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Jones might be an innocent lamb but investors are nervy

2009-10-13T05:59:11Z

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

Roberto Martinez determined to do it his way at Wigan

2009-08-18T07:30:30Z

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

Goldman�s top of the bonus heap

2009-08-03T06:35:10Z

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

Lee Cattermole going nowhere

2009-07-27T10:19:49Z

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

JJB Sports� Ashley row spills over into meeting

2009-07-24T07:55:07Z

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

Now JJB's founder joins row over loan to chairman

2009-07-10T07:58:08Z

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

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

2009-06-12T08:19:26Z

Football: Cristiano Ronaldo�s transfer to Real Madrid has drawn criticism from UEFA chief Michel Platini, who called it �excessive�

Roberto Martinez unveiling put on hold

2009-06-11T08:28:00Z

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

Wigan close in on Roberto Martinez

2009-06-04T15:54:05Z

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

Steve Bruce compensation agreed

2009-06-01T10:43:26Z

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

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

2009-05-21T07:55:02Z

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%

JJB sorts out rent to avoid chain�s collapse

2009-04-27T12:12:36Z

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

Whelan saves JJB as Blacks deal founders

2009-03-25T11:22:05Z

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

JJB gets extra time to tackle debt rejig

2009-03-17T09:01:43Z

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

JJB lifted by health clubs sell-off hopes

2009-03-13T14:54:12Z

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

Pay consultants deserve blame for banks' woes

2009-02-16T08:52:58Z

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."

JJB wins breather from banks after last-minute talks

2009-02-13T09:06:56Z

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

United bid to snatch �10m Tottenham target Palacios

2009-01-15T09:14:13Z

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

JJB buys time by rejigging �20m debt

2008-12-10T14:32:59Z

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

Four more stores go in JJB debt cut

2008-12-01T13:52:11Z

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

JD Sports buys up 10% of its ailing rival JJB

2008-11-25T10:32:54Z

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

JJB Sports sell-off to ensure survival

2008-10-14T08:28:28Z

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

�5.6m from party donors puts Tories out in front

2008-08-28T09:19:13Z

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

Wigan taunt blues over title 'blunder'

2008-05-09T09:39:39Z

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.

Boring old Wigan are the most influential team in the league

2008-05-09T13:59:33Z

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.

JJB Sports shops shut as profits plummet

2008-04-16T09:45:40Z

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