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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Fifa requests over $38m seized from corrupt officials by US authorities is given back to organisation

March 16, 2016

Fifa has for the first time admitted that bribery was involved in the 1998 and 2010 World Cup votes in legal documents to US authorities requesting "tens of millions of dollars" seized from corrupt officials. Football's governing body has submitted a request to the US Attorney's Office for $28.2m (£19.9m) from payments, bonuses, expenses and flight [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers and friends banned after being pictured urinating into pint glass

March 16, 2016

Cheltenham Festival has banned a group of footballers from attending the event after MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers appeared to be pictured urinating into a glass. The Championship club has launched an internal investigation into the incident after pictures of former Arsenal and Aston Villa youth team player Carruthers were published on the front page of [...]
Champions League: Why the final score is not the only metric of success for Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern and Juventus in the Champions League

March 15, 2016

When the elite of Europe face off in the Champions League this week, fans and pundits are likely to judge a team's success purely in terms of the score and other common stats relating to performance. Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger's team building abilities will be exclusively discussed in terms of their squad's showings on [...]
Antonio Conte available for Chelsea after announcing “I’ve got to go back to being a club manager”

March 15, 2016

Antonio Conte will be free to join Chelsea next season after announcing his intention to step down as Italy manager. The Italy manager, favourite to be named the next permanent boss at Stamford Bridge, has told the Italian Football Federation he will not be seeking to renew his contract with the national team after Euro [...]
Indian Wells 2016: Andy Murray misses out on potential $1m prize money with third round defeat to Federico Delbonis

March 15, 2016

Andy Murray suffered a shock defeat in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open to Federico Delbonis, costing him almost $1m in potential prize money. The Scot lost 6-4 4-6 7-6 to world No53 Delbonis in his first singles tournament since his fourth Australian Open final loss to Novak Djokovic in February. Murray, who has [...]
These two graphs sum up why Manchester City have failed to mount a serious Premier League title challenge

March 12, 2016

Manchester City missed out on the opportunity to leapfrog Arsenal in the Premier League table on Saturday, after once again failing to record a back-to-back win at Norwich. Following a goalless draw at Carrow Road, Manuel Pellegrini's side has now failed to win in consecutive league matches since October – a run of 21 games. [...]
Stan Kroenke lifts lid on why Arsenal prioritise business foundations over spending big on transfers

March 12, 2016

Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has lifted the lid on his approach to ownership – but risked invoking the wrath of fans by claiming "if you want to win Championships then you would never get involved". The American real estate magnate discussed his belief in prioritising the building of a sports team's business foundations in [...]
Why don’t Manchester United have a women’s team? It’s a business no-brainer for Ed Woodward and the Glazers

March 11, 2016

An Official Digital Transformation Partner, an Official Paint Provider, an Official Global Noodle Partner… the list goes on. Manchester United’s commercial team are experts at milking cash from the club’s global reach and appeal. It seems that everything and anything that can be sponsored at Old Trafford already is, yet still United continue to unveil [...]
The UK is the sport industry capital of the world – its businesses must lead the way with corporate responsibility

March 11, 2016

In case you hadn’t noticed, the UK is sport mad. We watch, discuss, engage and play sport with great passion. So it’s not surprising that we are pretty damn good at the business of sport as well. Led by the Barclays Premier League we have an industry worth an estimated £24bn per year. But more [...]
Modern rugby players are in a bulk and power arms race – but must be responsible over doping dangers

March 11, 2016

Saturday’s England v Wales battle is being touted as the biggest game of the season and when you look at the sheer size of the players this is true in more ways than one. Today’s international players are bigger than ever and just when you think they have maxed out, someone comes along who resets [...]

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