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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Race to Dubai 2015 prize money: Turkish Airlines Open begins with £3.9m still up for grabs on European Tour for Rory McIlroy

October 28, 2015

The European Tour’s Final Series – the lucrative home stretch in the Race to Dubai – tees off at the Turkish Airlines Open tomorrow with $30.5m (£19.9m) in prize money still up for grabs. Rory McIlroy is currently in pole position to receive the $1.25m (£820,000) Race to Dubai prize money bonus and money list [...]
NFL international series estimated to have given London £45m boost

October 28, 2015

The NFL international series' three games at Wembley this year will have generated £45m for the London according to economic estimates. In the final of three fixtures staged in London this year, over 80,000 fans are expected to fill Wembley to watch the Detroit Lions make London play the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon. And [...]
London Irish v Saracens to be played in New York as Aviva Premiership Rugby lands in America

October 27, 2015

London Irish and Saracens will play each other in New York in the Aviva Premiership's first ever overseas fixture. The two London clubs will swap the Big Smoke for the Big Apple on Saturday 12 March, with the Exiles' home fixture set to be staged at the 25,000 capacity Red Bull Arena, home of the New York [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015 odds: Australia rugby bosses have £140,000 bet on their team to beat New Zealand in final in order to cover Wallabies bonus payments

October 27, 2015

No one can accuse Australian rugby of lacking in confidence. The Wallabies may not have arrived at this year's World Cup as favourites, but the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) backed their team with a massive $AUS 300,000 (£141,891) bet with a corporate bookmaker on them lifting the Web Ellis trophy. If Michael Cheika's team beat [...]
Fans deserve greater transparency from the Aviva Premiership’s salary cap settlements

October 27, 2015

With the Rugby World Cup drawing to a conclusion, English rugby fans' attention is switching to domestic matters – where they have found even more sources of frustration and confusion. Last Thursday evening, following a board meeting, Premiership Rugby released a statement setting out salary cap arrangements for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons, a [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: All Blacks earn £15,000 bonus each following semi-final win over South Africa and are promised £66,000 prize if they win final next week

October 24, 2015

Members of the New Zealand rugby squad will each receive a bonus worth £66,000 if they win this year's World Cup. All Blacks players are signed to contracts with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) which guarantee them $NZ150,000 (£66,000) should they become the first country to lift the Web Ellis Cup for a third time. If [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams offers New Zealand v South Africa tickets to Syrian refugees

October 24, 2015

All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams has offered Syrian refugees the chance to go to the Rugby World Cup semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa this afternoon. The Kiwi centre has set aside two tickets to the Twickenham clash and asked his Twitter followers yesterday to be put in contact with agencies working with [...]
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo trumps Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in Forbes’ most valuable athlete brands 2015

October 23, 2015

The Cristiano Ronaldo brand has been valued as the most valuable in world football, estimated to be worth £10.4m by Forbes. The magazine claims Ronaldo has the eighth most valuable personal brand in sports and is the only footballer named in its top 10 athletes for 2015. Lionel Messi, Ronaldo's constant companion in the world's [...]
Barcelona president in Qatar to agree Camp Nou naming rights – but will fans accept new Qatar Airways sponsorship deal?

October 23, 2015

Executives from Barcelona have travelled to Qatar this week to discuss a controversial sponsorship deal that could see their stadium renamed – but fans may not be entirely happy with seeing their home renamed the Qatar Airways stadium. Read more: Barcelona could change Camp Nou name in deal with Qatar Airways Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu [...]
Barcelona fail to reach record shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways

October 23, 2015

Barcelona and Qatar Airways could soon fly their separate ways, as the European champions struggle to negotiate a renewed deal with their shirt sponsors. The Catalan giants are chasing a record sponsorship deal but the Qatari-owned airline is unwilling to play ball, according to reports in Spain. Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu and vice-president Manel Arroyo [...]

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