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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UFC 196 Conor McGregor v Nate Diaz purse: How much will fighters earn from biggest ever pay day?

March 5, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is set to make $1m (£700,000/€900,000) from his fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 196 on Saturday night – the largest purse in the history of the sport. The purses for the bout, disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic commission, reveal Diaz will earn just $500,000 with no win bonus. [...]
While you were watching Arsenal v Tottenham, football’s lawmakers announced fundamental changes to video replay rules

March 5, 2016

Football's lawmakers have given the green light to trials of video replay technology being used for the "game changing decisions" of red cards, penalties, mistaken identities and goals. On Saturday, the International Football Associations Board, made up of the four home nations FAs and Fifa, said it had made a "historic decision" regarding the laws [...]
In pictures: Rupert Murdoch marries Jerry Hall with Fleet Street wedding ceremony attended by Bob Geldof, Michael Caine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and other friends

March 5, 2016

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress Jerry Hall have held a ceremony to celebrate their marriage at a church near Fleet Street. Friends and family of the couple, including actor Michael Caine, musician Bob Geldof and artist Tracey Emin gathered at St Bride's Church – known as the "journalist's church" – in London. Read more: Can [...]
European super league criticised by FA chief executive Martin Glenn who says it could not offer “Leicester phenomenon”

March 5, 2016

Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn has poured scorn on the prospect of the Premier League's biggest clubs breaking away to form a European Super League. Directors from five Premier League clubs met in London this week to discuss the format of European competition with American sports executive Charlie Stilitano, sparking speculation a European super league was [...]
EU referendum: British Chambers of Commerce boss John Longworth suspended over Brexit support

March 5, 2016

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) have temporarily suspended director general John Longworth for expressing support for a Brexit. Longworth was suspended following an emergency board meeting on Friday night, reports the Financial Times, following remarks which do not reflect wider feeling amongst many of the BCC's members. On Thursday Longworth became one of the first major [...]
George Osborne scraps pension reforms package including tax relief plans

March 5, 2016

Chancellor George Osborne will scrap plans to introduce a package of reforms on pensions including cutting tax relief for higher earners. It was feared that the radical reforms, which would have made pension pot withdrawals tax-free but eliminated relief on contributions, could have triggered a run on savings and backlash from high-earning voters. A product of an [...]
Stats reveal Alexis Sanchez’s startling slump in form – should Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger drop him for the trip to Tottenham?

March 4, 2016

It’s easy to forget that little over a year ago, some pundits questioned whether Barcelona had made a mistake in selling Alexis Sanchez to Arsenal for £35m in the summer of 2014. Sanchez was a leading candidate to be named Premier League player of the season following 16 goals in his first 28 games for [...]
England to play Euro 2016 warm-up games at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium and Sunderland’s Stadium of Light

March 4, 2016

The England football team are to play games outside of London for the first time in nine years ahead of this summer's Euro 2016, with games in Manchester and Sunderland. Roy Hodgson's side will take on Turkey at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday 22 May and Australia at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland five [...]
US sports executive: Leicester City in the Champions League would hold back likes of Manchester United, European Super League still on the agenda

March 4, 2016

Europe's elite clubs could make much more money by closing off the Champions League to smaller teams such as Leicester City, an American sports executive who met with the "big five" Premier League clubs on Tuesday has claimed. Earlier this week executives from Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool held talks with Relevent [...]
Manchester United kit deal helps Adidas to record football sales of £1.75bn

March 3, 2016

Adidas enjoyed the best ever performance of its football business last year – thanks in part to the lucrative £75m kit deal it signed with Manchester United. Football sales for the fiscal year reached a record €2.2bn (£1.7bn), the company revealed in its annual results, helping it to overall sales of €17bn for 2015. The [...]

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