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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G4S returns to black as security company recovers from tagging scandal

August 13, 2014

G4S has returned to profit for the six months to June 30, with growth in Africa and South America offsetting declining revenues in the UK. The security giant has posted pre-tax profits of £85m for its first half, reversing the £94m loss it recorded last year. Operating profit rose 6.5 per cent on the [...]
Steve Ballmer buys the LA Clippers for $2bn

August 12, 2014

Steve Ballmer has wrapped up the $2bn sale of the Los Angeles Clippers. The stellar US basketball team is now in the hands of the former Microsoft chief executive, as confirmed by a National Basketball Association (NBA) statement. The NBA's release was short: The transaction in which Steve Ballmer purchased the Los Angeles Clippers closed today [...]
Birmingham City financial problems look set to continue as parent company issues profit warning

August 12, 2014

Birmingham International Holdings Limited (BIHL), the Hong Kong-based parent company of Championship football club Birmingham City, has issued a profit warning to investors. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company issued a statement informing shareholders and potential investors of "a significant loss for the year ended 30 June 2014". According to the group's unaudited accounts for [...]
Could the Community Shield go abroad? FA inspired by Manchester United success in USA

August 12, 2014

In 2008 Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore announced to the world his plans to introduce “Game 39” into the league’s season – a single fixture to be played between all 20 teams at 10 separate locations around the world. The plan was met with near universal derision with opponents ranging from the Football [...]
Serco reports half-year loss of £7.3m as Angus Cockburn is made new finance chief

August 12, 2014

Serco has reported a first-half pre-tax loss of £7.3m, in the wake of a scandal surrounding the company’s use of electronic tags on prisoners. In the same period last year the outsourcing company reported profits of £106m. The company also announced this morning the appointment of Angus Cockburn – currently Aggreko’s interim chief [...]
Robin Williams found dead aged 63 after suspected suicide

August 12, 2014

Robin Williams, the Oscar-winning comic actor, has died from an apparent suicide aged 63. The Hollywood star's body was found on Monday morning at his home in Marin County, northern California, at 11:55am. Police said it was suspected the death was suicide due to asphyxia. Mara Buxbaum, Williams' press representative, said that the [...]
Premier League clubs to use Football Manager data to recruit players

August 11, 2014

For all of those who have won a Premier League title in their pants or coached a national team from their bedroom on computer game Football Manager, those social life-sapping achievements could soon be all worth it in the real world, after it was revealed that Premier League clubs will use data from the game to [...]
BuzzFeed valued at $850m as company plans international expansion

August 11, 2014

BuzzFeed, the viral news and content website famed for its "listicles", has been valued at $850m after it secured $50m of investment from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The online media company currently reaches 150m people a month, has expanded from its New York base to offices in Los Angeles and London, and now [...]
2014 PGA Championship win sees Rory McIlroy add $1m to his career earnings

August 11, 2014

Rory McIlroy has become the first UK golfer to win back-to-back majors after his PGA Championship victory in Valhalla last night. The Northern Irishman’s dramatic one-shot victory over Phil Mickelson comes less than a month after his triumph at the British Open in July, and makes him the third youngest player in the modern [...]
Balfour Beatty rejects Carillion merger as profits drop 53 per cent

August 11, 2014

Balfour Beatty has said it had "lost confidence" in merger talks with Carillion, as the British infrastructure company separately announced today that half-year profits have dropped by over 50 per cent compared to the same period last year. The company is currently in an offer period which extends to 21 August 2014, and had [...]

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