Why sport hits business for six at data analytics August 9, 2015 Professional sport has been transformed by real-time data analytics. Fans, coaches and even players themselves are now using statistics to enrich their experience, or to gain some kind of advantage over the competition. Unsurprisingly, it’s football (the biggest and most popular sport in the world) that is pioneering the use of data. Gary Neville’s detailed [...]
Watch: This is what it’s like to zip wire across the Wembley pitch August 7, 2015 Ever wondered what England's most famous football stadium looks like from the skies? Of course you have. Well wonder no more, City A.M. strapped into Wembley's newly installed-for-summer zip line and captured the 200m trip on camera. Dangling 45 metres in the air and reaching a top speed of 30 miles per hour, the EE [...]
Why widening the Suez Canal might not boost trade between Asia and Europe August 6, 2015 Egypt has just spent a huge $8bn (£5bn) on widening the Suez Canal – the fastest trade route between Asia and Europe. Read more: Egypt to build a new Suez Canal for $45bn By adding a new 21 mile long bypass along the 120 mile canal, Egypt hopes to transform its economy by [...]
Freesat unveils 200 pc boost to Freetime customers August 6, 2015 Subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat boosted subscribers to its Freetime TV service by 200 per cent in the first half of this year, it said this morning The figures In results posted this morning the company said sales of its Freetime service grew 48 per cent year-on-year in the first six months of the year, with [...]
Windfall due next year but clubs can’t wait to spend their billions August 6, 2015 PREMIER League clubs are ramping up their spending this summer in anticipation of the television cash bonanza on the horizon next year, according to a new survey. The findings, from accountants BDO’s annual survey of financial directors at English football clubs, comes after it emerged this week that spending by top-flight sides in this transfer [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland share price dips as government raises £2bn through share sale August 4, 2015 Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were down 1.4 per cent at 332.7p in the first minutes of trading, after the government initiated its first major sale of shares since it took a stake in the bank in 2008. UK Financial Investments, the government's investment arm, said it had raised more than £2bn through [...]
Calais migrant crisis: Foreign secretary Philip Hammond says government “has got a grip” on crisis August 3, 2015 The government has a grip on the migrant crisis in Calais, the foreign secretary Philip Hammond has said, while David Cameron faces calls to return from his holiday. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the government’s emergency committee, Cobra, Hammond confirmed the UK would commit 100 more guards to Calais’ Eurotunnel terminal. https://twitter.com/PHammondMP/status/628276498525483008 The foreign [...]
Swift third after Drucker sprints to Classic victory August 2, 2015 TEAM Sky’s Ben Swift was the highest-placed Briton after finishing third at the London-Surrey Classic following a thrilling sprint on the Mall which saw Luxembourg’s Jean-Pierre Drucker crowned champion. BMC Racing’s Drucker edged out Dutch rider Mike Teunissen, while Swift had to be content with a place on the podium for the second year running, [...]
The World Anti-Doping Agency is “very alarmed” after leaked files show extent of suspected doping August 2, 2015 A leak of test data from the International Association of Athletics Federation has led to new allegations of doping, which the World Anti-Doping Agency has said they are “very alarmed” about. The Sunday Times and German broadcasted ARD/WDR have been given access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012. [...]
Real Madrid and Barcelona head to BT as Sky pulls out of bidding for La Liga TV rights August 1, 2015 BT Sport has struck the latest blow in its battle with Sky Sports for football broadcasting supremacy, as it closes in on securing the rights to Spanish football. Read more: Sky’s costs soar as battle with BT Sport weighs Sky is believed to have pulled out of the bidding process for rights to La Liga fixtures [...]