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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Plus500 shareholders give Playtech takeover the green light

July 16, 2015

Plus500 shareholders have given the go-ahead to Playtech's £460m acquisition of the online spreadbetter. Read more: Watchdog must give its blessing to Plus500 deal Israeli online gambling firm Playtech's offer values Plus500 at 400 pence per share, some way below the 750 pence per share trading price the Aim-listed company enjoyed before freezing thousands of investors [...]
In photos: Riots erupt in Greece as Alexis Tsipras urges MPs to back bailout

July 15, 2015

Anarchist protestors and Greek riot police clashed violently outside the Athens parliament while MPs gathered inside to vote on reforms demanded by its creditors in its bailout package. Read more: Referendum spurs Greek job hunters to search abroad… and the UK is a favourite Stones and molotov cocktails were thrown at Greek police and a [...]
Amazon Prime Day orders are overtaking Black Friday

July 15, 2015

Amazon's Prime Day has whipped up more of a frenzy than last year's Black Friday, according to the company's vice president. Read more: Amazon Prime Day is not the new Black Friday As part of its 20-year celebrations it launched a global day of sales exclusively for Prime members which it said would offer "more deals [...]
Singapore developer Oxley buys stake in London house builder Galliard Group for £50m

July 15, 2015

Singapore property developer Oxley has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Galliard, the leading London developer. Read more: London Octopus scrapped as Galliard Homes buys site The £50m investment from the Singaporean firm follows Galliard's ambitious £225m joint venture with US investment fund Cain Hoy to expand building in the capital. Galliard – London's second [...]
Premier League pre-season fixtures list: Kick-off times and TV coverage as Arsenal head to Singapore and Manchester United go to the USA

July 15, 2015

Arsenal Arsenal are "competing" for "trophies" on multiple fronts this summer. The Gunners are currently sweating it out in Singapore for the Asia Cup and will head back home later this month for the annual Emirates Cup. [infographic id="223"] Luckily for Arsenal fans, all of their pre-season fixtures are being televised on Sky Sports and [...]
Sir Howard Davies grilled over Airports Commission’s Heathrow runway decision

July 15, 2015

Chair of the Airports Commission Sir Howard Davies explained the decision to recommend a Heathrow expansion in front of a Lords Selec Committee. Read more: Gatwick attacks "flawed" Heathrow expansion report The Commission's long-awaited report somewhat controversially recommended building a new runway at Heathrow as opposed to Gatwick as the "clear and unanimous" decision. Davies' report, [...]
British Open 2015 prize money: Jordan Spieth can take Rory McIlroy’s World No1 Ranking at St Andrews

July 14, 2015

The injured Rory McIlroy is unable to defend the Claret Jug at this year's Open yet he may be keeping a nervous eye on proceedings with his No1 world ranking under threat from rising star Jordan Spieth. Read more: How much prize money is on offer at St Andrews? The Norther Irishman has held golf's No1 spot [...]
IAG takeover of Aer Lingus given the green light by European Commission

July 14, 2015

International Consolidated Airlines Group's (IAG) takeover of Aer Lingus has been given the final go-ahead by European competition regulators. Read more: Ryanair share price up after approving IAG’s offer for Aer Lingus stake The European Commission has cleared the €1.36bn (£960m) takeover following "commitments offered by the parties". British Airways owner IAG agreed to relinquish five daily slot [...]
Twitter share price soars after hoax news story on a fake “Bloomberg” site fools investors

July 14, 2015

Twitter's share price was sent soaring over eight per cent today as investors fell for a hoax news story claiming the social media network was considering a $31bn takeover. Read more: G4S share price plummets after fake press release “reveals” £400m profit overstatement The report was posted on bloomberg.market this morning; a site appearing to impersonate [...]
British Open 2015 prize money: How much can Jordan Spieth win at St Andrews?

July 14, 2015

Not only has injury cost Rory McIlroy the chance to defend the Claret Jug, he will also miss out on the record £1.15m winner’s cheque on offer at the Open this week. Read more: McIlroy accepts Open defence hopes are over The total purse for the 144th staging of golf’s oldest Major has grown £900,000 [...]

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