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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Arsenal FA Cup Parade: Pictures as Gunners celebrate in Islington

May 31, 2015

Arsenal celebrated their record 12th FA Cup victory with an open top bus parade through Islington today. On Sunday Islington was awash with Arsenal fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous trophy and congratulate their heroes on the 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa which secured the Cup in style on Saturday evening. Three [...]
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis denies reports of resignation

May 31, 2015

Yanis Varoufakis dismissed reports he will soon resign as finance minister as Greece scrambles to avoid defaulting on its loan repayments. Varoufakis took to Twitter to slam reports of his impending resignation as "grossly premature" and sounded weary of having to clarify his position for what he called "the umpteenth time". The possibility of a [...]
Fifa crisis: Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered to launch internal review following FBI investigation

May 31, 2015

Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered are all believed to have launched internal investigations into their role in the Fifa corruption scandal that has engulfed world football this week. The British banks were all named in the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit against 14 people – including nine Fifa officials – for racketeering, wire fraud and [...]
UK economy grows at fastest rate in a year says CBI

May 31, 2015

Dismayed by the weak GDP growth announced earlier this week? Don't be, says the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). In contrast to the tiny 0.3 per cent first quarter growth revealed in official figures last month, the CBI has argued that Britain's private sector recorded its strongest economic growth for a year in the three [...]
Fifa president Sepp Blatter wins leadership election over Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein

May 29, 2015

Sepp Blatter will be Fifa president for a further four years after comfortably beating Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein in today's leadership election. The 79-year-old will keep his role until 2019 after securing 133 of the 209 member association votes cast at Fifa's annual congress in Zurich. Prince Ali was entitled to ask for a second [...]
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein elected president to beat Sepp Blatter in shock result

May 29, 2015

Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan is the new Fifa president after beating incumbent Sepp Blatter in a shock election result. Blatter, who has served four terms as Fifa leader, was the heavy favourite to secure another four years in the role having enjoyed long-standing support from the majority of the 209 member associations outside [...]
Fifa election: Why Sepp Blatter will beat Prince Ali to remain president

May 29, 2015

Corruption allegations, arrests of top officials, global outrage – in most organisations such calamities would cost a leader their job, let alone the chance to stand for re-election. But Fifa isn't most organisations, and not only is president Sepp Blatter bidding for a fifth straight term in this afternoon's election following one of the most [...]
Serious Fraud Office to examine Fifa allegations after being accused of “failing its duty”

May 29, 2015

Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will examine information relating to alleged Fifa corruption after announcing it is "ready to assist in ongoing international criminal investigations". Two large British banks – HSBC and Barclays – were both named in the indictment filed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), which led to the explosive arrest of [...]
Fifa crisis: Massive broadcasting revenues ignored by fans targeting sponsors for reform

May 29, 2015

After a number of top Fifa officials were arrested on accusations of bribery and racketeering this week, the already considerable pressure on Fifa's multinational sponsors was cranked up a notch by fans eager for reform. Companies such as Visa, Coca-Cola and McDonald's, who have their names visibly attached to Fifa's competitions, have all felt compelled to [...]
Equinix finalises £2.35bn Telecity merger

May 29, 2015

US data centre firm Equinix has finalised a deal for UK-based rival Telecity, the group confirmed early this morning. Read more: Bidding war for Telecity as rival offers £2.31bn The deal, worth £2.35bn, will bring Telecity's executive chairman John Hughes – awarded a CBE for international telecommunications – onto the Equinix board. Telecity had previously been [...]

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