[unable to retrieve full-text content]• 'My wish is to concentrate on playing for Manchester City'• Fine still possible for comments about Roberto ManciniCarlos Tevez has issued an unreserved apology "to everybody I have let down" at Manchester City following his five-month battle with the club and declared his hope that Roberto Mancini will now allow him to return to action.The striker had a dramatic fallout with his manager after refusing to warm-up during a Champions League group game at Bayern
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]• Majority shareholder to reaffirm backing at board meeting• Wenger may have £55m to spend on team strengtheningStan Kroenke, the Arsenal majority shareholder, is to reaffirm his support for Arsène Wenger at a board meeting to be held on Thursday as the club seeks to address the implications of recent setbacks and to define a strategy for the longer term.The American will fly to England on Wednesday as the club – soundly beaten by Milan in the first leg
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Scale of cuts required to implement rescue package prompted analysts to raise spectre of another debt crisis later this yearGreeks will suffer austerity measures for another five years as the price of their government securing a €130bn (£109bn) bailout to prevent national bankruptcy and chaos within the eurozone, it has emerged.The scale of the wage and spending cuts required to implement the rescue package prompted an array of analysts to raise the spectre
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Prime minister Lucas Papademos cites 'historic day' but other parties cite €130bn deal as delay tactic that does stop defaultGreeks reacted with relief, anger and fear to the news that their country has been granted what is the biggest bailout in western history – not once, but twice in less than two years.For the prime minister, Lucas Papademos, the €130bn deal was nothing less than a "historic day" with an end to the ferocious negotiations between Athens,
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The main points of the second rescue package for Greece agreed by eurozone finance ministersThe Eurogroup of finance ministers declared that "ensuring debt sustainability and restoring competitiveness" are the goals of the second bailout for Greece. The unspoken aim is to ensure there will be no chaotic default on 20 March, when a €14.4bn (£12.1bn) bond repayment falls due.The package envisages pain on all sides: for Greece, for the private-sector lenders
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