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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Peter Alliss: Women who want to play at Muirfield should get married to a member

May 20, 2016

Golf commentator Peter Alliss has suggested women who still want to play at Muirfield golf course after it voted to block female membership should marry an existing member. Muirfield lost the right to host the Open after its members failed to reach a two-thirds majority needed on a vote to allow female membership and according [...]
TV channel Dave wants more live sport following David Haye’s successful comeback — including potential super-fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury

May 19, 2016

Boxing may not immediately seem like a perfect fit for the self-styled "home of witty banter", yet TV station Dave has got the live sport bug following its successful partnership with British heavyweight David Haye. The channel chose Haye's first fight in three years against Australian Mark De Mori in January for its live sport broadcasting debut [...]
Euro 2016: French intelligence chief warns of Islamic State attacks

May 19, 2016

Security fears over Euro 2016 have been raised after the country's spy chief warned that Islamic State terrorists are planning a series of bomb attacks on large crowds. The Euro 2016 football tournament kicks-off in France next month amid fears of a possible terror attack first triggered when an international friendly was targeted by suicide [...]
Muirfield stripped of right to host the Open after voting against allowing female members

May 19, 2016

Muirfield has lost the right to host the Open Championship after members voted against allowing women golfers to join the club. The East Lothian links has hosted the Open 16 times since 1892, most recently in 2013, but will now be removed from the tournament roster after members failed to reach a two-thirds majority vote [...]
French Open 2016: Andy Murray’s statistics on clay are at a career-best level and suggest he is ready to triumph at Roland Garros

May 19, 2016

Andy Murray is better placed than ever to reach the final of the French Open for the first time in his career after his best year on clay. For the majority of his career, grass and hard courts proved to be more hospitable surfaces for the world No2 yet Murray, who has reached the final of [...]
Chelsea’s £60m kit sponsorship with Nike trumps Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham deals but falls behind United’s £75m Adidas partnership

May 18, 2016

Chelsea and Nike are believed to be on the verge of signing the Premier League's second-biggest kit partnership deal, worth £60m per year. The agreement would mean the Blues double the revenue currently generated by the £30m per season deal with Adidas that both club and manufacturer agreed to terminate six years early last week. Read [...]
Olympics 2016: Up to 31 athletes could be banned from Rio Games after IOC retests Beijing samples

May 17, 2016

Up to 31 athletes from six sports and 12 different countries could be banned from competing at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) found positive results in retests of 454 doping samples from Beijing 2008. IOC president Thomas Bach said the measures would show dopers that they "had no place [...]
Aston Villa exodus continues: Former FA director Adrian Bevington leaves club after less than two months

May 17, 2016

Former FA director Adrian Bevington has become the latest high-profile figure to leave Aston Villa after less than two months with the club. Bevington's departure from his advisory role follows the resignations of former Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King and ex-FA chief David Bernstein from the board. The relegated club, who suffered the worst Premier League [...]
Chelsea and Tottenham hit with record fine by the FA, beating record held by Arsenal for 13 years

May 17, 2016

Chelsea and Tottenham's ill-tempered clash at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago has prompted the FA to issue a combined £600,000 fine — a record for a single Premier League match. Both clubs have been warned about their future conduct following the game in which Chelsea overturned a two-goal deficit to end Spurs' title hopes. Chelsea have [...]
Premier League finances: Swansea and Southampton best at paying invoices on time, Bournemouth and Palace worst

May 15, 2016

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