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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Francesco Totti: The Champions League’s oldest scorer is freakishly good

October 1, 2014

As Francesco Totti’s cool chip nestled in the corner of Manchester City’s goal last night, Champions League history was made. The man once described by former coach Claudio Ranieri as being “as important as the Colosseum is to Rome” became the oldest scorer in Champions League history with his goal for Roma, at an [...]
Crossrail will send London property prices soaring by 60 per cent

October 1, 2014

Crossrail’s high-speed rail service will not only provide millions with increased connectivity into the capital, but it will send house-prices along its route skyrocketing, new figures show. The £15.8bn Crossrail project has already had a profound effect on properties in London, with the prices of those near the large-scale Tottenham Court Road development rising [...]
The Co-operative strips its board down to seven members in a bid to recover from £1.5bn capital hole scandal

October 1, 2014

The Co-operative Group has cut down its board to seven members after agreeing to changes to the way it's governed following a mismanagement scandal that's plagued the group for over a year. Eleven directors have left the firm to create the new “transitional board” of seven members, with two more soon to join – [...]
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Reddit raises $50m thanks to funding from Snoop Dogg, Jared Leto, Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel

October 1, 2014

Reddit has raised $50m in funding, with investors agreeing to allow 10 per cent of their equity to be distributed among the site's users. A Series B funding round led to high-profile figures such as rapper Snoop Dogg, Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen, PayPal founder Peter Thiel and Academy Award winner Jared Leto stump [...]
Premier League TV deal costs fans too much says Virgin Media in complaint to Ofcom

September 30, 2014

Virgin Media has submitted a formal complaint to Ofcom about the way Premier League television rights are auctioned. The company believes fans in the UK are being charged too much to watch games from England's top tier. In 2012 the Premier League sold domestic TV rights to BSkyB and British Telecom (BT) [...]
Payday lender Wonga profits plummet by more than 50 per cent

September 30, 2014

Wonga’s profits halved last year, as the controversial payday lender paid the price of mounting operating costs. Analysts had expected to see a sharp fall in profits of around 41 per cent, but Wonga’s 2013 results told and even sorrier story. Net profit plummeted 51 per cent in 2013 to £30.6m, compared with [...]
Wolseley share price up as it reveals £25m share buyback programme

September 30, 2014

Wolseley shares rose 1.2 per cent in early trading after it posted a 52 per cent rise in pre-tax profit for the year. The heating and plumbing products supplier reported revenues of £13.1bn for the year to the end of July. Pre-tax profit stood at £698m, compared with £460m a year earlier. The [...]
iPhone 6 hits China retailers after Apple wins regulatory approval

September 30, 2014

Apple has been granted approval to sell the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China, 11 days after units began flying off the shelves in the UK and US. The Chinese government’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) finally granted Apple a licence to sell its new product in the country, after [...]
Hong Kong protests: Best Instagram photos of “Occupy Central” as China blocks social media site

September 29, 2014

As Hong Kong's streets have been subsumed by pro-democracy protestors, reports suggest that popular photo sharing app Instagram has been blocked in China. Photos of the protests have proliferated the social media service under the #OccupyCentral or #umbrellarevolution hashtag. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents have taken to the city centre in recent days [...]

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