switzerland, 3-3 on the night.<br />
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But the furore was far greater at "noisy neighbours" City, where a 2-0 defeat against Bayern Munich was compounded by revelations that Carlos Tevez refused to come on as a substitute.<br />
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The reaction to the news from the media and fans was furious, given the Argentine's astronomical wages, but he has since claimed he was "misunderstood", although his time at the club now seems to be over - considering his manager's comments.<br />
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Labour's Yvette Cooper said that the news was "devastating", referring to the importance of highly-skilled jobs in the area that were being lost.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/27/bae-confirms-3000-job-losses">http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/27/bae-confirms-3000-job-losses</a>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-29152367442712507702011-09-26T13:59:00.000-07:002011-09-26T13:59:07.714-07:00Villa Man Spares QPR Defender ‘Death By Warnock’<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aston Villa’s Richard Dunne and match referee Michael Oliver are set to receive sizable Christmas cards (and possibly sneaky fivers inside too) after sparing QPR’s Armand Traore from being ripped limb-from-limb by Neil Warnock on Sunday.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Warnock called the defender “an absolute disgrace” after Sunday’s match, but lifted the death sentence at the last moment as Dunne felt sorry enough to hit a last-minute own-goal equaliser, whilst Oliver’s erratic decision making managed to distract the QPR chief long enough to save the Senegalese player’s life.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Traore expressed his gratitude to Dunne and Oliver with a sentimental message on his official website.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I’m still coming to terms with what Richard and Michael have done for me today.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Because of their heroic actions I have escaped with my life.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“In fairness I feel that having to share a dressing room with Joey Barton is more than enough punishment for any player to take, but I feel truly blessed to have escaped with a simple humiliation on national TV rather than a talking to death by the boss.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I can now look forward to enjoying the rest of my career and being part of a Queens Park Rangers side that takes regular batterings at places like Stoke and Bolton.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://themondaysupplement.co.uk/football-clubs/aston-villa/villa-man-spares-qpr-defender-death-by-warnock/">http://themondaysupplement.co.uk/football-clubs/aston-villa/villa-man-spares-qpr-defender-death-by-warnock/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-55942958778185622162011-09-26T10:34:00.001-07:002011-09-26T10:35:27.943-07:00Amanda Knox appeal intensifies<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Amanda Knox, appealing against her conviction for killing British exchange student Meredith Kercher in 2007 in Italy, was described as "diabolical" by the lawyer of the man she tried to blame for the murder.<br />
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Knox and Raffaele Sollecito hope to have the verdict of the appeal by October, although being called a "witch of deception" is unlikely to aid the American's case.<br />
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The family of the victim warned that Meredith is being forgotten due to the focus of all attention directed towards Knox, and it seems that their fears are being realised as media and public fascination with her shows no signs of abating.</span><br />
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Miliband opened by challenging David Cameron's leadership and calling for a tax cut to kick-start growth. Balls then followed by proposing a five-point plan to enhance Labour's economic credibility.<br />
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The five were: repeating the bank bonus tax; creating jobs through long-term investment; reversing the VAT rise temporarily; cutting VAT 5% on home-related work; a national insurance break for small firms which hire new workers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15054705">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15054705</a>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-20313765255557610012011-09-25T07:41:00.001-07:002011-09-25T07:41:29.824-07:00Chelsea Man Punished For Playing Well<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chelsea’s Fernando Torres will miss the next three Premier League matches after Mike Dean sent him off against Swansea for playing well and scoring, and thereby ruining everyone else’s fun.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not only did the Spaniard score Chelsea’s opener, but he also had the audacity to create his team’s second, leaving the referee no option but to give him a straight red for jeopardising the ability of pundits and fans of other clubs to mock him relentlessly.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“He gave me no choice. Everyone knows that a good performance by Fernando Torres is completely intolerable in the modern game,” Dean explained.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“At no point did he miss a sitter or display that sulky expression we have seen so many times over the past few months, so I had to reach for a straight red.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“If I had let him stay on the pitch he would have continued playing well and probably scored another goal.’</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I was under strict instructions from my bosses at Manchester United to prevent this at all costs so hopefully by giving him a three game ban we can put an end to this worrying return to form.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://themondaysupplement.co.uk/headline/chelsea-man-punished-for-playing-well/">http://themondaysupplement.co.uk/headline/chelsea-man-punished-for-playing-well/</a></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-22359412858113772392011-09-23T17:54:00.001-07:002011-09-23T17:54:45.606-07:00Aston Villa Unveil Secret Weapon For QPR Game<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aston Villa have been granted FA permission to field a remote-controlled mannequin wearing an Alice band as a twelfth man on Sunday, in a desperate attempt to distract Joey Barton from harming living players.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Villa boss Alec Mcleish explained his decision, “Some might be surprised, but I think it’s the least that could be done considering the circumstances.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Stilian Petrov is a key player for us, and I don’t want him to spend most of the match trying to work out why Joey keeps calling him a ‘mug’ or a ‘numptie’ that’s assuming Petrov even knows what those things are.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">English referees’ chief Mike Riley justified the decision by explaining that giving Villa an extra man was no more generous than allowing Barton to still get near a football pitch.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Many are going to question the fairness of it, but Twitter users at least will understand why we’ve made this call, and word will hopefully spread from them – as everything else seems to these days.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It will be fascinating to see just how irate Barton will become with an inanimate opponent incapable of provoking him.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“However we’re not taking any chances, the mannequin has signed an insurance waiver and there’s a stab proof vest just in case things get out of hand” said Riley.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sir Alex Ferguson has hit back at the hype surrounding Owen Hargreaves by pointing out that the 30-year old midfielder needs more than one match every three years to prove himself a decent player.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hargreaves’ midweek performance and goal against Birmingham in the League Cup led some to suggest him worthy of an England call-up, but Ferguson has kept his feet on the ground by reminding people that Birmingham are actually crap.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It takes more than one match against a Championship side in a meaningless competition to prove me and Manchester United wrong,” Ferguson steamed.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Some seem to think that one goal gives him the right to criticise the most successful club and manager in the country, but I would suggest that I’ll probably end up being proven right given the size of the Old Trafford trophy cabinet or should I say, trophy warehouse.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“If he actually makes it onto the pitch and doesn’t get injured in the next Premiership match – against a team which might actually try – then he can start aiming at overtaking my haul of leagues and cups.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“God help him if he ever does lift a trophy, his arms will probably fall off……but then again he can always blame us for that.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hargreaves was unavailable for comment after suffering injuries to his voice box during Wednesday’s post match press conference.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; 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<div class="format_text entry-content" style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.571em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sir Alex Ferguson made his feelings clear as he raged about Davies’ audacity at actually trying his hardest against the champions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“We knew it was bad straight away – anyone watching could see it was a tackle,” Ferguson fumed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It was unfortunate, but we expected it. Someone was bound to be reckless enough to try and tackle a Manchester United player this season.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It’s up to the authorities to stamp out this behaviour before it escalates into a Manchester United defeat.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“You could see in Davies’ eyes that he only had one thing in his mind, beating Manchester United, and that’s simply unacceptable in the modern game.”</div><h4 style="color: #111111; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Davies apologises for tackle</h4><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Despite showing no remorse for elbowing opponents who do not make any fuss on a weekly basis, the Bolton man has revealed he has contacted Cleverly to say sorry for trying to win the ball.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It’s the respectful thing to do for a Manchester United player,” Davies said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“If I did it to some guy who plays for Chelsea or Liverpool I wouldn’t bother apologising, and Fergie would probably send me a nice bottle of wine.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Last season Jonny Evans nearly ended Stuart Holden’s career and no-one cared, so I thought it would be all right to try and pinch the ball at some stage.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Obviously I was wrong.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://newsthump.com/2011/09/13/kevin-davies-apologises-for-tackling-manchester-united-player/">http://newsthump.com/2011/09/13/kevin-davies-apologises-for-tackling-manchester-united-player/</a></div></div>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-31820757717858229172011-09-11T06:09:00.001-07:002011-09-11T06:09:45.045-07:00US remembers 9/11 victims<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">On the day which marks ten years since the terror attacks on the World Trade Centre, a special ceremony at Ground Zero marks the anniversary as Americans pay tribute to the thousands who lost their lives.<br />
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Starting quite early in the morning, President Obama read a speech at the site of the tragedy, and then family members read out the names of the victims.<br />
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People gathered across the entire country to remember those who were lost on 9/11 2001, and they were joined by many in other countries too.</span><br />
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The boat, carrying tourists from the island of Zanzibar to Pemba, had been designed to hold 600 passengers, but there may have been as many as 800 on board. Witnesses said she was listing even as she left port.<br />
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Police and rescuers continue searching for more survivors and bodies, covering the beaches nearby and expectant of discovering many who were trapped inside the hull when the ship flipped and capsized.<br />
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606 have apparently been rescued so far, but the number of the dead from this terrible tragedy is truly appalling, and will probably rise further.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nearly-200-drown-as-overloaded-ferry-sinks-2352745.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nearly-200-drown-as-overloaded-ferry-sinks-2352745.html</a>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-15309744288581009232011-09-10T12:01:00.000-07:002011-09-10T12:01:12.354-07:00Manchester dominance continues in EPL<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Both Manchester United and Manchester City maintained their impressive form at the start of the new Premier League season with heavy wins on Saturday.<br />
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City hosted Wigan Athletic and comfortably won 3-0, thanks to a hat-trick from new superstar Kun Aguero. Carlos Tevez missed a penalty.<br />
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That put the pressure on United who kicked off late at Bolton. It did not show however, as a hat-trick from Wayne Rooney and a brace from Javier Hernandez gave them the three points with a 0-5 result which could have been much more.<br />
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Chelsea remain close due to their 1-2 win at Sunderland, but Liverpool suffered disappointment, going down 1-0 at Stoke.</span><br />
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He also said that any claims were "uncorroborated", but it seems that New York and Washington are to be given special attention and protection, especially the subway systems.<br />
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Speaking on Thursday, Mayor Bloomberg looked to soothe fears, whilst insisting that everyone had to be more vigilant than usual.<br />
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The FBI has confirmed that there is a threat, but any details are either unknown or being kept secret.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14848962">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14848962</a>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241985733057464599.post-4952110212536715212011-09-08T19:34:00.001-07:002011-09-08T19:34:43.794-07:00Details of American Jobs Act<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">President Obama addressed Congress on Thursday night with a crucial speech he called the American Jobs Act, which had implications not only for the American economy, but for the 2012 Presidential election too.<br />
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The main highlight was a $447 billion proposal to incentivise growth and hiring, fuelled by tax cuts and spending measures.<br />
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The main cause for concern is the US unemployment rate, currently at 9.1%. This looks to potentially be the crucial topic during the campaign next year.<br />
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Some Republicans have expressed interest in finding compromises on certain aspects of the proposal, although many have dismissed the whole package as electioneering.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14841746">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14841746</a>Kickingsport.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704060385308913783noreply@blogger.com0