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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Premier League warns fans: Posting goal videos on Vine is breach of copyright law

August 15, 2014

The Premier League has warned fans against posting videos of goals on Vine and YouTube. Fans harnessed the power of apps like Vine to share clips of last season's most memorable moments – such as Steven Gerrard's emotional on-pitch team talk or the same player's slip against Chelsea. The trend continued throughout the World Cup [...]
Monster Beverage share price soars as Coca-Cola buys 16.7pc stake in the company

August 15, 2014

Coca-Cola is set to pay a colossal ten-figure sum for a 16.7 per cent stake in Monster Beverage Corporation, the makers of Monster Energy drinks. The American fizzy drinks giant will pay Monster Beverage $2.15bn (£1.32bn) for the 16.7 per cent ownership in a bid to expand within the growing global energy drink market. The agreement [...]
170,000 seats left empty at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium last season

August 14, 2014

A total of 170,000 seats were left empty at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium during last season, an average of 6,550 empty seats per game. Arsenal announced an average attendance last season of 59,786. However data released by the Metropolitan Police Service states that the actual attendance was 5,998 lower at 53,788. As is [...]
Why are football fans marching in London today? Analysis of the increase in ticket prices

August 14, 2014

Football fans from all corners of the country have flocked to London to march on the Premier League and Football League headquarters in a demand for “Affordable Football for All”. The march, organised by the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF), comes after a number of Premier League clubs – including Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester [...]
Premier League games to stay on TalkSport until 2019

August 14, 2014

TalkSport has extended its international broadcast deal with the Premier League to 2019. The radio station, owned by Belfast-based UTV media, will broadcast Premier League games to audiences in the UK and abroad for the next five years. A previous deal between the two parties had been due to expire at the end of [...]
When will UK interest rates rise? Not anytime soon according to MPC member David Miles

August 14, 2014

Don't expect the Bank of England (BoE) to be raising interest rate anytime soon. That is the message from monetary policy committee (MPC) member David Miles this morning. Miles said that a subdued outlook on inflation means the BoE will not be pushed into increasing the interest rate, which has been held at 0.5 [...]
German economy shrinks as France stagnates in disappointing quarter for Eurozone

August 14, 2014

The German economy has shrunk by 0.2 per cent, as the Eurozone continues to endure a disappointing a second quarter. The contraction comes as the France economy stagnated at zero per cent for the second quarter running – Germany recorded strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the first quarter. Both results were [...]
David Cameron: UK “will play role” in Yazidi rescue mission

August 13, 2014

David Cameron has confirmed that Britain will "play a role" in an international mission to rescue stranded Yazidis in Iraq, after chairing a Cobra emergency meeting this afternoon. The Prime Minister, who had cut short a holiday in Portugal to chair the meeting, said that "detailed plans" were in place to help the [...]
Russian Football Union risks Fifa sanctions for accepting Crimean teams into league

August 13, 2014

Russia has risked incurring the wrath of Fifa after its football union voted to incorporate three clubs from the annexed Crimea region into their third division, a decision apparently motivated by fear of upsetting president Vladimir Putin. The Russian Football Union, host federation of the 2018 World Cup, has breached Fifa statutes which state [...]
Robin Williams to be memorialised as World of Warcraft character, Blizzard Games confirms

August 13, 2014

As well as being one of the most loved comedians and successful actors of a generation, Robin Williams was known to be a huge video game fan – he even named his first daughter Zelda after the popular Nintendo character and son Cody after a character in the game “Final Fight”. The video game [...]

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