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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Olympics to remain free-to-air on the BBC until 2024 after broadcaster strikes deal with Discovery Communications

February 2, 2016

The Olympics will remain free-to-air in the UK until 2024 after the BBC struck an agreement with Discovery Communications. Eurosport parent company Discovery bought the exclusive European broadcast rights to the Olympic Games in the 2018-2024 period for £920m last year. But British viewers will not need to subscribe to the satellite channel after the [...]
Who is the world’s highest paid football manager? Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola poised to move to the top of the list with £15m salary

February 2, 2016

Pep Guardiola is the highest-earning manager in world football – a position he is set to retain when he joins Manchester City next season. The Premier League club are prepared to offer the decorated Bayern Munich and former Barcelona manager a three-year deal worth £15m a season. Read more: Man City lure Pep Guardiola with £15m a [...]
Premier League January spend hits highest level since 2011 as season spend tops £1bn

February 2, 2016

Premier League clubs racked up the second-highest spend of any January transfer window this year, taking the season's total spend past £1bn for the first time. According to figures from Deloitte, Premier League teams spent roughly £175m in the winter window – contributing to a total bill of £1.045bn for the season. Read more: Every single [...]
Australian Open final 2016: Andy Murray misses out on $2.4m prize money as Novak Djokovic career earnings rise to $96.6m

January 31, 2016

Andy Murray missed out on AUS$3.4m (£1.7m) in prize money after suffering a fifth Australian Open final loss with a straight sets defeat to Novak Djokovic. No player has ever lost five times in the final of a grand slam without winning it before – but at least Murray can console himself with a runners up [...]
January transfer window 2016: When does the window shut? Can deals still be completed after the deadline? Here’s everything you need to know

January 30, 2016

When does this year's January transfer window close? The window officially shuts on Premier League clubs at 11pm on Monday 1 February in the UK – an hour after shutting in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Earlier this week, Spain's La Liga opted to keep its window open for an extra day beyond its initial [...]
Real and Atletico Madrid transfer bans provisionally suspended by Fifa pending appeal process

January 30, 2016

Spanish clubs Real and Atletico Madrid have both had their transfer bans provisionally suspended by Fifa. The two clubs had been banned from buying any new players for two transfer windows earlier this month, after being found guilty of breaching Fifa regulation on the transfer of minors. In a statement Real said: "Fifa's appeals commission [...]
Australian Open 2016 prize money: Angelique Kerber pockets biggest paycheque of her career with shock victory over Serena Williams

January 30, 2016

German Angelique Kerber staged a huge upset in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday by beating world No1 Serena Williams to secure her first grand slam title and earn the biggest pay day of her career to date. In the first grand slam final of her career, 28-year-old Kerber beat the six-time Australian Open [...]
FA Cup fourth round: How much is winning worth? How its prize money compares to the Champions League and Premier League

January 30, 2016

In football's modern landscape of multi-billion pound TV deals, prawn sandwiches and sponsored stadiums it's often taken as a given that cold hard cash rules all. Yet if there's one counter point to that cynicism it's surely the FA Cup, which remains one of English football's most prized assets despite a relatively paltry economic reward for [...]
Arsenal: Coquelin’s return provides welcome relief from Flamini – but is Cazorla the key to defensive solidity?

January 30, 2016

Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin is in line for a return from two months on the sidelines this weekend and among the cacophony of relieved sighs at the Emirates Stadium none will be louder than Petr Cech’s. The Arsenal goalkeeper could justifiably expect a welcome drop in his workload once there is a Coquelin-shaped shield sitting [...]
Six Nations 2016: Stade de France security to be beefed up in light of Paris attacks

January 29, 2016

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has promised increased security at the Stade de France for next month's Six Nations fixtures. Terrorists targeted the stadium during a friendly between France and Germany's football teams on 13 November last year. Three suicide bombers were foiled in their attempts to enter the 81,338 capacity stadium as part of coordinated attacks throughout [...]

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