Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has reported he could have injured strikers Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak back available in “a few weeks”.

Barclays’ boss Antony Jenkins today banished the ghost of Bob Diamond as he took an axe to highly-paid staff at the investment banking division built up by his predecessor.

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Replacing the quote-based Libor with an index drawing on actual market trades will not happen any time soon, the benchmark’s new administrator said yesterday.

JP Morgan Chase & Co has reached a $13bn (€9.5bn) deal with the US Justice Department and other government agencies to settle investigations into bad mortgage loans the bank sold to investors before the financial crisis.

Arsenal last night wrapped up a deal for German star Mesut Ozil as the Real Madrid playmaker joined the club for a club-record fee of €50 million.

Barclays was in a “state of denial” over regulatory concerns with the bank following its rate-rigging scandal, Bank of England governor Mervyn King told MPs today.

In Britain, Chancellor George Osborne's accused members of Gordon Brown's government of involvement in the rate-rigging scandal.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King launched an attack on the British banking culture yesterday, saying something had gone very wrong with an industry which he derided for resorting to “deceitful” methods to make money.

Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King launched a stinging attack on British banks today and called for a “real change in culture” as lenders became further embroiled in controversy.

Mortgage rates could be on their way up again as a result of this week’s market turmoil, experts warned today.

Czech Republic midfielder Libor Sionko has completed his move to Rangers.