Sports Direct's Ashley faces showdown with MPs

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Mike Ashley, the billionaire founder of British retailer Sports Direct, will face tough questions in parliament on Tuesday over his workers' conditions after he backed down in a four-month standoff with MPs. Ashley, who rarely speaks in public, will appear before the lower house of parliament's business select committee to defend his company against reports of poor treatment of staff, including that some effectively earned below the legal minimum. The 51-year-ol