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Jones might be an innocent lamb but investors are nervy

13.10.09
JJB Sports is insistent. The rumours circulating about its chairman — involving curious payments from Swiss bank accounts — are “highly defamatory”, “malicious” and “vicious”. ... more

Roberto Martinez determined to do it his way at Wigan

18.08.09
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez will sacrifice points rather than his principles in pursuit of a greater purpose... more

Goldman’s top of the bonus heap

03.08.09
The “heads I win, tails you lose” report into the bank bonus culture by New York attorney-general Andrew Cuomo set tongues wagging ... more

Lee Cattermole going nowhere

27.07.09
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has told Sunderland they are wasting their time in their attempts to sign midfielder Lee Cattermole... more

JJB Sports’ Ashley row spills over into meeting

24.07.09
The running battle between JJB Sports and archrival Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is set to break out into literary fisticuffs ... more

Now JJB's founder joins row over loan to chairman

10.07.09
JJB founder Dave Whelan has waded into the spat between the company's chairman Sir David Jones and Newcastle United's billionaire owner Mike Ashley... more

The £80m Ronaldo question: Has football now lost touch with reality

12.06.09
Football: Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Real Madrid has drawn criticism from UEFA chief Michel Platini, who called it ‘excessive’... more

Roberto Martinez unveiling put on hold

11.06.09
Football: Wigan have been forced to delay the appointment of Roberto Martinez... more

Wigan close in on Roberto Martinez

04.06.09
Football: Wigan owner Dave Whelan is confident a deal to bring Roberto Martinez in as manager will be concluded soon... more

Steve Bruce compensation agreed

01.06.09
Latest: Sunderland have moved a step closer to appointing Steve Bruce as their next manager after a compensation package was agreed with Wigan... more

JJB £189m in the red as sales plunge by 23%

21.05.09
The full scale of the crisis at JJB was made plain today when the sportswear retailer revealed that sales have fallen by more than 23% ... more

JJB sorts out rent to avoid chain’s collapse

27.04.09
Shares in JJB leapt 26%, up 4 3/4p to 23p, after the sports shop chain said it had taken further steps to avoid bankruptcy ... more

Whelan saves JJB as Blacks deal founders

25.03.09
The High Street leisure sector was poised for a massive shake-up as Blacks Leisure, which also trades as Millets, said a potential £16 million takeover bid had gone away... more

JJB gets extra time to tackle debt rejig

17.03.09
JJB Sports got another lifeline after agreeing a further standstill agreement with banks on the repayment of its debts... more

JJB lifted by health clubs sell-off hopes

13.03.09
Bombed-out shares in sportswear retailer JJB jumped 2.125p to 11.75p on hopes its former owner and Wigan Athletic sugardaddy Dave Whelan will buy the group's health clubs chain... more

Pay consultants deserve blame for banks' woes

16.02.09
MORE on the blame game for the mess we're in. Bankers get the rap and credit-rating agencies, institutional shareholders, analysts, lawyers, accountants, PRs, media, regulators and government go free. Reader Michael Davies from Oxfordshire writes: "It is also apparent that there is one other group that has contributed substantially to the problem of bankers' pay which has escaped attention. This is the group of remuneration consultants who have advised the various boards on senior executive pay. Their habit of collecting data on industry pay levels and then suggesting similar percentage levels for their clients has not only created a upward spiral in pay levels, as everybody measures everbody else, but has ignored the need for a reality check as to what absolute amount is really needed to provide incentives in the business line concerned."... more

JJB wins breather from banks after last-minute talks

13.02.09
Retail: JJB has been pulled back from the brink of collapse for the second time in a fortnight... more

United bid to snatch £10m Tottenham target Palacios

15.01.09
Manchester United are preparing to hijack Tottenham's bid for Wigan midfielder Wilson Palacios... more

JJB buys time by rejigging £20m debt

10.12.08
Retail: Struggling JJB Sports has seen sales plummet in the last few months, but it has bought itself a little breathing-space... more

Four more stores go in JJB debt cut

01.12.08
Retail: Fears for the future of JJB Sports were growing as the leisure retailer offloaded another four stores to fierce rival Sports World, owned by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley... more

JD Sports buys up 10% of its ailing rival JJB

25.11.08
Retail: JD Sports said it had snapped up a 10% stake in arch-rival JJB Sports for £8 million... more

JJB Sports sell-off to ensure survival

14.10.08
Embattled sportswear chain JJB Sports is in talks to offload various "non-core" assets as it fights to save the company... more

£5.6m from party donors puts Tories out in front

28.08.08
Gordon Brown was left trailing in David Cameron's wake again as new figures on party finances showed donations to the Tories dwarfed those to Labour... more

Wigan taunt blues over title 'blunder'

09.05.08
Did Emile Heskey's goal for Wigan cost Chelsea the title more than a month ago? The two points dropped at Stamford Bridge may prove decisive.... more

Boring old Wigan are the most influential team in the league

09.05.08
The 2007-08 Premier League will be won, regardless of whatever Sunday brings, by Wigan Athletic as they decide which top team takes home the trophy.... more

JJB Sports shops shut as profits plummet

16.04.08
JJB Sports to close nearly a fifth of its stores with the loss of 800 jobs after a 70% plunge in profits... more

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