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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AC Milan takeover: President Silvio Berlusconi confirms £430m sale to Chinese consortium

July 6, 2016

Italian giants AC Milan have been sold to an unnamed Chinese consortium, club president Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed. The seven time European champions have been the subject of months of speculation linking them with a takeover from China, with e-commerce firm Alibaba, Italian entrepreneur Robin Li and industrialist He Xiangjian named as potential suitors. Berlusconi's [...]
Wimbledon prize money 2016: Novak Djokovic leaves with £80,000 after being dumped out by Sam Querrey in the third round

July 2, 2016

Novak Djokovic has exited Wimbledon in the third round — his worst performance for eight years — following a shock loss to American Sam Querrey. Querrey showed superb spirit to knock out the world No1 in four sets, winning 6-7 1-6 6-3 6-7 to progress to the fourth round and match his best-ever performance at the All England [...]
Wales have smashed England’s tournament prize money record at Euro 2016 after beating Belgium to reach the semi-finals and pocketing £15m

July 2, 2016

Wales' historic run to the Euro 2016 semi-finals will provide a financial windfall for the Football Association of Wales (FAW) as well as a fairytale story for the country to pass through generations. After staging a massive shock to beat Belgium 3-1 in Friday night's quarter-final, the Wales team has earned the FAW £14.7m in [...]
Formula E more of a sport than Formula 1 suggest DS Virgin Racing Team ahead of London finale in Battersea Park

July 1, 2016

Alex Tai has flown jets in the Royal Air Force, worked on space travel, submarines and hot air balloons. So when he says that being team principal of the DS Virgin Racing in Formula E, the electric car racing series, is one of the “most enjoyable jobs I’ve ever had”, you’re inclined to pay attention [...]
Olympics and Euro 2016 sponsors who don’t take risks like Paddy Power’s Nicklas Bendtner stunt will fall behind to smaller businesses

July 1, 2016

This summer’s raft of sporting events creates a global platform for businesses to raise their profile with sponsorship deals. But as marketing campaigns get more creative, innovative and technologically advanced, are traditional sponsorship packages at the Olympics, Euros and Wimbledon, staid, safe and a little boring in comparison? A study out this week showed which [...]
Manchester United: Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirms reunion with Jose Mourinho next season

June 30, 2016

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will rejoin former manager Jose Mourinho at Manchester United next season, the Sweden star has confirmed. A free agent since his lucrative £1.1m-a-month contract expired at Paris Saint-Germain last summer, Ibrahimovic took to Instagram to tell United fans "I am coming" underneath a photo of the club's crest. "Time to let the world know," he [...]
Wales must harness power of world’s most expensive player to beat Euro 2016’s most expensive team Belgium

June 30, 2016

They have already confounded expectations but in order to beat Belgium and reach the semi-finals of a major competition for the first time in history Wales must achieve they are yet to manage at Euro 2016: avoid defeat against a side with a higher market value. Wales’s historic quarter-final in Lille on Friday pits Euro [...]
England blasted as “catastrophic” and “stupid” by European press keen on Brexit jokes following Iceland loss

June 28, 2016

England's players were likely relieved to have been out of the country yesterday and away from the English media's glare following their humiliation at the hands of Iceland. Not that the press in France or anywhere else were any less scathing of a dismal performance which saw England booted out of the European Championships by the [...]
Could Brexit help the England football team avoid future Iceland humiliations by limiting foreign players in the Premier League?

June 28, 2016

The path has become well worn: England fail at a national tournament, the game's soul-searching begins and proposals for reform are put forward. Limiting the number of foreign players in English football to allow room for home grown talent to prosper has become a favoured option for Football Association chairman Greg Dyke. Last week he responded to Britain's [...]
Wimbledon 2016: Omens are positive for Andy Murray but stats against Novak Djokovic highlight task ahead

June 26, 2016

At first glance, the omens are positive for Andy Murray ahead of this year's Wimbledon: the successful partnership with Ivan Lendl has been rekindled, an unprecedented fifth Queen's title has been won and a kind draw means Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will be avoided until the final. It's the exact same set of circumstances that preceded [...]

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