Skipper Alastair Cook tells middle order the only way to silence doubters is to score big runs as England prepare to face Pakistan August 2, 2016 England skipper Alastair Cook has urged his side’s faltering middle order to silence the snipers by scoring big runs during the third Investec Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, which starts this morning. Questions have been asked of England’s batting unit after vice-captain Joe Root was promoted to No3 following Nick Compton’s decision to take an [...]
Premier League transfer spending down on last year as clubs hesitate in spending TV windfall August 2, 2016 An anticipated record-breaking close-season transfer splurge by Premier League clubs has yet to materialise, with spending slower than last summer, according to Deloitte. English top-flight teams shelled out £475m in July, £40m down on the £515m they spent 12 months earlier and significantly short of a predicted £1bn total gross outlay for the transfer window. Buoyed [...]
Pep Guardiola will make me the complete player, insists Manchester City’s £37m new boy Leroy Sane August 2, 2016 Newly-acquired Manchester City winger Leroy Sane believes he will become the complete player under Pep Guardiola’s tutelage after completing his move from Schalke for an initial £37m. The 20-year-old has signed a five-year deal at the Etihad Stadium and continues Guardiola’s rebuilding job at the two-time Premier League champions, taking the club’s spending this transfer window [...]
The Rio 50: American athletes win gold medal for marketability, but Team GB stars close behind August 2, 2016 They are the most successful nation in terms of medal-winning, and industry experts agree that the United States also have the most sponsor-friendly Olympic sportsmen and women. City A.M. this week publishes the Rio 50 – a ranking of the most marketable sportsmen and women due to compete at this month’s Olympic and Paralympic Games [...]
Football Association of Wales reject Hull City’s approach for national team boss Chris Coleman August 2, 2016 Hull City’s search for a new manager has suffered a blow after the Football Association of Wales rejected an approach from the Tigers to speak with national team boss Chris Coleman. The Premier League side have been hunting a replacement for Steve Bruce after the former Manchester United skipper quit last month following a breakdown in [...]
How we compiled the Rio 50: the Most Marketable Athletes at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympics August 2, 2016 How we compiled the list To generate the Rio 50 we mined the expertise of some of the leading names from the world of sports marketing, sponsorship, branding, management and academia. Our eight contributors were invited to nominate sportsmen and women, before whittling down the longlist to just 50, and then ultimately generating the final [...]
How much is an Olympic gold medal worth? How the monetary value of a medal in Rio compares to previous years August 2, 2016 The gold medals awarded to athletes at this year's Olympics are worth roughly $100 less than they were in London four years ago. At 85mm in diameter, Rio's gold medals are the same size as those draped around necks in 2012, contain the same proportion of gold, copper and silver content — 1.34 per cent, 6.16 per cent and 92.5 [...]
Why Barcelona settled for Qatar Airways as shirt sponsor and will always struggle to match Manchester United’s commercial clout August 2, 2016 Despite being one of the largest football clubs on the planet, Barcelona were compelled to ignore calls from within their own fan base to cut ties with Gulf state Qatar, which included a petition signed by over 60,000 people, and sign a one-year extension to their Qatar Airways shirt sponsorship deal earlier this month after struggling to [...]
Lyon manager admits Arsenal target Alexandre Lacazette could still be sold at the right price August 2, 2016 Arsenal may still be able to prise transfer target Alexandre Lacazette away from Lyon according to the manager of the French club. The Gunners were unsuccessful with a £29m bid for the striker earlier this summer, but Lyon boss Bruno Genesio has conceded that "there are some offers you cannot refuse". Lyon believe Lacazette, who has scored over 20 goals in each of the [...]
Ed Warner interview: UK Athletics chairman hits out at scandalously weak and lily-livered IOC over handling of Russia doping scandal August 1, 2016 UK Athletics chief Ed Warner has issued a scathing assessment of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) failure to impose a blanket ban on Russia competing at this month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The build up to the Games, which start on Friday, has been overshadowed by the World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned (Wada) McLaren report, [...]