Emirates joins Real Madrid
Emirates is joining a host of stars at Real Madrid by adding the revered Spanish football team to its impressive sponsorship portfolio. [Read more...]
Warner to receive pension entitlement
June 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Jack Warner
Jack Warner, the disgraced Fifa vice-president who jumped before he was pushed, will leave football’s world ruling body with whopping pension entitlements for life.
Warner is set to receive almost £23 000 (about R250 000) a year for the next 28 years – an incredible £644 000 – until he is aged 96. The revelation will only add to the widespread distaste that his resignation from Fifa will allow him to escape censure for his pivotal role in the corruption scandal. [Read more...]
Brits Dont Trust The Internet
June 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Internet Security
Nine in ten Brits don’t trust the internet, a new BullGuard study has revealed. The research found that despite three quarters of the nation being online, millions are still cautious of banking, emailing and opening attachments.
A worrying three in ten have had a bad experience while surfing the net – one in six have been hacked, whilst one in twenty have been a victim of ID fraud or even cyber-bullying. One in five admitted to accidently opening attachments which have infected their PC with a virus and half are constantly bombarded with spam emails. But shockingly, one in six polled said they have no security measures in place to protect them from online threats. [Read more...]
Bin Hammam pulls out of FIFA race
May 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
Mohamed Bin Hammam
Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar says he has pulled out of the race to head football’s world governing body, Fifa.
The move came hours before the 62-year-old Asian Football Confederation chief was due to face an ethics committee hearing into bribery claims. [Read more...]
The Pacman dominates Mosley
May 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Manny Pacquiao dominated from the first bell to the last to score a unanimous points decision over Shane Mosley and retain his WBO welterweight title.
Manny Pacquiao beats Shane Mosley
A huge odds-on pre-fight favourite, Pacquiao had 39-year-old Mosley down in the third round and came close to being the first boxer to stop the American. [Read more...]
Peter Toole on the mend
April 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
Injured jockey Peter Toole responds to doctor as he continues his recovery from his fall at Aintree on Grand National day.
Peter Toole on the Mend
Trainer Charlie Mann gave the latest update on Toole’s condition via his Twitter page. [Read more...]
Different Gender Attitudes To Saving
April 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
British Savings
According to new data released from NS&I’s Savings Survey, over a quarter (27%) of the British population say they will be less likely to save over the coming three months. With the findings highlighting the population’s pessimistic attitude to future savings. [Read more...]
India ends Aussie World Cup dominance
March 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Motera – One of the most explosive semi-finals has been set after India defeated Australia on Thursday at the ICC Cricket World Cup.
India vs Australia
Australia’s 12-year reign as World Cup champions came to an end after both teams put on a great show in Motera. [Read more...]
Burns successfully defends WBO title
March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ricky Burns has successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title against challenger Joseph Laryea.
Ricky Burns defends title
Laryea retired with a broken knuckle at the end of the seventh round of a bruising contest at the Braehead Arena.
The 27-year-old champion had appeared to be ahead in the fight before the Ghanaian retired.
Earlier British super-middleweight champion James DeGale, a late addition to the bill, beat veteran Frenchman Alpay Kobal in a fifth round stoppage.
For Burns, however, Laryea’s retirement was something of an anti-climax to a contest the Coatbridge fighter had been confident of winning.
Laryea had convincingly beaten South Queensferry boxer Paul Appleby at the same venue in December but as Burns emerged from the tunnel he looked focused and ready for action.
Much had been made of Laryea’s ram-rod straight jab, which was on display in an explosive opening against Burns.
But the champion, who was making his second defence of the title, landed with some decent punches of his own including a terrific body shot in round two.
The challenger, who occasionally swung wildly and erratically, kept coming forward but as Burns started to mix up his combinations he was always a little too quick for Laryea.
The Scotsman looked to be ahead by round six and a left hook in the seventh had his fans on their feet.
Laryea appeared to signal that he was in pain, and after an excitable exchange with his corner, it was announced that he would not be coming back out, leaving Burns to soak up the acclaim of his supporters.
Burns is now set for a unification fight with South Africa’s IBF champion Mzonke Fana in the summer.
Bogus Support Calls To Hijack PCs
March 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With nearly 100 banks that offer Trusteer’s Rapport for secure web access we are now reaching 20 million installations. Our large install base and the level of trust people have developed in our brand provide us with a unique view of new types of fraud as users contact our free 24×7 support center to get advice. One of these recent interesting incidents described here remind us that fraud can take many shapes and forms
Web Access
We recently received a report from a concerned Rapport user who said she had a phone call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft Windows Solutions saying that, because of error messages from her computer, he was tasked to help fix any problems she had. In fact he was not from Microsoft and tricked her into letting him connect to her PC and then tried to con her into buying bogus security products. [Read more...]
