Frankie Dettori insists he has no plans to retire from racing

Frankie Dettori is no longer Godolphin's principal jockey. It has taken the racing world some time to digest this but the message has finally got home with the booking of Mickaël Barzalona to ride the team's sole runner in this weekend's Epsom Classics and it was confirmed on Wednesday by Godolphin's spokesman, Simon Crisford.


"Rides will be split across the board," he said in reference to the team's three jockeys, Dettori, Barzalona and Silvestre de Sousa. "They will all get equal opportunities. Frankie has to share the cake and he understands that."


Crisford discussed the signing of Barzalona and De Sousa in Dubai in March, when he said: "It's not like there's going to be a pecking order." He was understood to mean that the others would compete for second-string rides behind the Italian but his true meaning now becomes clear.


"We brought in two new, young jockeys and it is obviously important to give them opportunities," he said on Wednesday. "For years Frankie was our only retained jockey. We had other people who would regularly ride for us but it was an informal arrangement. These two jockeys are formally retained.


"I thought we made it reasonably clear at the time that, if any one of them struck up a winning combination with a certain horse, the chances are they are going to stay on that horse. Certainly that's Frankie's understanding of the situation.


It is the first time in 20 years Dettori does not have a ride in the Derby apart from in 2000 when he was recovering after being involved in a plane crash.
Goldolphin are not fielding a runner in the race and Dettori also lost out to Mickael Barzalona for the seat on Godolphin's only entry in tomorrow's Epsom Oaks, the unbeaten filly Kailani.
Barzalona and Silvestre de Sousa now rival Dettori for rides at Goldolphin.
He added: "I'm a soldier in a team. I do what I'm told. The boss has the power to decide who rides and I've been a good soldier for the past 18 years.
"Mickael got the ride in the Oaks on the word of the boss (Sheikh Mohammed) and Mahmood Al Zarooni.
"Nevertheless, I then got a call from Coolmore asking if I could ride in the Oaks. The boss said I could if I wanted to. As it happened nothing came of it but it shows I'm in demand."
Dettori has produced 13 winners in his 92 rides this season.

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French Open 2012: Andy Murray battles back from a set down and a back injury to defeat Jarkko Nieminen

Andy Murray defied chronic back pain that from day one has threatened to derail not only his French Open campaign but may yet undermine his entire summer and advanced to the third round with an heroic, almost perverse, victory over Jarkko Nieminen.


He beat the 48th-ranked Finn 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in two hours and 27 minutes on Thursday and, providing he is fit, plays the Colombian Santiago Giraldo on Saturday. On paper it is a straightforward match for the world No 4, although he might not know until shortly beforehand if he is fit enough to carry on in the tournament.


Indeed, it might be sensible to stop now. His chances of winning the title, never strong, are diminished, and he risks doing damage ahead of Wimbledon and the Olympic Games.


"I don't know how I won, to be honest," he said. "I had a bit of spasm, it hurt when I got up this morning and it was really bad 20 minutes after practice. I couldn't put any weight on my left leg.


"The guys were telling me to stop after the first set, and we spoke about it before the match [the possibility of retiring during play]. I just decided to play on. I felt a bit bitter, probably end of the second set. I thought, let's give it a go, chasing a few balls down. It's still fairly sore."


Murray might yet wonder if punishing his body in the early rounds is the best way to manage what is clearly a long-term injury that requires extended rest.


That said, this was one of his finest victories, where his mind dragged his body from the edge of defeat after only 10 minutes to a triumph which left his opponent utterly spent and confused.


Something similar happened here a year ago, when Murray turned his ankle against Michael Berrer, and Berrer later admitted that the situation "was making me so tight I couldn't really focus or think clearly".
Once Murray's legs began to move, he actually found himself striking the ball very well, even if it was difficult to change direction on the slippery clay. He won the last four games of the second set, then raced through the third in just 30 minutes. For all the early drama of the match, it turned into something of a towelling for Nieminen, and the final duration of 2hrs 27 minutes makes it sound almost routine.
It was a fine recovery from Murray, and it showed great reserves of courage, but the ITV commentator Jim Courier questioned whether it was the right decision to carry on.
"He's going to face a challenge in 45 minutes when the adrenaline wears off," said Courier at the end of the match. "I still believe he should have walked off the court, given the big picture.
"Winning this match doesn't do anything for his long-term chances to win this tournament. Physically he needs to be at 100 per cent health for what's ahead of him, not only this tournament but Wimbledon, the Olympics and the US Open.
"Coming into this tournament with a core problem, you get respect for keeping going, but in the long term you need rest. I've had a lower back problem and it doesn't help when you're turning and twisting and torquing your body.
"It needs solving and I don't know how he's going to solve it by doing this.

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Frankie Dettori

Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE, born 15 December 1970 in Milan is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing. Dettori's most celebrated achievement was his riding of all seven winners on Champion's Day at Ascot in 1996. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. He has been described by Lester Piggott as the best jockey currently riding,  and is considered by many experts as the best jockey of all time.


In 1990 Dettori became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first win came at the age of 16 in Turin in November 1986, while his first victory in Britain was the following June. Further success followed, with numerous winners in Group 1 races. On 28 September 1996 he achieved the feat of winning all seven races on a single day at Ascot Racecourse.
In an interview with the BBC's Newsnight, he admitted that he used to take diuretic drugs to keep his weight down. Dettori said he had used a wide range of substances before the Jockey Club banned them in June 1998 after a spate of positive drug tests revealed how prevalent their use was becoming: "I took Lasix, pee pills, diuretics, laxatives; all sorts.
On 29 December 2000 he received an honorary MBE.
Dettori is the retained jockey for the Godolphin racing stables, and is well known for his distinctive "flying dismounts".
He quit his position as a team captain on the BBC quiz A Question of Sport in 2003, when he was apparently stung by a question from a participant as to when he retired from riding. Since that time he has completely rededicated himself to riding. He was rewarded for his new found dedication by becoming the British Champion Jockey in 2004.
The Epsom Derby was the only British Classic Race Dettori had not won in his career, until his fifteenth attempt on 2 June 2007 on the Peter Chapple-Hyam trained Authorized. The following day he won the Prix du Jockey Club on Lawman, notching up a derby double.
In 2007 Dettori became the face of "Jockey" yoghurt, sold across Europe, but especially popular in France. Controversial at first for its sweet flavour, Dettori's advertising campaign: "Frankie know whatta you alike!" – has seen sales rise slightly.


Personal life


Dettori has stated "I am 5 ft 4 inches and weigh 9 st 9 lb but I have to sometimes go down to 8 st 6 lb." 
Like many other jockeys and trainers Dettori lives near the Home of Racing in Stetchworth near to Newmarket, Suffolk with his wife Catherine and their five children Leo, Ella, Mia, Tallulah and Rocco.
An ardent Anglophile, he thrives on English culture: Dettori is an avid Arsenal supporter. He has a line of frozen Italian food. In 2004, he opened a restaurant, Frankie's Bar and Grill in Putney, London with renowned chef Marco Pierre White.
In 2000, Dettori and Ray Cochrane were aboard a Piper Seneca plane which crashed on take off at Newmarket on its way to Goodwood in Sussex, killing the pilot. Dettori escaped with a fractured right ankle and an injured thumb,and spent some weeks in Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Thieves stole many of his medals from his home on the evening of 25 August 2006. Items missing include three Gold Cups awarded in Japan, and his MBE.

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BAE Systems plans to cut 600 jobs at Glascoed, Monmouthshire

Defence giant BAE Systems is planning to axe more than 600 jobs and close a historic factory which made tanks for the First World War.


The firm said 330 jobs will be lost through the closure of the site at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which is currently making Terrier vehicles for the Army.


The factory has been a defence manufacturing site since 1847, building a number of ships and employing tens of thousands of workers in its heyday.


Up to 280 jobs will also be lost at three BAE sites in Radway Green, near Crewe, Washington in the North East and Glascoed in South Wales under the proposals, as well as the prospect of 10 job cuts at the firm's head office in Farnborough, Hampshire.


BAE said the proposal to close the Newcastle site at the end of 2013 followed a business review which concluded that there was no prospect of new UK armoured vehicle manufacturing work once production of the Terrier ends next year.


The firm said the proposals now under consultation followed major efficiency improvements and reductions in the amount of ammunitions required by the Ministry of Defence.


Managing director Charlie Blakemore said: "We need to adapt to very challenging market conditions and further reduce our overheads to drive better value for our customers and increase our competitiveness in the export market.


The 1,000-acre site, near Usk, produces a range of munitions.


It started production in 1940 during World War II and the operation has around 700 buildings.


BAE has also proposed the closure of its Newcastle armoured vehicle site with the loss of 600 jobs.


Rehana Azam, national officer of the GMB union said: "BAE Systems have a highly experienced and skilled workforce and these job cuts are yet another blow to manufacturing.


"Representations are being made to MPs to see what can be done to retain skills within BAE Systems and in traditional industrial areas of the UK."


In 2008, the company signed a 15-year deal with the MoD to supply the UK armed forces with small arms and medium-calibre ammunition.


It also included mortar bombs, tank, artillery and naval gun shells, but not weapons such as guided missiles.


The contract safeguarded 1,700 jobs at three factories, including Glascoed.


The deal was initially worth about £2bn and the MoD hoped the contract would rise to a £3bn, depending on how much ammunition was ordered.

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Brendan Rodgers must keep Liverpool's congregation on side or risk drowning in whirlpool of fan discontent

Liverpool's two-week search for a new manager is likely to be concluded later today once owners Fenway Sports Group come up with acceptable compensation to take Brendan Rodgers from Swansea.

The Carnlough man was offered the job yesterday and his south Wales club have reluctantly allowed him to leave even though he only signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal in February.

However, the safety net of that contract means Swansea are likely to receive a pay-off of between £4million-£5million once terms are agreed in the next few hours.

Rodgers (39) is expected to sign a three-year contract and be presented as the successor to Kenny Dalglish on Friday.

Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins admitted he could not stand in the Northern Irishman's way, although he will insist on driving a hard financial bargain with the Reds.

"Following on from discussions with Liverpool's owners, Brendan has informed us that he would like to take up their offer to manage Liverpool," said Jenkins in a statement.

Most of this is just unfair. Can we be sure Martinez would have guided Swansea to 11th place in the Premier League table?
Would he have produced such dramatic improvement in players whose métier seemed to be the second and even third tiers? Maybe, but Rodgers should not have to surrender any credit for the inspiring nature of Swansea’s Barcelona-based system.
If this is how Liverpool end up playing, with the ball always passed from defence and great fluidity and enterprise in midfield, then they will have taken an evolutionary leap. But stylistic reinvention is never instant.
Fenway have returned to their founding principles of faith in youth and long-term thinking. For that to work they will have to resist the disaffection of fans who have lost touch with the reality of Liverpool’s league position.
The emperor Dalglish will no longer be gazing down from the stands. Or not as saviour-in-waiting, anyway. However much he wanted the job when Hodgson was appointed, he will respect Rodgers’ position and will not imagine himself riding to the rescue for a third time.
The job has changed entirely. Liverpool overpaid for Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing: a problem Rodgers has inherited.
At Swansea he relied on technique and aspiration to transform Championship players into Premier League artistes. This time he will either have to purge expensive acquisitions from Dalglish’s time or persuade them to buy into his Spanish methodology.
Carroll is not a Swansea kind of player. Unless he abandons his religion Rodgers will not want Liverpool to play through a target man. In South Wales, Danny Graham was more of a David Villa type.
There is also the familiar need for Rodgers to bring Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher onside. These elder statesmen remain the bridge to the future as well as the past. They can help Rodgers push through his changes just as Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes support Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
The brightest vision is of Rodgers lending Liverpool a new identity and purpose. But for him to have any chance the club’s following must avoid the 12-game premature grumbling syndrome that brings so many managers down. Once this starts it becomes self-fulfilling.

Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers, born 26 January 1973 is a Northern Irish former footballer turned manager.
Rodgers began his career as a footballer at Ballymena United before moving to Reading, where an injury forced him to retire at the age of 20. He stayed at Reading as a youth team coach before José Mourinho invited him to join Chelsea as the manager of their youth team in 2004. He was promoted to reserve team manager in 2006. In November 2008, he was appointed manager of Watford, before moving back to Reading as manager following the resignation of Steve Coppell in June 2009. He left the club by mutual consent in December 2009, and returned to management with Swansea City in July 2010. The following year, he led Swansea City to become the first Welsh team to win promotion to the Premier League, and guided them to 11th in their debut season.


As a player, Rodgers began his career in Northern Ireland as a defender for Ballymena United. He made twelve league appearances in three years before being signed by Reading at the age of 18, where he played in the reserves. His playing career was cut short at the age of 20 due to a genetic knee condition.
Managerial career


Watford
On 24 November 2008, Rodgers was appointed manager of Championship side Watford. It was his first managerial position, following on from spells in charge of the Reading youth team and Chelsea reserves. Watford won only two of their first ten league games, and were in the relegation zone by January. However, Watford's form dramatically improved, and Rodgers was able to guide them to finish 13th.
Reading
After Steve Coppell resigned as Reading manager, Rodgers quickly became the favourite to replace him. He later distanced himself from leaving Watford, stating his "concentration is fully on Watford". and that those linking him with other clubs were questioning his integrity. Rodgers agreed a deal to become the manager of Reading on 5 June 2009, after a compensation package of an initial £500,000 had been agreed, which rose to £1 million. The Watford Supporters' Trust stated that Rodgers' reputation was "severely damaged" in the eyes of the supporters, but the Trust did "thank Brendan for his efforts last season and wish him well for the future". On 11 August 2009, Rodgers got his first win as Reading manager with a 5–1 win over League Two team Burton Albion in the League Cup first round. Despite a good start, a very disappointing string of results followed, leading to Rodgers leaving Reading by mutual consent on 16 December 2009.


Swansea City
Rodgers was appointed as the manager of Championship side Swansea City on 16 July 2010. He got off to a winning start, and results were very positive, leading to Rodgers being awarded the Championship Manager of the Month Award for February 2011, after Swansea winning five out of the six league games they played that month, whilst keeping four clean sheets. By 25 April 2011, Rogers had managed to secure Swansea City's place in the Championship Play-Offs for promotion into the Premier League with a convincing 4-1 victory over Ipswich Town at the Liberty Stadium. On 16 May 2011, Rodgers led Swansea to the Play-Off Final after overcoming Nottingham Forest. He faced his old club Reading at Wembley on 30 May 2011, in a game which Swansea won 4-2 thanks to a hat-trick from Scott Sinclair, meaning Swansea became the first Welsh team to gain promotion to the Premier League.
Rodgers' first win as a Premier League manager came on 17 September 2011, when Swansea beat West Bromwich Albion 3–0 at the Liberty Stadium. Despite many predicting before the season began that Swansea were favourites to be relegated, their impressive season continued, as they picked up points against Liverpool, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, keeping them well above the relegation zone. In January 2012, Swansea claimed their first away win of the season at Aston Villa, a month which saw them beat Arsenal 3–2 at home and hold Chelsea to a 1–1 away draw, which earned Rodgers his first Premier League Manager of the Month Award.In February 2012, Rodgers signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract to keep him at the club until July 2015. Swansea eventually finished 11th in their debut season in the Premier League.


Personal life
Rodgers is married and has two children – a daughter and a son. His son Anton, who was born on his father's 20th birthday in 1993, is also a professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion. Anton played for Reading academy before moving in 2004 to the Chelsea academy where he signed scholarship forms in summer 2009, but was released in 2011. Brendan also has a daughter Mischa. He speaks Spanish and is learning Italian. In June 2011, in honour of his mother, who died in 2010, and his father, who died of cancer on 10 September 2011, Rodgers joined a team representing the Football League to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Among the team was the man Rodgers succeeded as Watford manager, Aidy Boothroyd. His nickname is "Buck Rodgers", after the Buck Rogers character with a similar name.

June .nxt gTLD conference canceled

Kieren McCarthy blamed the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the new gTLD program timetable following ICANN’s six-week TLD Application System outage.


McCarthy wrote on the .nxt web site:


Our main goal for this conference is to give a comprehensive overview of the new gTLD process, including: providing an understanding of this new market; assisting applicants in moving forward; learning lessons from the past; and giving everyone a significant new industry an opportunity to meet, debate and network. We just don’t feel this is going to be possible for the 20-22 June timeframe.


…


We gave serious consideration to running the conference despite the lack of information and tight timeline but decided in the end it would be better for everyone to hold a conference that was in a position to achieve its aims.


The conference had already signed up almost twice the number of attendees than the previous two San Francisco-based events (which were in the 150-200 range), according to McCarthy.


Tickets for the June event will be honored for the rescheduled .nxt, which is likely to happen in the late third or early fourth quarter, he said.


People who booked hotels through official channels will get a full refund, but those who made their own arrangements will have to make their own cancellations.

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Nominet launches multi-year .uk registrations

Official registry for .uk domain names is upgrading their system today to permit 1-10 year registration and renewal periods.


Similar registration terms are already standard at most domain registries and this upgrade will be welcomed with open arms by .uk registrants. Up until this day .uk domain names (.co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, etc) could only be registered and renewed for 2 year periods. The 1 year (wholesale) price will be 40% higher per year at £3.50 + VAT, compared to the 2 year price of £5.00 + VAT.


According to a recent poll we have been conducting at iGoldrush that asks "How many years do you typically register a domain for?", an overwhelming 68% of users have selected 1 year, so this is clearly a smart move by Nominet.


Nominet recently announced their 10 millionth .uk domain registration, and with close to an 8% growth rate. .uk is the 4th most popular domain name, after .com, .de and .net

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