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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Greece debt deal: Alexis Tsipras says difficulties lie ahead

February 21, 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said the country won a significant battle at the negotiating table with the Eurogroup, after agreeing a four month extension on Greece’s loans. In his first public reaction to the deal agreed on Friday, Tsipras insisted his anti-austerity government had taken a “decisive step” that had “achieved [...]
Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao in numbers: £160m purse, £1,948 tickets, £1,000 hotel rooms

February 21, 2015

It's finally on. After years of fans hoping, promoters bickering and negotiations stalling, the long-awaited bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao has finally been agreed for 2 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight pits two of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters against each other for the first time in their [...]
Labour could cut pensions tax relief to fund tuition fees reduction

February 21, 2015

Labour is planning a possible tax raid on pensions in order to fund a cut in tuition fees, it has emerged. Ed Miliband is planning to cut tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 if Labour wins this year’s General Election, but will need around £2bn a year to fund the scheme. According [...]
Huge fire engulfs Dubai’s Torch tower

February 21, 2015

The Torch skyscraper in Dubai was engulfed in flames last night, as a fire ripped through what is one of the tallest residential buildings in the world. Eyewitnesses described the fire spreading over as many as sixty floors before it was quelled. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the 79-storey skyscraper and nearby buildings after [...]
HSBC under pressure to lower bonuses following tax dodging inquiry

February 21, 2015

Top executives at HSBC are being encouraged to waive their bonuses for the year, following allegations the bank abetted tax dodging clients. Shareholders, politicians and large sections of the media will place the bank’s bonuses under intense scrutiny when its annual reports are released on Monday. According to the Financial Times, shareholders [...]
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One could be biggest-selling consoles yet for Sony and Microsoft

February 19, 2015

The PlayStation 4 is on course to match the success of Sony’s best-selling console the PlayStation 2, while Microsoft’s Xbox One could top the Xbox 360. A new report from technology consultant Strategy Analytics reveals that the games console industry is in fine health as total shipments grew 11 per cent in 2014 to [...]
Lipton Rogers and Axa takeover Pinnacle tower for £220m

February 19, 2015

Developer Lipton Rogers and fund manager Axa have agreed to takeover the stalled Pinnacle tower development in London’s Square Mile. The pair bid around £220m to buy the site located on 22-24 Bishopsgate in the heart of the city. It has been dormant since 2011 when its developer ran out of funding. [...]
Chelsea suspend three fans from Stamford Bridge over racism incident

February 19, 2015

Chelsea have moved swiftly to suspend three fans from attending games at Stamford Bridge after a video appeared to show them stopping a black man from boarding the Paris Metro. The club said that life banning orders will placed on the unnamed trio if there is deemed sufficient evidence they were involved in the incident [...]
Chelsea fans arrested for racist chanting more than any other club – but stats show problem is nationwide

February 19, 2015

Racism in football has been thrust under the public glare after a group of Chelsea fans were filmed singing racist chants after refusing to let a black man board the Paris Metro. Chelsea have swiftly and strongly condemned the behaviour of the group and said they would look to take “the strongest possible [...]
Five key points from Luis Figo’s Fifa presidency manifesto

February 19, 2015

Luis Figo has unveiled his plan to fix Fifa. The former Real Madrid and Barcelona star is standing as a candidate to replace Sepp Blatter as Fifa president in this year's May election. Football fans around the world are hoping for a fresh face in charge of football's governing body as Blatter's reign has become [...]

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