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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Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup final to be held on Qatar national day

March 19, 2015

The 2022 World Cup Final in Qatar will be held on Sunday 18 December, Fifa executives are reported to have agreed today. Football’s biggest fixture will therefore coincide with Qatar National Day, the annual celebration of Qatar’s independence. There had been some speculation that Fifa would choose to host the game on [...]
Sky Sports subscription fees rise following record Premier League deal

March 19, 2015

Sky Sports has raised its prices for subscriptions just weeks after winning the rights to a record £4.2bn Premier League TV deal. Sky’s average subscription price increasing by £2.50 per month, while the sports bundle will rise by £1 to £47 a month from 1 June onwards. The broadcaster paid £4.2bn for the rights [...]
BAE Systems chief Ian King receives 41 per cent pay rise despite fall in earnings

March 18, 2015

UK defence giant BAE Systems awarded chief executive Ian King a 40.8 per cent pay rise in 2014, bolstering his total take home to £3.5m for 2014. BAE Systems, the world’s third largest defence group, posted an 8.8 per cent drop in full-year sales from £18.2bn to £16.6bn for year while underlying earnings [...]
Budget 2015: The stories that broke during George Osborne’s speech

March 18, 2015

The announcement of the UK government’s annual budget is one of the biggest dates in the financial calendar. City hacks' ears were tuned into George Osborne’s speech this lunchtime, as eyes were glued to Twitter for all the breaking hot takes on the chancellor’s tie colour and fingers were madly typing away to produce a [...]
HSBC confirms PwC will take over as auditor from KPMG this month

March 18, 2015

HSBC will replace auditor KPMG with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) after the latter announced its resignation from the position as the Company's auditor from 31 March 2015, the bank confirmed today. PwC's appointment will be put to shareholder's at the bank's annual general meeting held on 24 April this year. HSBC originally announced its intentions to switch [...]
Jeremy Clarkson calls in lawyers over BBC chief’s Jimmy Savile comparison

March 18, 2015

Jeremy Clarkson has called in lawyers after a senior BBC employee compared him to Jimmy Savile. The saga surrounding the controversial Top Gear presenter, currently on suspension for his involvement in a "fracas" with producer Oisin Tymon, looks set to rumble on as Clarkson responds to comments originally published in the Mail on Sunday. [...]
Riots, water cannon and arrests at ECB protests in Frankfurt

March 18, 2015

The opening of the European Central Bank's (ECB) new €1.3bn (£940m) headquarters in Frankfurt was met with riots as demonstrations staged by "Blockupy" activists turned ugly this morning. Police vehicles and rubbish bins were set ablaze as police and protestors clashed, leading to dozens of arrests and some injuries. Some 10,000 demonstrators were estimated to be [...]
BBC clears Jeremy Clarkson of racism for use of word “pikey”

March 17, 2015

Jeremy Clarkson has been cleared of racism for using the word “pikey” by the BBC. The controversial Top Gear presenter, currently suspended due to his involvement in a “fracas” with a producer, used the word on an episode of Top Gear which aired last February. Clarkson unveiled a placard portraying the words [...]
Sony share price jumps following increase in operating profit

March 17, 2015

Sony’s share price opened five per cent higher on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, after the company revised its third-quarter operating profit up 2.2 per cent to 182bn yen (£1bn). The company increased its operating profit for the year from the originally reported 178bn yen, which it said was based on [...]
Gfinity results show why eSports is booming

March 17, 2015

The figures If you’re still sceptical about potential appeal of staging live video-game tournaments in packed out arenas, figures released by eSports business Gfinity may force you to re-assess. In the company’s maiden results since its IPO (which raised £3.5m) on the Aim market last December, Gfinity, which hosts online competitions as well as [...]

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