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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Australian Open 2016 prize money: £2m earnings boost on offer for ATP Tour competitors

January 16, 2016

The tennis season's first big payday arrives at the Australian Open next week – and more money is on offer in Melbourne than ever before. This year's men and women's singles winners will earn the major tournament's biggest ever reward of AUS$3.4m (£1.7m) after it increased its prize money pool by AUS$4m to AUS$44m. Should world [...]
Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali suggests election rival Sheikh Salman may have broken rules

January 16, 2016

Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein has accused a key rival of being a part of a "blatant attempt to engineer a bloc vote" and has called on the organisation to investigate. The Jordanian Prince has suggested rival Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al Khalifa may have breached electoral rules after a cooperation agreement was [...]
Liverpool came “very close” to takeover from billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft

January 16, 2016

Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has said he once almost bought Liverpool and admits he could still be tempted into investing in another Premier League club. The American, who has an estimated net worth of $4.8bn (£3.4bn), was a prospective buyer of the Merseyside giants in 2005 before fellow countrymen Tom Hicks and George [...]
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals he turned down approach to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager

January 16, 2016

Jurgen Klopp has revealed he passed on the oppportunity to become Manchester United manager after being approached by Sir Alex Ferguson. Klopp and Ferguson held discussions as the latter was preparing to bring his 27-year reign at Old Trafford to an end, but no formal offer was tabled as the German was unprepared to leave Borussia Dortmund at [...]
Arsene Wenger on doping in football: Arsenal boss continues crusade against performance enhancing drugs by calling for a stronger response in football

January 15, 2016

Arsene Wenger believes football's authorities may finally be starting to take a stronger stance against doping, after he has made repeated calls for the issue to be taken more seriously. The Arsenal boss expressed his hope that Fifa and Uefa will do more to ensure football does not suffer from the kind of doping scandal [...]
Cardiff City handed transfer ban for FFP breach, ending hopes of deal for Charlton striker Tony Watt

January 15, 2016

Cardiff City have been placed under a transfer embargo the Football League for breaching its financial fair play (FFP) regulation – scotching hopes of signing striker Tony Watt on a permanent deal. The club says it is "extremely disappointed" in the Football League's decision, which bans them from buying players for the remainder of the transfer window, [...]
Citigroup shares continue to slide despite better than expected earnings and revenue

January 15, 2016

Citigroup shares slipped in pre-market trading – even after the American investment bank reported better than expected earnings in its fourth quarter reports. The figures Revenue of $18.5bn (£12.9bn), a four per cent increase on a year earlier, beat analysts' expectations of a figure closer to $17bn while earnings per share of $1.06 also beat [...]
William Hill recognises eSports potential with £150,000 investment for startup

January 15, 2016

FTSE 250 listed William Hill has plunged £150,000 of investment into eSports startup BetGame, which won the betting giant's competition for new innovative tech companies. William Hill's startup accelerator programme was won by BetGame for the "innovative and exciting experience" it has created for gamers by developing a product which online gamers to bet on [...]
UK property prices: Average cost of house has risen by 300 pc to over £680,000 in two decades – Savills

January 15, 2016

The average house price in the UK has risen by 300 per cent and is now almost £200,000 higher than it was 20 years ago, according to upmarket estate agent Savills. The country's most expensive areas have seen an even steeper 538 per cent increase in the average house price from £108,032 to £689,649, found [...]
IAAF corruption probe: London 2017 World Athletics Championships bidding faces police investigation

January 15, 2016

The bidding process that awarded next year's World Athletics Championships to London will be investigated by French prosecutors following the World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada) latest bombshell report that suggested corruption was embedded in the sport. Those behind Wada's report passed on evidence of potential criminality relating to the awarding of two events and suggested that [...]

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