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Despite falling short of the title, Red Devils duo Patrice Evra and Paul Scholes are also included, with Everton’s Nikica Jelavic, Steven Pienaar and John Heitinga all in our XI
Manchester City duo Sergio Aguero and Pablo Zabaleta feature in our final TOTW this season after they both found their names on the scoresheet in Sunday’s dramatic 3-2 victory over QPR.
The right-back bagged Roberto Mancini’s side’s opening goal of the afternoon, and while the Hoops took a shock 2-1 lead, his Argentine compatriot capped a stunning comeback in stoppage time to seal City’s maiden Premier League title.
Paul Scholes and Patrice Evra are both included in our XI following Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, yet the three points were not enough to secure a 20th league championship for the Red Devils.
Black Cats goalkeeper Simon Mignolet makes his debut in our TOTW despite the defeat, with the Belgian pulling off a number of fine saves to ensure the deficit remained at just one goal.
Tottenham’s Younes Kaboul lines up in defense for the sixth time this season after Harry Redknapp’s side saw off Fulham 2-0 to finish in fourth place. Joining him is teammate Aaron Lennon, who features in our side for the first time this season after he assisted Jermain Defoe for Spurs’ second of the afternoon.
While the loss meant Martin Jol’s side was unable to overhaul Liverpool into eighth place in the table, Moussa Dembele’s exciting display will ensure he is high on a number of club’s transfer lists when the summer window opens, and the 24-year-old is also included.
Rounding off our TOTW are Everton trio Nikica Jelavic, Steven Pienaar and John Heitinga, who all found the back of the net in the Toffees’ 3-1 win over Newcastle at Goodison Park.
The on-loan South African opened the scoring for David Moyes’ men, while the ex-Rangers striker bagged his 10th goal since arriving at the club in January to double the lead – in turn keeping goalscoring Norwich City duo Simeon Jackson and Grant Holt out of the side.
Heitinga, whose long ball led to Jelavic’s goal before grabbing his side’s third of the afternoon, rounds off our TOTW at center-back.
Honorable mentions go to Arsenal’s Andre Santos, Canaries midfielder Jonny Howson and Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku, with the Belgian striker impressing in his first league start for the west Londoners.
The market is off on continued global economy fears as eurozone industrial production fell and markets in China sold off. Shares of AAPL are off in early trading as investors worry about estimates for the quarter. Upcoming events include Tim Cook’s keynote at the D10 Conference on May 29 and Apple’s developer conference (WWDC) is slated to start June 11. Investors remain focused on iPhone penetration globally and the anticipated launch of the next generation iPhone in the fall; iPad adoption; market share growth of the Mac business as well as the upcoming refresh; the introduction of the anticipated Apple TV set; and platforms such as Siri, iAd and iBooks. Shares of Apple trade at 9.0x Enterprise Value / Trailing Twelve Months Free Cash Flow (including long-term marketable securities).
David Beckham has topped a list of the richest people in sport in the UK and Ireland.
The LA Galaxy footballer, 37, was in pole position with a fortune of £160m, according to the annual Sunday Times sport rich list.
In terms of the world’s richest athletes, Mr Beckham was only 10th, as golfer Tiger Woods led with £538m.
Tennis player Maria Sharapova was the richest female athlete, with earnings boosted by lucrative endorsement deals.
There were 48 footballers in the top 100 in the UK and Ireland.
But the second place after Mr Beckham went to Paul Caddick, the property and construction entrepreneur who runs rugby league club Leeds Rhinos.
No current British or Irish athletics competitor – that is, a cyclist, track and field athlete or swimmer – made the top 100 in the year of the London Olympics.
Last year, Mr Beckham was number two with Wigan chairman Dave Whelan in first place at £190m.
Globally, in 2012, Mr Woods was followed by German Formula One driver Michael Schumacher and basketball legend Michael Jordan.
Mr Putin will return to the presidency after an absence of four years in which he served as prime minister. The outgoing President, Dmitry Medvedev, was widely seen as an ally of Mr Putin.
He won a third term as president in controversial elections in March.
On Sunday, thousands of protesters opposed to the inauguration clashed with police in Moscow.
Mr Putin will take the presidential oath at the Grand Kremlin Palace, in a hall that was once the throne room of the Russian tsars, the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow reports.
If he completes his six-year term, Mr Putin will be the longest serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin, our correspondent says.
However, Mr Putin faces many problems; the political system he created has been showing cracks, economic growth is forecast to slow, and violence in the volatile North Caucasus continues, he adds.
How he deals with the wave of opposition protests which broke out last December will also be a key test of his administration, correspondents say.
“A change in leadership brings uncertainty because you don’t know exactly what you’re getting into,” said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment Research.
“It won’t be a be-all end-all sell signal, but new leadership in France could cause investor jitters that reverberate throughout global financial markets,” said Detrick.
Hollande campaigned on the need to focus more on economic growth to reduce public debt, as opposed to austerity, which has been the main policy prescription for the three year-old European debt crisis.
While it remains to be seen to what extent Hollande will push his growth agenda, his countering approach causes concerns about how he might work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the key proponent of austerity.
Even so, many economists and market strategists say Hollande is likely to pursue policies that maintain fiscal discipline and will also make efforts to keep good relations with Germany.
While there could be some “initial friction with Merkel,” Hollande will eventually form his own bond with the German leader, said Antonio Barroso, an analyst at political research firm Eurasia Group.
“Hollande is very pragmatic.” said Barroso. “He knows that Germany is his most important partner. They will have to agree on a solution for the crisis.”
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Another day of turmoil on world markets saw the FTSE 100 Index close 2 per cent, or 110 points, lower at 5465.5 as attempts to form a coalition government in Greece continued to stutter.
The country is facing the prospect of another election next month after resistance from anti-bailout opponents left president Karolos Papoulias unable to broker a power sharing deal.
Uncertainty over Greece’s future in the eurozone hit financial stocks today as banks and insurers dragged London’s leading shares index to a fresh low for 2012.
Barclays was the biggest faller, down 6 per cent or 13p at 189.8p, while Royal Bank of Scotland dropped 1.1p to 21.9p, and Lloyds Banking Group shed 1.7p at 29.4p.