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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Who is Leicester City’s Thai owner? The money behind the Foxes’ incredible Premier League rise

May 3, 2016

Leicester's remarkable Premier League title triumph has already been canonised as one of the greatest – if not the greatest – against-the-odds story in sport history. Hollywood scriptwriters have already started writing the lines for the instant classic real-life tale of how a plucky band of underdogs took on the hegemonic dominance of the Premier [...]
Euro 2016 and Rio Olympics set to pump at least £3bn back into UK economy

May 1, 2016

Britain can expect a significant financial boost from a summer of sport featuring the Olympics and Euro 2016 according to economists’ estimates. Food, drink, retail and betting businesses are all expected to benefit from a surge in consumer spending this summer as the public cheers on Team GB in Rio de Janeiro and the England, [...]
Arsene Wenger: Banks demanded I sign a five-year deal with Arsenal for Emirates Stadium construction loans

April 30, 2016

Arsene Wenger has claimed banks "demanded" he stay at Arsenal when they loaned the club the funds to build the Emirates Stadium. The under-fire manager said that he turned down approaches from a number of other clubs during the period as Arsenal moved out of Highbury and into their new 60,000-capacity home. Arsenal received loans from [...]
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino set to sign new contract keeping him at club until 2021

April 29, 2016

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has revealed he has made a verbal agreement with the club that he will stay for a further two years beyond his existing contract to 2021. The Argentine boss has impressed in his first two years at Spurs and looks set to guide them to their best Premier League finish [...]
No, Arsene, Arsenal aren’t champions away from home — you’d still be fighting for top four

April 29, 2016

According to Arsene Wenger, Arsenal are the best away team in the Premier League. In an extraordinary press conference in which the Gunners boss took aim at former players and members of the media, Wenger also argued that "we have to realise that away from home we are championship winners". The Frenchman explained: "We lost [...]
Leicester City: Former Economist editor set to miss out on £100,000 after forgetting to place annual bet on Foxes to win the Premier League

April 29, 2016

For 20 years, former Economist editor and current boss of Bloomberg News John Micklethwait placed a throwaway £20 bet on Leicester to win the league at the beginning of every season. Leicester are just one win away from winning the Premier League but unfortunately for Micklethwait, last summer was also the first time in two decades [...]
Leicester City: Claudio Ranieri will receive huge seven-figure bonus for winning the Premier League

April 29, 2016

From 5,000/1 rank outsiders to Premier League champions in waiting — Leicester City’s transformation under Claudio Ranieri couldn’t be much more drastic. And the Italian manager, who took over last summer, will be rewarded handsomely should he guide the Foxes to a historic league title that is now just one win from their grasp. Leicester [...]
AC Milan who? Alibaba’s Jack Ma laughs off takeover talk

April 28, 2016

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has scoffed at reports he is on the verge of buying a controlling stake in Italian football giants AC Milan. Reports had suggested Ma, Asia’s richest man with a net worth of $33.3bn (£22.7bn), was leading a consortium looking to buy a 70 per cent stake in the club currently owned [...]
Leicester Tigers bid for the play-offs, James DeGale defends his title and other big scores to be settled in sport this weekend

April 28, 2016

Premiership Rugby The play-off picture in Premiership Rugby could be completed this weekend should Leicester recover from their European Champions Cup semi-final disappointment to beat Worcester at home on Saturday. It would mark a 12th straight year of play-off qualification for the Tigers, who have beaten Worcester in their last 11 meetings. However, even if [...]
Dana White: Conor McGregor will return…but not at UFC 200

April 28, 2016

UFC president Dana White believes Conor McGregor must take responsibility for his omission from UFC 200. The Irish fighter's hotly anticipated rematch with Nate Diaz has been removed from the July 9 event following a dispute over media duties. McGregor was absent from a Madison Square Garden press conference yesterday after being stripped from the card following [...]

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