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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Manchester City owners City Football Group looking at more club takeovers, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak confirms

June 8, 2016

Manchester City's owners City Football Group (CFG) are looking to add to their stable of clubs, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has revealed. As well as Man City, CFG owns Major League Soccer franchise New York City and Australian team Melbourne City and has a stake in Yokohama F. Marinos. Yet the holding company for ultimate City [...]
Eva Carneiro: Chelsea and Jose Mourinho reach settlement with former first team doctor

June 7, 2016

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho have reached a settlement with former first-team doctor Eva Carneiro over her constructive dismissal claim. Details have been kept confidential but the Premier League club will likely have had to fork out over £1.2m — the value of a previous settlement offer rejected by Carneiro. Chelsea have apologised "unreservedly" to their former employee and agreed [...]
Arsenal chase early summer spending spree with £20m Jamie Vardy targeted as latest pre-Euro 2016 signing

June 4, 2016

Arsenal will rack up the second-largest summer transfer window outlay in their history should they activate Jamie Vardy's release clause, thought to be worth £20m. The Gunners are in talks with Leicester over the transfer of Vardy and want to complete the deal before the striker travels to France for Euro 2016 with the England squad. Should they complete [...]
Gallery: When Muhammad Ali came to London — rarely seen pictures of “The Greatest” in the Big Smoke

June 4, 2016

Muhammad Ali's global status and following is illustrated in the long list of locations to stage his fights that stretches far beyond heavyweight boxing's traditional orthodoxy of Las Vegas casinos or New York's Madison Square Garden. From Bavaria to the Bahamas, from the "Thrilla in Manila" to "The Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire, Ali's [...]
Arsenal aim to wrap up deal for Leicester’s Jamie Vardy this weekend before England travel to Euro 2016

June 4, 2016

Arsenal are in talks with Leicester City about triggering Jamie Vardy's release clause and want to complete any deal for the England striker this weekend. City A.M. understands that although negotiations are still in their early stages, Arsenal want to have the transfer wrapped up before Vardy travels to France for Euro 2016 with the rest of the England squad [...]
Fifa crisis: Sepp Blatter and other former officials “enriched themselves” with £55m in bonuses, new details from corruption investigation reveal

June 3, 2016

Former Fifa officials including Sepp Blatter "enriched themselves" through pay rises and bonuses worth £55m over five years, corruption investigators have revealed. Fifa's disgraced former president Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke and former finance director Markus Kattner are alleged to have made a "coordinated effort" to arrange the lucrative compensation by the lawyers conducting the organisation's internal corruption probe. Read more: [...]
Fifa headquarters raided by Swiss authorities as investigation into Sepp Blatter continues

June 3, 2016

Fifa has received a now-familiar visit from Swiss investigators who raided the organisation's headquarters as part of its crackdown on corruption in world football. Authorities seized documents and electronic data from the football governing body's offices in Zurich as part of an ongoing probe into former president Sepp Blatter and his secretary general Jerome Valcke. Read more: Gianni Infantino's victory [...]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis admits club has funds to sign world-class players

June 3, 2016

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has said the club is in a position to chase "world-class" players in the transfer market — but has warned that "spending big is not the solution to all problems". Gazidis, who will receive a grilling from fans at a meeting with the Arsenal Supporters' Trust today, also gave his backing to [...]
On trial Barcelona star Lionel Messi denies knowledge of tax issues that could land him in jail

June 2, 2016

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi claimed he was unaware of how his financial affairs were handled after taking the stand for the first time in his trial for tax fraud. The world's highest paid footballer and his father Jorge Messi have been accused of defrauding Spain of more than £3m between 2007 and 2009 by using tax havens in [...]
Roland Garros 2016: Watching Andy Murray at French Open as a TV executive provides conflicting emotions, says Eurosport boss Peter Hutton

June 2, 2016

Andy Murray's torturous run to the semi-finals of this year's French Open has put fans through the ringer but provided conflicted emotions for TV executives. The world No2's passage to a third successive semi-final has not been completly smooth sailing, with the Scot playing 20 sets in his last five games and twice coming within a set of [...]

Fury promoters Queensberry see profits rise after Dubois vs Joshua bout

Fury promoters Queensberry see profits rise after Dubois vs Joshua bout

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