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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French Open prize money: Andy Murray loss to Novak Djokovic means he misses €1m Roland Garros payday

June 6, 2015

Andy Murray has missed the chance to push his 2015 earnings over the $4m mark after the Scot lost in five sets to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros. Read more: Murray takes solace in clay revival and plots Djokovic French demise Murray faced the unenviable task of ending a run of seven straight losses to Djokovic, [...]
BBC sells White City site for £87m to Stanhope and Japanese firm Mitsui Fudosan

June 5, 2015

The BBC has announced the sale and sublet of its Media Village site in an £87m deal with Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan. Read more: BBC offers James May and Richard Hammond £1m to stay Following an 18-month negotiating process, four acres of freehold land will be sold and six buildings in White City leased as part [...]
The Premier League will have no sponsor for a season after failing to find £60m backer

June 5, 2015

The Premier League will be without a title sponsor for a season after it parts ways with current backer Barclays next year. Read more: Fifa sponsors celebrate Sepp Blatter resignation The competition reportedly wants to be known simply as "The Premier League", replicating the "clean" brand image seen in American sports such as the NFL [...]
Halfords share price rises as revenue exceeds £1bn

June 5, 2015

The figures Halfords recorded revenue in excess of £1bn in the year to the end of March thanks to strong sales in both its car and cycle businesses, triggering a two per cent rise in its share price in early trading. Read more: Halfords share price plunges as chief executive Matt Davies poached by Tesco The [...]
Rakuten share price slumps again as $1.5bn share sale announced

June 5, 2015

Shares in Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten slumped for a second day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after the company revealed a $1.5bn (£9.8m) share sale. Read more: Japans's ecommerce giant drives global rollout On Thursday Rakuten's share price tumbled over six per cent to its lowest level in two months following the announcement of the public [...]
Top Gear: BBC offers James May and Richard Hammond £1m to stay

June 4, 2015

The BBC is understood to have offered former Top Gear co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond a multi-million pound deal to stay on the show. Read more: BBC loses 5m viewers from Top Gear cancellation The pair have both been offered deals in the region of £1m a year according to The Times, contracts that would make [...]
England ready to host 2022 World Cup if stripped from Qatar, says culture secretary John Whittingdale

June 4, 2015

Culture secretary John Whittingdale has said England is ready to host the 2022 World Cup if Qatar is stripped of the tournament over corruption claims. Read more: Dyke urges Platini to lead World Cup boycott Answering a culture question the commons, the Conservative MP said England would be ready to host the tournament in seven years' [...]
Fifa’s sponsors will welcome corruption scrutiny – but only for so long

June 4, 2015

Corruption allegations aside, Sepp Blatter’s decision to resign was the right move for Fifa, its sponsors and football. Fifa is now faced with the challenge of rebuilding its reputation. Had it not had the monopoly on international football, the organisation would be dead in the water by now. However, responsibility for reshaping the [...]
Disgraced Fifa exec Chuck Blazer showed off meeting Vladimir Putin and Miss Universe in a weird and wonderful blog

June 4, 2015

Chuck Blazer, the former Fifa official who admitted accepting bribes to vote for World Cup bids, wasn't exactly shy of showing off his jet-setting, cake-eating, Vladimir Putin-high fiving lifestyle during his time in office. Read more: Chuck Blazer admits accepting bribes for World Cup bids The details of the eccentric American's guilty plea to 10 charges [...]
David Beckham blasts “despicable, unacceptable” Fifa and calls for change

June 4, 2015

David Beckham has slammed Fifa over the "despicable" allegations of corruption which have dogged the organisation in recent days. Read more: US Fifa investigation includes 2018 and 2022 World Cups The former England captain – a key figure in the country's failed 2018 World Cup bid – celebrated president Sepp Blatter's announcement that he intends [...]

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