By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with CityAM 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: [email protected]

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LMA issues apology for wording in Malky Mackay statement

August 22, 2014

The League Managers' Association (LMA) has issued an apology for … an apology. In response to allegations that former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay had been involved in a bigoted text exchange, the football manager's representative body yesterday issued a statement describing the jokes as "banter" – wording they have now had to apologise for. In [...]
Central and Waterloo & City line Tube strike driving outraged commuters to buses and Twitter

August 22, 2014

Transport for London strikes again. City workers' travel has been thrown off course this morning due to strike action on the Waterloo & City and Central line services. The Waterloo & City line is down throughout the entire day while Central line services have been severely limited and are currently only running between Leytonstone – [...]
All hail the return of the IPO as London Stock Exchange Group reports profit increase

August 22, 2014

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) has reported a 16 per cent increase in adjusted income to £323.9m for the three months ended 30 June 2014, with the company hailing a resurgence in the initial public offering (IPO) market. In results which the group said showed "strong financial performance", it also reported a 20 per [...]
£16m Balotelli deal adds to record Liverpool transfer spend – but is signing the Italian a risk?

August 21, 2014

Superstar, goalscorer and mischief maker Mario Balotelli is on the verge of joining Liverpool from A.C. Milan and returning to the Premier League after a 20-month absence. A fee of £16m has been reported for the transfer, which would take Liverpool’s total transfer spend this summer to over £130m* – a new record for [...]
NFL teams are on average more valuable than top Champions League sides

August 21, 2014

What's the most valuable sports league in the world? Guesses for the La Liga, whose leading clubs have indulged in some lavish spending this summer, or the continued of the powerhouse Premier League would be understandable, but ultimately wrong. According to data compiled by Forbes, the National Football League (NFL) remains the most valuable sports [...]
Quindell share price falls, even as it silences Gotham City critics with revenue increase

August 21, 2014

Insurance outsourcer Quindell has reported an 119 per cent increase in half-year revenue for the six months ended 30 June, news that will boost its defamation charge against analyst Gotham City Research. Quindell's share price bombed in April when mysterious US analyst Gotham City published a harsh report describing the company as "a country club built [...]
Barcelona to appeal Fifa transfer ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

August 20, 2014

Barcelona will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to a fight a Fifa ban on all transfer activity until January 2016. Fifa imposed the ban spanning two transfer windows in April this year, after discovering that the Catalan club had breached regulation regarding the signing of players under the age [...]
Twitter updates: Favourites to appear in timelines and gory photos of death to be removed

August 20, 2014

If you're on Twitter, you may have noticed a change. A new update means that from now on, tweets favourited by people you follow will occasionally appear in your timeline – whether you agree with the sentiment or not. Twitter began testing the update two days ago, and it received a pretty hostile [...]
Glazer family’s ownership of Manchester United set to continue for “at least five years”

August 20, 2014

The Glazer family’s ownership of Manchester United is set to continue for at least another five years, it has been reported. The news will disappoint disgruntled United fans staging an anti-Glazer protest ahead of a home fixture against QPR next Saturday afternoon. Large sections of the United fanbase have long been opposed to the ownership of [...]
Glencore reveals $1bn share buyback as earnings increase 8pc

August 20, 2014

Glencore has revealed an eight per cent increase in adjusted earnings alongside plans to pay out up to $1bn of cash to shareholders through a share buyback programme. The news means Glencore will return capital to investors before mining competitors BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, with the company saying the buyback will run to March [...]

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