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Controversial goals

19.11.09
After Thierry Henry handed France a ticket to the World Cup with a controversial assist, we look at five other goals involving handball... more

JJB’s £100m fund-raiser back on track with bankers pocketing 6%

13.10.09
Troubled leisurewear retailer JJB Sports today said its £100 million rights issue is back on track — and revealed that it is paying bankers £6 million to get the deal away ... more

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

JJB rights issue still on despite Jones rumours

12.10.09
JJB Sports was meeting with shareholders to shore up support for its £100 million fund-raiser after rumours derailed it last Friday ... more

Don't be fooled by gold - it's never shone as a hedge against inflation

12.10.09
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JJB puts £100m lifesaver on hold as investors get 'whiff of scandal'

09.10.09
JJB Sports delayed a lifesaving £100 million fund-raiser after some investors withheld their backing because of speculation that a Sunday newspaper would be making damaging allegations about the chairman... more

UK Coal hails success of £107m rights issue

09.10.09
Britain's largest coal-mining company said its recent rights issue has been a success ... more

JJB chief hits out at Sports Direct as his losses rocket

24.09.09
JJB Sports boss Sir David Jones branded Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct chain and the flagship Piccadilly Circus store Lillywhites in particular “a complete and utter tragedy” as half-year losses at his own sportswear chain soared 230% from £13.9 million to £42.9 million... more

Fraud police raid Sports Direct and JJB on price-fixing

10.09.09
Shellsuit billionaire Mike Ashley is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office today, accused of price fixing and operating a sports retail cartel with former boss of JJB Chris Ronnie ... more

JJB courts its old boss

14.08.09
Tom Knight could be poised for a dramatic return to JJB ... more

Home Office 'blunder' let HIV rapist stay in Britain

11.08.09
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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

Autistic greenkeeper awarded £78,000 damages

17.07.09
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Mike Ashley axes Sports Direct dividend to pay down £431m debts

16.07.09
Mike Ashley, the controversial tycoon who controls Sports Direct, gave the City another reason to view him with suspicion: he axed the dividend... 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

Mike Ashley stirs up row over JJB chief’s loan

08.07.09
Mike Ashley looks set to crank up the row at JJB Sports over his controversial £1.5 million loan to the company’s executive chairman Sir David Jones ... more

JJB directors ‘didn’t know’ of rival’s loan to chairman

07.07.09
The crisis at JJB Sports over a £1.5 million loan to its chairman Sir David Jones from rival retail tycoon Mike Ashley deepened today, as it emerged that Jones had not disclosed the affair to five of his six fellow directors ... more

‘Dirty tricks’ claim as leaks target JJB’s City cash bid

06.07.09
War has broken out between JJB Sports and Sports Direct, after allegations appeared to smear the former’s chief executive Sir David Jones in an attempt to derail the retailer’s plans to raise cash in the City ... 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

Shares rally to highest in four months

05.05.09
Optimism was growing in the City as investors bet that the banking crisis is over and shares rallied... 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 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

JJB Sports set to oust chief as it faces £10 million dive into the red

14.01.09
Leisure: Chris Ronnie is likely to be ousted as chief executive of JJB Sports within days after the leisurewear retailer revealed it has suffered an awful Christmas... more

JJB Sports set to oust chief as it faces £10 million dive into the red

14.01.09
Leisure: Chris Ronnie is likely to be ousted as chief executive of JJB Sports within days after the leisurewear retailer revealed it has suffered an awful Christmas... more

Market report: The City gave an initial lukewarm response to the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report

24.11.08
The City gave an initial lukewarm response to the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report in which he blamed the recession on unprecedented circumstances within the global economy... more

JJB dives into red as retailers go reeling

26.09.08
JJB Sports has tumbled to a dramatic loss amid what it described as the worst retail recession it has ever seen... more

Lehman, Credit Suisse and the rumour mill

22.08.08
One rule for banks — another for everybody else. In the US, the Federal Reserve phoned Credit Suisse to see if it had pulled a line of credit from Lehman Brothers... more

Rogue trader crackdown: How the City players have reacted

13.06.08
The Evening Standard talks to City experts about their opinions on the FSA's rogue trader crackdown... more

Unconventional King Arthur needs tidying up

22.06.07
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The capital's best kebabs

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