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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Russian doping scandal: How many medals at London 2012 Olympics could be under suspicion?

November 10, 2015

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) yesterday unveiled a shocking report which alleged a systemic doping programme in Russian athletics and suggest the London 2012 Olympics had been "sabotaged" thanks to the failure of the IAAF to prevent athletes with suspicious tests from competing. Five Russian athletes and five coaches should be given lifetime bans according [...]
Wada strips Russian anti-doping lab of accreditation following bombshell report into “deeply rooted culture of cheating”

November 10, 2015

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has suspended the accreditation of Moscow's drug-testing lab in response to the damning report which alleged Russia had been running a systemic doping programme in athletics. An independent report on behalf of Wada found evidence of the deliberate destruction of 1,417 test samples, the cover-up of positive results and even the [...]
Tottenham named Premier League’s best team for club-trained players amid new low in the division

November 10, 2015

Premier League clubs are giving fewer chances to their young players than ever before, a new study has found. This season just 11.7 per cent of players in the league play for the club that trained them – down from 13.8 per cent last year. Tottenham are currently the most effective club at blooding academy [...]
World Cup 2018 vote: FA writes to Fifa to demand answers over Sepp Blatter comments regarding World Cup in Russia

November 7, 2015

The FA has demanded Fifa explain Sepp Blatter's suggestion that the decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia was made before voting took place. The FA spent £21m on a bid to host the same tournament but in the initial round of voting only received two votes to Russia's nine. English football's governing [...]
StubHub and Viagogo see increase in last-minute ticket purchases for sports events

November 7, 2015

Sports fans are leaving it later and later before deciding to snap up last minute tickets from secondary ticketing site StubHub. The site has seen orders made within the last 72 hours before an event increase by nearly a third in just two years – from 12.6 per cent in 2013 to 16.9 per cent so [...]
Athletics doping report to reveal “different scale of corruption” compared to Fifa

November 7, 2015

If you thought Fifa looked bad, just wait until you see a report into corruption at the International Association of Athletics (IAAF), so says its co-authour Richard McLaren. On Monday details of an independent report into claims of doping cover-ups, extortion and money-laundering in athletics will be released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). McLaren said [...]
Remembrance Sunday: Ukip asks Queen to intervene so Nigel Farage can lay wreath at Cenotaph service

November 6, 2015

The UK Independence has written to the Queen appealing to be included in this year's Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Westminster. Ukip MEP and former soldier Mike Hookem asked the monarch to "intervene on the part of over 3.8m of your people" and allow Ukip to have a representative on Sunday. As "the [...]
New Zealand Rugby World Cup triumph boosts All Blacks brand value by £25m

November 6, 2015

New Zealand's show of sporting supremacy at the Rugby World Cup boosted the All Blacks brand value by $37m (£24.6m), according to brand valuation and consultancy firm Brand Finance. The All Blacks brand, the most valuable in rugby, is now estimated to be worth $169m following a successful campaign in which the iconic rugby team [...]
How much did Sam Burgess cost rugby union? Highest-paid player in Premiership leaves Bath for South Sydney Rabbitohs

November 6, 2015

Sam Burgess has returned to rugby league and the South Sydney Rabbitohs after an ill-fated but lucrative year in rugby union. The England international will move to Australia to reunite with his family and a club where he is worshipped as a hero, yet questions will still be asked why the union establishment failed to make [...]
Alibaba agrees $4.3bn merger with Youku Tudou

November 6, 2015

Alibaba has bought Chinese online entertainment company Youku Tudou for $4.3bn (£2.8bn) in a bid to increase its presence in China's booming online video sector. The price represents a premium of 35.1 per cent over the closing price of Youku Tudou shares the day before Alibaba signalled its takeover intentions. Alibaba upped its original offer [...]

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