Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, the headlines this evening. Brighton move a step closer to the big time, now four points clear at the top of the championship with premier League Promotion in sight. Buttons back the former World Champion will race in monaco while Fernando Alonso takes part in the indy500. And Katie Archibald wins Herfirst Individual World Title in the omnium, and britains first of this years championships. So, lots cming in, and its been a busy day in the football league, with several promotion and relegation permutations. In the championship, huddersfields 3 2 victory over preston meant no Promotion Party for Leaders Brighton just yet. They took another big step to the Premier League, though, with a 2 0 win at wolves. The hosts began the better, before brighton took control and championship Player Of The Year Antony Knockeart scored near the end of the first half. Wolves dominated possession after the break and forced saves from David Stock
committed crimes against humanity. pope benedict xvi is visiting madrid, spain. the city expects a million or so people to attend. not everyone is happy to see the pontiff, however. some spaniards are protests over the cost to put on the event. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew streechbs. you re watching world business today. the top stories this friday, august 19th. many people are happy it is indeed a friday because the market sell-off continues to roll around the world as fear takes hold of global investors. bank of america announces plans to cut thousands of jobs. and the story of a small business that s thriving despite the tough economic environment. now, the stock market sell-off has made its way right around the world as andrew is saying, driven in particular by fierce of recessio
to be the first cherished moments together. a newlywed s holiday was turned into horror off of coast of the seychelles island. i m zain vergee, world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from the cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today, the top stories this thursday, august 18. foster s knocks back a second big bid from sabmiller. is there any more growth to be squeezed from the aussie beer market. against a backdrop of slowing growth and crippling debt, u.s. vice president joe biden visits the biggest creditor. and you can call it anti-branding. why abercrombie and fitch is willing to pay one tv star not to wear its clothes. we re one hour into the trading day here in europe. let s have a look at how the markets are faring. this is the picture across the board. some of the markets down well in excess of 1.5%. the dax on its way to being down 2% lower on the back