How immigration rules affect football clubs in the January transfer window Sport Business Immigration lawyer Hateem Ali on how quotas on overseas players affect Premier League teams’ business during the January transfer window. Although we now have a new government, we are unlikely to see any dramatic changes to the Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) rules which were originally implemented in 2021 following a lengthy consultation with the Football [...]
Where to watch the 2025 Six Nations in London, from sports bars to posh pubs Sport The Six Nations seems to come around faster and faster every year, and the 2025 edition will kick off on Friday. Across five of the next seven weekends, beginning on 31 January, a total of 15 matches will be broadcast across London. So City AM has done the hard and collected the best pubs and [...]
Marlborough Sports Garden: A £5m project to boost the City Sport Business Marlborough Sports Garden in Southwark is a crucial space for Londoners. Looking to raise £5m for an inspiring development, why should the City get involved? Hyacinthe Loyson, a French preacher from the mid 1800s, is described by historians as one of the early users of a phrase that continues to be recited today. “Good people [...]
How football stadia became the new battleground for top clubs January 25, 2025 It’s no coincidence that Real Madrid have strengthened their position as football’s richest club in the year that they fully reopened their Santiago Bernabeu stadium after a £1bn revamp. Stadia – or rather, how to make more money out of them – are a growing battleground among top clubs eager to mine new sources of [...]
NBA Europe? League ‘looking very closely’ at new competition, says Silver January 24, 2025 NBA commissioner Adam Silver has dropped the clearest hint yet that it will push ahead with plans to launch a basketball league in Europe. Silver said he had been encouraged by talks with clubs, media, sponsors and governing body Fiba during talks ahead of the NBA’s two games in Paris this week. “While Europe continues [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 8: Trials Day at Cheltenham, Donny, Sha Tin and Sammy Twiston January 24, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are joined by jockey Sam Twiston-Davies as they run through Saturday’s ITV races at Cheltenham and Doncaster, plus Hong Kong expert Wally Pyrah gives his best bets on Sunday at Sha Tin. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a [...]
Teetan on the Express train to Success aboard Lifeline January 24, 2025 IT WAS good to see popular jockey Karis Teetan back in the winners’ circle when steering Amazing Award to victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday. With only four victories since the beginning of the year, and a lowly 20 wins so far in the current campaign, – remembering he finished runner-up in the jockeys’ table [...]
Record-breaking Purton searches for more Winners at Sha Tin January 24, 2025 FOLLOWING all the hullabaloo and media coverage celebrating Zac Purton making history by becoming the winning-most jockey in Hong Kong at Happy Valley on Wednesday, racing gets back to some normality in the city with an exciting and competitive 11-race programme at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Zac-Man has thoroughly deserved all the plaudits thrown [...]
Australian Open prize money 2025: How much can tennis players earn? January 24, 2025 There has never been a more lucrative time to be a top tennis player, with prize money at the Australian Open more than doubling in the last 10 years. The Grand Slam is paying out A$96.5m ($61m/£49m) in total over the fortnight in Melbourne, where play culminates with the women’s and men’s singles finals this [...]
Man United investor Ineos splits with key sport figure January 24, 2025 Ineos, minority investors of Manchester United, split with a key sports figure on Thursday, citing a failure to agree over the future. The Sir Jim Ratcliffe-owned chemicals giant and British Olympic gold medal winner Sir Ben Ainslie have parted ways following Britain’s first appearance in an America’s Cup final in 60 years. The two parties [...]