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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Champisonship promotion race: A guide to the eight clubs slugging it out for the £3bn Premier League reward

April 17, 2015

ENTER ENTER [infographic id="57"] Bournemouth – 83 points Whatever happens in the next three games, this is already Bournemouth's greatest ever season. In only their second season since promotion from League One (and just their fifth season in the second tier), the Cherries are unlikely leaders of the chasing pack. With an unassuming three-sided ground, [...]
All Nippon Airways unveil Star Wars jet as Japanese airliner adds to Pokemon planes

April 17, 2015

It might not take you to a galaxy far, far away or zoom you into hyperspace like the Millennium Falcon, but All Nippon Airways' Star Wars jet will nevertheless excite your inner geek more than anything else in the skies. As part of a five-year Star Wars project, the Japanese carrier will deck one of its brand-new Boeing [...]
General Election 2015: Miliband unpaid internship ban previously supported by PwC, KPMG and Axa

April 17, 2015

Ed Miliband will promise to ban unpaid internships if he becomes the next prime minister. In a bid to woo young voters in a speech today, the Labour leader will say companies will be banned from offering unpaid work experience for more than four weeks under a Labour government. Miliband will say lengthy unpaid internships [...]
eSports firm Gfinity teams up with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK

April 17, 2015

Rupert Murdoch's News UK has recognised the booming appeal of eSports by agreeing a two-year commercial partnership with professional video gaming firm Gfinity. Aim-listed Gfinity has a rapidly expanding online user base in excess of 300,000 and boasts of the UK's first eSports-dedicated arena which hosts weekly professional competitions of games such as Fifa '15, Counter-Strike: [...]
London Marathon 2015: How does it compare to New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Chicago and Boston?

April 16, 2015

For the 35th year running, thousands of professional athletes, competitive amateurs and fundraisers in fancy dress will fill the capital's streets for the London Marathon. The race is the most popular of its kind in the UK as each year hundreds of thousands of budding Mo Farahs apply to take part, while millions watch on TV. [...]
Netflix share price soars after membership passes 60m

April 16, 2015

Netflix's share price soared by 13 per cent in early trading in New York on Wednesday after the company announced it had surpassed 60m global users. The video streaming website's seemingly unstoppable growth was enough for investors to ignore earnings per share of 38 cents that came in much lower than the expected 63 cents [...]
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice trailer released but it’s only teasing another teaser

April 16, 2015

The first Batman v Superman movie trailer is here. Time for film and comic book fans around the world to get excited. Except, there's not really that much to get excited about. A 20 second clip released by the film's director Zack Snyder on Twitter is more of a teaser trailer for a teaser trailer [...]
Weak euro helps Unilever deliver better-than-expected sales growth

April 16, 2015

The figures The slowdown in emerging markets hasn't stopped Unilever from recording a 12.3 per cent increase in turnover to €12.8bn (£9.22bn) in the first quarter of 2015. Even when your economy isn't growing as rapidly as it once did – looking good still remains a priority. Shares rose by over three per cent in [...]
Newcastle United fans plan boycott as club’s £34m cash reserves revealed

April 15, 2015

Newcastle United fans are planning to boycott their team's home match against Tottenham on Sunday, as revelations the club had more than £34.1m in cash reserves compounded already strong resentment towards owner Mike Ashley. Last month the club announced record profits of £18.7m yet it was revealed in the full accounts registered with Companies House [...]
Jurgen Klopp departure sparks Borussia Dortmund share price drop and rumours of Arsenal switch

April 15, 2015

Borussia Dortmund's share price fell more than five per cent today as investors panicked at the news manager Jurgen Klopp is to leave the club. Klopp will hold a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in which he is expected to announce his departure at the end of the Bundesliga campaign. Investors' fears of a post-Klopp [...]

Fury: The real fight is not in the ring or ad spend, but brand alignment

Deloitte enters rugby league as NRL Super League investment talks near

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