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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Prudential Ride London 2014 route: Where to watch the weekend’s cycling

August 8, 2014

Cyclists of all ages and abilities have the opportunity to ride past some of London’s most famous landmarks this weekend as 2014 Prudential Ride London rolls into town. In total, there will be five events taking place in the city between 9am on Saturday morning and 6pm on Sunday evening. However, some Londoners [...]
Celtic to pocket millions from Champions League reprieve

August 8, 2014

As Celtic succumbed to a 6-1 aggregate loss to Legia Warsaw on Wednesday night, they appeared to be anything but a side who you could picture competing in the Champions League. Yet in a realisation of every football fan's most wistful day dream (or nightmare, depending on where you're coming from), Legia Warsaw were [...]
Karren Brady among 22 new peers as David Cameron fields accusations of cronyism

August 8, 2014

West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady is among 22 new peers announced by the government today. The former Apprentice TV show judge is one of 12 new Tory peers, along with former chief executive of Marks and Spencer Sir Stuart Rose. Three new Labour peers, six from the Liberal Democrats and a Democratic Unionist [...]
FIFPro show support for Suarez as striker appears before Court of Arbitration for Sport

August 8, 2014

FIFPro, the representative organisation for professional footballers, has denounced the four-month ban from all footballing activity handed to Luis Suarez by Fifa. The Barcelona forward was in Switzerland today to make an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the ban he was given the suspension for biting Italian Giorgio Chiellini [...]
Arsenal drawn against Besiktas in a Champions League qualifier worth £8.5m

August 8, 2014

Arsenal have been handed a tricky tie against Turkish side Besiktas in a Champions League play-off worth £8.5m. The first leg of the Champions League group stage qualifier will be played in Istanbul on August 19-20, with a return leg at the Emirates taking place a week later on August 26-27. The Gunners will face a [...]
New Puma ad campaign puts Usain Bolt and Mario Balotelli in a hot tub

August 8, 2014

Usain Bolt and Mario Balotelli in a hot tub. That's pretty much the basic premise of Puma's new TV advertisement, "Calling All Troublemakers", which accompanies the launch of the company’s new brand platform – “Forever Faster”. Alongside the charismatic sprinter and the mischievous AC Milan striker, Sergio Aguero, Marta Viera da Silver, the [...]
Draghi: Ukraine crisis a threat to the Eurozone economy

August 7, 2014

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), today admitted that the Ukraine crisis represented a threat to the Eurozone economy. The geopolitical concerns surrounding the Ukraine crisis and in particular the import ban imposed by Russia, were highlighted as a potential risk to European economic outlook by Draghi, but he insisted that [...]
ECB keeps interest rates at record low

August 7, 2014

The European Central Bank (ECB) has left interest rates at their current record low of 0.15 per cent. The move was widely in line with expectations, as the ECB has been keen to leave time to analyse the impact of the measures announced in June. Eurozone inflation slipped to 0.4 per cent in July, its [...]
Adidas profit falls despite strong World Cup

August 7, 2014

Adidas profit is down 16 per cent for the second quarter of the year, forcing the sportswear company to admit it will fail to reach business targets for the year. The German brand says it has taken a hit from poor North American sales, a struggling golf brand and Russia’s continuing conflict with Ukraine. [...]
Race against Usain Bolt at the world’s first sports theme park

August 6, 2014

Barcelona is building the world’s first ever “sports theme park” where punters can swap rollercoaster screams for running track sweat. If you've ever fancied yourself in a dash against Usain Bolt or wondered about how you’d fare against the best footballers in the world, Open Camp Sportainment in Barcelona will allow you to put [...]

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