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 election 2016: Everything you need to know about the reforms Fifa just voted for

February 26, 2016

Delegates from Fifa's 209 member associations have voted to enact a package of reforms the governing body hopes can help it regain the trust of football fans around the world. At the Extraordinary Fifa Congress the suited and booted gathering of football administrators were first asked to give the green light to a raft of [...]
Louis Saha: Fifa election ignores what football’s governing body really needs – reform led by a truly independent body

February 26, 2016

Fifa is hoping that years of corruption scandals and turbulence will finally be brought to an end by the election of a new president. But I’m not the only one of the opinion that Fifa’s problems run deeper than Sepp Blatter – 69% of fans polled in Transparency International’s recent research said they’ve lost all [...]
Fifa election 2016: What time is the presidential election? Who are the candidates? Where is it being held? And how does the vote work?

February 26, 2016

It's all change at Fifa today as the scandal-hit organisation convenes in Zurich to elect Sepp Blatter's successor as president and vote on a raft of reforms to its structure and values. Five candidates are in the reckoning to up the mantle of leading football's governing body out of a period of continual corruption allegations, [...]
Fifa is spending $10m a month on legal bills and is $550m behind revenue targets, governing body reveals at presidential election

February 26, 2016

Fifa's legal woes are heavily weighing on its finances, with the governing body revealing it is over half a billion dollars behind its revenue targets at its emergency congress. The scandal-hit organisation is spending roughly $10m every single month on legal bills, acting general secretary Markus Kattner revealed as football's power brokers gathered in Zurich [...]
The FA admits fixture scheduling needs major rethink after Uefa gives go-ahead to Arsenal v Hull replay

February 26, 2016

The Football Association (FA) has admitted it needs to re-think the English football fixture list, following criticism from Premier League managers over the number of games their teams are required to play. Uefa had to grant special dispensation to allow Arsenal to play an FA Cup replay against Hull on Tuesday 8 March, on the same night [...]
Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham have enough quality to go full throttle in the Europa League and the Premier League

February 25, 2016

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Tottenham’s new £400m stadium receives planning approval from Mayor Boris Johnson

February 25, 2016

Tottenham's new stadium project has received the green light from Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the second stage of planning approval needed to making the £400m development a reality. Spurs received initial planning permission from Haringey Council in December and hope to have the 61,000 stadium, which will become the biggest belonging to any London [...]
Leeds United financial results: Losses reduced by £20m as owner Massimo Cellino heralds commitment to resolving financial issues

February 24, 2016

Leeds United reduced losses by 91 per cent in the 2014/15 season, a result under-fire owner Massimo Cellino says demonstrates his commitment to resolving the club's financial issues. In the first full accounting period of Cellino's ownership, losses were brought down to £2m from the £22.9m posted a season earlier while turnover dipped slightly from [...]
Fifa election 2016: Presidential candidate Sheikh Salman accused of using football development funds on 2009 campaign

February 24, 2016

Fifa presidential candidate Sheikh Salman has been accused of using Fifa development funds on a previous election campaign in 2009. The frontrunner to replace Sepp Blatter as head of football's governing body, whose campaign has been rocked by allegations of being complicit in human rights abuses, now faces accusations of using money earmarked for infrastructure and [...]
Charlton fans convince energy drink Coco5 to rule out making commercial deal with the club as part of protests against owner Roland Duchatelet

February 23, 2016

Charlton have missed out on a potential commercial deal after their own fans persuaded a possible partner not to work with the Championship club. Energy drink brand Coco5 ruled out a financial arrangement with Charlton after being bombarded with social media messages from Addicks fans upset at the way their club is being run. Supporters [...]

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