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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Euro 2016 prize money: Eventual winners could earn £18m from Uefa

December 12, 2015

The winners of next year's Euro 2016 tournament could earn over £18m after Uefa decided to increase the amount of cash it allocates for prize money. A perfect Championship-winning tournament, featuring three victories in the group stage, would be worth the equivalent of £18.1m. Meanwhile a disastrous campaign with no wins and no draws would still see a team make [...]
Euro 2016: Leicester City phenomenon Jamie Vardy a “very strong contender” for England, says Roy Hodgson

December 12, 2015

England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted Jamie Vardy is a "very strong contender" to make his England squad for Euro 2016. The Leicester City striker is the top scorer in the Premier League with 14 goals so far this season and made history last month by becoming the league's first player to score in 11 consecutive games. Yet the former non-league [...]
Louis van Gaal tells Manchester United fans to stop expecting trophies every season

December 12, 2015

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has suggested the club's fans can no longer expect the same level of success they became accustomed to under Sir Alex Ferguson. With comments that risk angering already disaffected supporters, van Gaal suggested it was much harder for United to win every season as more clubs have lots of [...]
EA’s new eSports division shows investors should stop ignoring and undervaluing competitive video gaming’s golden growth potential

December 11, 2015

Last month, the best-performing media release of the year was revealed. It wasn’t Spectre, Adele’s new album or tickets for U2’s latest global tour. It was Fallout 4, a game from Bethesda Game Studios, which made $750m (£497.6m) in a single day of sales. One of the biggest industries you may not yet have heard [...]
Anthony Joshua builds up potential fight with David Haye ahead of Dillian Whyte showdown

December 11, 2015

Heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua and David Haye have sown the seeds for a potential all-British superfight after they both admitted they would like to face each other. Hot prospect Joshua, who has won all his first 14 fights with impressive knock-outs, faces the toughest opponent of his career so far in Dillian Whyte on Saturday, [...]
Alibaba buys South China Morning Post as media interests grow

December 11, 2015

Alibaba has added to its expanding media empire by buying the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's biggest local English-language newspaper. Read more: Alibaba made £9.4bn in 24 hours on Singles Day The Chinese e-commerce giant did not disclose the financial terms of the deal for the 112-year old paper owned by SCMP Group Ltd – a [...]
1956 Ferrari sells for £18m to become most expensive car of the year

December 11, 2015

The most expensive car of 2015 is 59 years old. A red 1956 Ferrari 290 MM has fetched $28.05m (£18.5m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York – more than any car has sold for in the past year. The 3.5 litre, V-12 engine car was originally built for five-time Formula One champion Juan Manuel [...]
Tyson Fury will not face police action over “hate incident” sparked by homosexuality comments

December 11, 2015

Boxer Tyson Fury will not be the focus of a police investigation into his homophobic remarks. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) received a criminal complaint from a member of the public earlier this week after remarks made by Fury were made on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. But GMP said they would be taking no further [...]
Racism at Russia World Cup 2018 will be unavoidable according to new report

December 11, 2015

Racism at the 2018 World Cup in Russia appears to be almost guaranteed, according to a new report which claims racist displays in the country are on the rise. Research from the Moscow-based Sova Centre and Football Against Racism in Europe (Fare) found that the number of discriminatory displays and chants rose doubled last season, with [...]
Michel Platini Fifa suspension upheld by CAS to put presidency hopes in smoke

December 11, 2015

Michel Platini's hopes for the Fifa presidency appear to have fully extinguished after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld his 90-day suspension from the organisation. The Uefa president had appealed to CAS to have his suspension lifted until Fifa's Ethics Committee had ruled on a "disloyal" £1.4m payment he received from Sepp Blatter in [...]

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