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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Le Col: Can this premium cycling brand designed by riders be the next Rapha?

December 14, 2016

"I'm convinced that cycling isn't going to go away," says Yanto Barker, a retired British pro cyclist now whose ambitious apparel brand Le Col is currently looking to secure £1m worth of funding from investors via Crowdcube. Le Col is entering the home straight of its crowdfunding campaign with 23 days left for budding investors to join the 117 people who [...]
Anthony Watson interview: Bath and England star on why he’s not letting himself think about the British Lions tour to New Zealand just yet

December 13, 2016

Bath star Anthony Watson insists he has put thoughts of travelling to New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions next year to the back of his mind following three months out injured. The winger has been consigned to the opposite side of the touchline he is so used to hugging for England and Bath, [...]
UK Sport cuts cycling funding as it plots more Olympic and Paralympic medals at Tokyo 2020

December 9, 2016

British Cycling has had its funding slashed by £4m in UK Sport's investment programme in Olympic and Paralympic sports for Tokyo 2020. Five sports – badminton, weightlifting, wheelchair rugby, archery and fencing – have lost their funding over the next cycle as UK Sport divided £345m of National Lottery and government funding to sports it believes [...]
Sadiq Khan says London is a step closer to getting its own NFL franchise after four games announced for 2017

December 9, 2016

London will host four regular season NFL games for the first time next year, a move Mayor Sadiq Khan said will bring the capital closer to getting its own franchise. Four games represents half a regular season home schedule for an NFL franchise and will further put to the test London's capacity to host a franchise. Read more: The [...]
Over 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from state-sponsored doping programme, Wada report finds

December 9, 2016

Over 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from state-backed doping cover-ups between 2011 and 2015, according to a new independent report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The second report into doping from law professor Richard McLaren found that doping took place across 30 sports and at Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. McLaren's findings will [...]
Dominant domestically, crushed on the continent: Why the Atlantic League is back on the agenda for clubs like Celtic

December 8, 2016

If you're ever going to win the European Cup, then this is the day and this is the place.” Those were Jock Stein’s parting words to his Celtic side in 1967 before they became the first British club to become kings of Europe with a 2-1 victory over Inter Milan. More likely intended as a rallying [...]
Sport England: Women playing sport in England hits all-time high, but people from poorer backgrounds missing out

December 8, 2016

More women in England are playing sport than ever before, new research from Sport England shows. An all-time high of 7.21m women played sport regularly in the year to 30 September, nearly half of the total 15.97m — a 229,000 increase on last year and 1.88m more people than when London won the right to host [...]
Arsene Wenger says Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez not for sale but Arsenal boss offers “no assurances” over contract talks

December 8, 2016

Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal will not sell star duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, but stopped short of promising fans the club would secure them to new contracts. Both players' contracts expire at the end of next season and the pair are believed to be holding out for a significant pay rise from the Gunners before agreeing to [...]
Anthony Joshua already eyeing up mega-fights in 2017 ahead of Eric Molina showdown

December 8, 2016

World champion boxer Anthony Joshua is already preparing for tougher battles to come ahead of his second world title defence against American Eric Molina on Saturday. With Joshua odds-on to extend his career record to 18 knockout wins when he takes on the 34-year-old in Manchester, the unbeaten IBF heavyweight champion is looking ahead to future assaults to his title from a [...]
Southampton and Leeds United named best academies in English football for producing high earning players

December 8, 2016

Southampton and Leeds United are the best breeding grounds in England for footballers on a super salary in excess of €100,000 (£85,000) per week. The two clubs are the only English academies to be able to boast of more than one player currently among the game's 112 highest earners, according to a new study from [...]

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