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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Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham make London home to more big clubs than all of Spain or Germany

January 19, 2017

London’s claim to being football’s leading city has been lent further weight after four its clubs – more than in all of Spain or Germany – ranked among the 20 richest in the world. Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United all feature in Deloitte’s Football Money League, which is published today and orders [...]
Team GB sprinters require medical attention following motorcycle crash in Tenerife

January 18, 2017

British sprinters James Ellington and Nigel Levine required urgent medical treatment following a motorcycle accident in Spain on Tuesday night. The Team GB representatives at the Rio Olympics reportedly crashed into a car driving on the wrong side of the road in Tenerife where they were warm-weather training. Both athletes were said to be "conscious and [...]
More concussions reported in professional rugby than ever before and now account for a quarter of all injuries

January 18, 2017

More concussions were reported by Premiership Rugby clubs than ever before last season, according to new data on injuries in the professional game. For the fifth season in a row, concussion was the most commonly reported injury by top flight clubs, accounting for 25 per cent of all match injuries. The annual investigation into injuries from the [...]
Chinese Super League club drop interest in Chelsea’s Diego Costa after limits imposed on foreign players in cash-rich league

January 17, 2017

Diego Costa's chance of a big money move to the Chinese Super League has been thwarted by new rules restricting the number of foreign players in the country. Newly promoted Tianjin Quanjian had made an offer to the Chelsea striker, as well as other forwards Karim Benzema, Radamel Falcao and Edinson Cavani. Costa was dropped for The Blues' [...]
Juventus unveil new club logo to embrace wider audience of “children, women and millennials”

January 17, 2017

Juventus say their new logo "shouldn't be seen as a logo, but as a brand". (Source: Getty) Italian champions Juventus have unveiled a new minimalist club crest which they claim will help attract new followers amongst "children, women and millennials". Club president Andrea Agnelli described the logo, which has received a mixed reaction amongst fans on social media, as [...]
If you dream of hurtling down deserted mountains, slaloming trees and ducking overhanging branches, the Canadian Rockies may be for you

January 17, 2017

Sunshine Village sounds like a misnomer for a ski resort deep in the Canadian Rockies. A Caribbean beach complex, maybe, but a ski arena that straddles the Continental divide of the Americas? But when you’re at the peak of Mount Standish, an impossibly blue sky hanging over a seemingly endless white expanse, it starts to [...]
UFC president Dana White puts up $50m for Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor to fight

January 14, 2017

UFC president Dana White said he is prepared to fork out $50m to make a hoped-for fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor take place. The idea of a meeting between retired boxer Mayweather, who never lost a professional fight, and Irish UFC star McGregor has circulated amongst the fight community since the latter was granted a [...]
James DeGale v Badou Jack purse: How much money will boxers earn from supper-middleweight showdown?

January 14, 2017

British boxer James DeGale will come out quids in from his super-middleweight showdown with Swede Badou Jack, whatever the outcome. The two world title holders are going head to head at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn tonight for the chance to take the 168 pound division throne. IBF super-middleweight champion DeGale has reportedly secured the larger purse of [...]
Barcelona director fired for suggesting Lionel Messi wouldn’t be as good without teammates

January 13, 2017

A Barcelona director has been sacked by the club after claiming Lionel Messi relied on his teammates to get to the top of the game. Pere Gratacos is a key figure in the club's famed La Masia academy but has been fired from his role as director of training and education after questioning their star player's ability. Messi's contract [...]
Chelsea financial results: Exact cost of sacking current Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho revealed

January 13, 2017

Sacking Jose Mourinho cost Chelsea £8.3m last season, new financial accounts released by the club have revealed. Yet dismissing the current Manchester United boss following a disastrous start to the season in 2015 proved to be significantly cheaper than the £67m paid to terminate another high-profile deal — the club's kit manufacturing partnership with Adidas. Last [...]

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