By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with City A.M. Follow me for coverage of the industry behind sports and the money made by top athletes. I've provided expert commentary on sports business for both TV and radio, including the BBC World Service. My email is always open to tips and story ideas: joe.hall@cityam.com

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Premier League transfer window summer 2015: Every single signing and club transfer spend in one graph

August 7, 2015

Who is the most expensive signing of the summer transfer window? When were clubs busiest in the market? And which club has spent the most money? Click through our interactive graph above which displays every transfer so far this summer for the answers to all your queries. [custom id="53"] Last summer the Premier League managed [...]
Watch: This is what it’s like to zip wire across the Wembley pitch

August 7, 2015

Ever wondered what England's most famous football stadium looks like from the skies? Of course you have. Well wonder no more, City A.M. strapped into Wembley's newly installed-for-summer zip line and captured the 200m trip on camera. Dangling 45 metres in the air and reaching a top speed of 30 miles per hour, the EE [...]
Premier League clubs spend over £200m more than European rivals heading into new season

August 7, 2015

The Premier League returns for what could be its highest spending season to date with over £500m already spent Read more: Click here to see every Premier League summer transfer signing in one graph A ball has yet to be kicked in anger, but already "the best league in the world" has flexed its muscles, having [...]
West Ham’s Olympic Stadium bargain is another example of the public sector’s poor planning hitting the taxpayer

August 7, 2015

If it wasn’t so costly, it would almost be funny. One, a prototypical English big man up front with a tendency to not be nearly as good in the air as he should be. The second, a £700m gleaming structure in the heart of the new jewel of East London, Queen Elizabeth Park. [...]
KPMG: Barcelona can reach €1bn turnover by 2021

August 7, 2015

Ahead of his successful re-election last month, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed his ambitious plans to make the European champions the first football club to generate €1bn in turnover by the 2021 season. Read more: Barcelona forecast €600m income from treble-winning season Yet according to KPMG's football advisory arm, such a statement wasn't just an [...]
Ashes 2015: England’s Stuart Broad rips through Australia attack and equals quickest five wicket haul record

August 7, 2015

England's Stuart Broad obliterated Australia in the first day of the fourth Ashes test at Trent Bridge, taking eight wickets as the tourists were struck all out for 60. Read more: Tremlett – time for Broad to take the lead and give England vital early edge On home turf the Nottingham-born bowler remarkably completed a five-fer for [...]
Manchester United kit launch already worth £1.5m to Adidas in social media value

August 5, 2015

Adidas' record breaking £750m kit deal with Manchester United is already beginning to pay off thanks to a successful social media launch. Read more: Even at £750m Adidas' Man United kit deal could prove to be a bargain for the sportswear giant The launch of United's new kit – the first from Adidas in a 10-year [...]
Even at £750m Adidas’ Manchester United kit deal could prove to be a bargain for the sportswear giant

August 5, 2015

£75m per year. That’s how much Adidas is paying Manchester United to make their kit. To put that into context, that’s about 2.5 times more than the next biggest Premier League deal (Arsenal and Chelsea both receive £30m per year from Puma and Adidas respectively) and over 10 times more than NFL teams receive from [...]
Premier League Fantasy Football: Phil Jagielka, Troy Deeney and nine bargain buy players under £7m

August 4, 2015

The Premier League season is just days away and so it's time to sign up to your office's fantasy football league and prepare for nine months of desperate dithering on Friday evenings over what transfers your team needs. Read more: Premier League summer transfer window in one graph Perhaps you're already at that stage, building draft [...]
The government sports policy has failed…now it must empower local people to reverse participation slump

August 4, 2015

The London Olympics and Paralympics created a once-in-a-generation opportunity in the UK to inspire people to get active and play sport. With a year to the Rio 2016 games, it is clear that that the government has wasted this opportunity. The latest figures show that that fewer people are active in sports than in 2012. [...]

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