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October 13, 2011

Stern says Christmas games in doubt if no deal

Commissioner David Stern said his "gut" tells him there will be no NBA basketball on…

October 13, 2011

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner is caught on tape offering ‘gifts’ of £25,000 to Caribbean delegates.

Jack Warner has been caught on tape apparently urging fellow Caribbean officials to accept cash gifts from Mohamed Bin Hammam, the disgraced former presidential candidate. Telegraph Sport has seen the remarkable footage in which Warner, the…

October 13, 2011

Agent asked for $1.2M to ‘lose’ cricket match, court hears

A court in London has heard recordings of a phone conversation in which an agent acting for several members of the Pakistani cricket team allegedly discussed deliberately losing a cricket match in exchange for $1.2 million. Mazhar Majeed, a…

October 13, 2011

Wayne Rooney banned for three England Euro 2012 matches

England striker Wayne Rooney will miss the Euro 2012 group stage after being banned for three matches for his sending off against Montenegro. Uefa's disciplinary panel, which described the incident as an "assault", decided on the punishment at a…

October 13, 2011

Andy Murray reaches Shanghai last eight but Rafael Nadal goes out

Defending champion Andy Murray moved into the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters, as Rafael Nadal went out. Murray beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4 3-6 6-3, while top seed Nadal lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to German Florian Mayer. The British number one next…

October 13, 2011

Google profits and revenue surge in the third quarter

Internet giant Google has reported a large rise in profits in the three months to…

October 13, 2011

JP Morgan profits fall due to eurozone crisis

Profits at JP Morgan Chase have fallen 4% as the continuing debt crisis in the eurozone hit its investment banking arm. The US bank made a net profit of $4.3bn (£2.7bn) in the three months to the end of September, compared with $4.4bn a year…

October 13, 2011

US trade deficit narrows to smallest in four months

The US trade deficit with the rest of the world narrowed in August to the smallest gap in four months, official figures have shown. The trade gap narrowed to $45.61bn (£29.1bn), from a revised $45.63bn in July, the Commerce Department said.…

October 13, 2011

Blackberry says services ‘fully restored’

Blackberry's founder Mike Lazaridis has said services are "fully restored" following a three-day global blackout. Millions of customers worldwide had their messaging and email service disrupted with many turning to Twitter to express their anger.…

October 13, 2011

Barack Obama 2012 campaign raises $70m in third quarter

US President Barack Obama has raised $70m (£45m) towards his re-election bid in the…