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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Wimbledon set to be broadcast on pay TV for first time after Eurosport strikes agreement with BBC

June 2, 2016

Wimbledon could be set for a new home on pay-TV this year after Eurosport announced it is in advanced negotiations for a groundbreaking deal with the BBC to share coverage of the tennis grand slam. The agreement is still waiting on approval from TV regulator Ofcom but could be in place for the start of this year’s [...]
Deloitte football finance: Arsenal kings of the capital as London accounts for over a third of English football’s entire revenue

June 2, 2016

London clubs accounted for nearly a third of all revenue raised in English football in the 2014/15 season, despite making up less than 16 per cent of teams. The capital’s 15 clubs in the Premier League and Football League had a combined revenue of £1.3bn, contributing 31 per cent of the £4.1bn revenue generated by [...]
Deloitte football finance: Premier League TV riches could spell better ticket prices for match-going football fans

June 2, 2016

Match-going football fans could benefit from the Premier League’s new £8bn broadcast deal next season as clubs freeze ticket prices to keep grounds full and broadcasters happy. Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance found that matchday revenue of £584m accounted for just 18 per cent of the Premier League’s total £3.3bn revenue in the 2014/15 [...]
Olympic Games 2016: Team GB set for medal slump in Rio de Janeiro say economists

June 2, 2016

Great Britain’s net medal haul is set to plummet more than any other nation at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to financial services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Team GB’s medal total is predicted to take a bigger hit than anyone else, with PwC forecasting the loss of home advantage being the main [...]
Deloitte: Premier League summer transfer spend on new players will smash records and easily surpass £1bn

June 2, 2016

Premier League clubs are expected to smash transfer records this summer and spend over £1bn in a single window for the first time. Deloitte’s Sports Business Group is predicting Premier League clubs’ expenditure on new players will hit new heights in the forthcoming transfer window, following another season of revenue growth. Collective revenues for the 20 [...]
Euro 2016 full squads

June 1, 2016

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No plans to sell West Ham United says Jacqueline Gold, daughter of chairman David Gold

June 1, 2016

West Ham chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan have no plans to sell the club, insists Gold's daughter Jacqueline. Speaking on the City A.M. Unregulated podcast, the multimillionaire founder of Ann Summers said the pair would welcome investment into the club as it moves into the Olympic Stadium next year but were not ready to [...]
England Euro 2016 squad: Danny Drinkwater is unlucky to miss out but Leicester man is no match for Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere

May 31, 2016

Danny Drinkwater played a colossal 3,032 minutes for title winning Leicester City this season, acting as a vital cog in the wheel of sport's greatest underdog story. Jack Wilshere, on the other hand, featured in just 142 minutes for Arsenal as a calf injury ruled him out for the entirety of the season and left [...]
England Euro 2016 squad: Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford makes the cut as Andros Townsend, Danny Drinkwater and Fabian Delph all miss out

May 31, 2016

Marcus Rashford's sensational rise to prominence has continued after Roy Hodgson named the teenage striker in his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016 at the expense of Danny Drinkwater, Fabian Delph and Andros Townsend. Hodgson has named five strikers for the summer tournament with Rashford joining teammates Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney, Leicester's Jamie Vardy, [...]
Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin selected for Spain Euro 2016 squad after Barcelona target impresses on debut

May 31, 2016

Arsenal Hector Bellerin has been selected for Spain's Euro 2016 squad after impressing in his first international appearance last weekend. The 21-year-old will cancel a planned family holiday in June after an injury to Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal thrust him into the reckoning for Vicente del Bosque's final 23-man squad. Bellerin received his first cap [...]

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