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| Tufnell Reviews The Ashes on Yahoo! UK & Ireland |
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London - 23 July 2001 – Affectionately known throughout the cricketing world as ‘The Cat’, Phil Tufnell has joined forces with Test Series sponsor, npower to offer cricket fans worldwide the opportunity to discuss the recent Ashes Tests. Yahoo.co.uk will host the live chats after each of the Tests in the npower Test Series. The chats will take place every Tuesday preceding each Test at 6:00pm on http://uk.chat.yahoo.com Phil will be live online between 6:00pm-6:45pm giving fans the chance to pose questions to the cricket star and join in a discussion about England’s recent performance in the second Test at Lord’s. npower and Yahoo! UK & Ireland are delighted to be able to give fans the opportunity to chat to Phil. During recent times, Phil has been able to combine his cricketing expertise with his ‘mischievous’ and ‘laddish’ reputation and regularly enjoys the banter referring to his alleged misdemeanours. With still a few years of cricket to be played, Phil is looking to bring success to his club, Middlesex, as well as adding to his successful England career. Kevin Peake, Head of Brand, npower commented, “we are delighted to have secured such a great personality for the weekly chats on yahoo.co.uk. It’s a great opportunity for all fans to be able to speak to such a cricketing legend and get an experts opinion about The Ashes Series.” Lindsay Biggart, Head of Marketing Yahoo! UK & Ireland commented, “Having Phil Tufnell as our expert during The Ashes is fantastic. We look forward to giving our users an insight into the Test Matches from such an established and popular cricketer. We welcome questions from all our users.” The chats will take place on yahoo.co.uk on the following dates:
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About Yahoo! UK & Ireland: Yahoo! UK & Ireland provides commerce, communication and media services to meet the needs of local consumers. This includes world leading communication services such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mobile; community products such as Yahoo! Clubs and Yahoo! Geocities; rich content such as Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sport, Yahoo! Music and commerce services such as Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions. Yahoo.co.uk is one of the most popular and most visited websites in the UK & Ireland, generating 563 million page views in June 2001 (ABC Electronics). Yahoo! UK & Ireland is part of Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 200 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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