London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry June 5, 2017 Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called after [...]
Pep Guardiola closes in on defender as Manchester City open talks with Everton over John Stones July 27, 2016 Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City moved a step closer to swelling their defensive ranks after opening talks with Premier League rivals Everton over the transfer of centre-half John Stones. While a fee for the England international is yet to be agreed, it is believed that Everton value the 22-year-old, who was a target for Chelsea last [...]
Feyenoord 1, Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho suffers consecutive defeats as controversial winning goal sinks his £300m second string September 15, 2016 Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho blamed bad luck and an offside goal after Feyenoord inflicted the club’s second defeat in less than a week in the Europa League on Thursday night. A 79th-minute strike from midfielder Tonny Vilhena punished a lacklustre display from a United side that was much-changed but still contained almost £300m worth [...]
Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham named worst transfer culprits for wasting millions on the likes of Angel di Maria, Christian Benteke and Roberto Soldado September 7, 2016 Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham have been accused of being the worst offenders for signing big-money flops. The three clubs have been singled out in a new study of transfer trends for signing the likes of £60m winger Angel di Maria, £32.5m forward Christian Benteke and £26m striker Roberto Soldado. The Soccerex Transfer Review by [...]
Andy Burnham to run for Manchester mayor May 18, 2016 Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham is to enter the race for the Greater Manchester mayoralty. Burnham failed in his bid to become Labour leader after the 2015 election, and has previously expressed an interest in running for the same role in Manchester: today a spokesman confirmed that he would seek the nomination. An official statement is [...]
Full Premier League pre-season fixtures list: Kick-off times and TV coverage as Arsenal head to America, Manchester United and Manchester City visit China and West Ham hit Austria July 15, 2016 Arsenal Fixtures: 22nd July: vs RC Lens, Lens 28th July: vs MLS All Stars, San Jose 31st July: vs Chivas de Guadalajara, Los Angeles 5th August: vs Viking FK, Stavanger 7th August: vs Manchester City, Gothenburg Longest journey: Los Angeles to London, 5,437 miles Total distance to cover: 13,968 miles Bournemouth Fixtures: 20th July: vs Minnesota United, Blaine 23rd [...]
On yer Mobike: Another cycle sharing scheme’s arrived in London after oBike, starting with Ealing July 31, 2017 It looks like Londoners will have more bike choices than ever before, as another cycle sharing scheme pulls up in the capital. Mobike, a Chinese startup unicorn (valued at more than a billion dollars, that is), will be available in Ealing from today, its first foray into the capital after a somewhat bumpy arrival in [...]
Rugby is heading towards transfer fees like Manchester United’s £89m Paul Pogba purchase, claims Bristol owner Steve Lansdown September 2, 2016 Rugby could one day feature multi-million pound transfer fees akin to the record-breaking £89m Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba, according to Bristol's billionaire owner Steve Lansdown. The co-founder of financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown believes rugby will soon have its first £1m player as clubs increasingly chase "glamour signings". Lansdown, whose backing helped Bristol return to the Premiership following [...]
Manchester City 1, Steaua Bucharest 0: Pep Guardiola calls Joe Hart “part of City history” as goalkeeper savours farewell August 24, 2016 Manchester City 1, Steaua Bucharest 0 (Agg: 6-0) Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola paid tribute to “legend” Joe Hart but confirmed that the out-of-favour goalkeeper may have played his last game for the club on Wednesday night. Guardiola, having pointedly omitted Hart for his first three games, made him captain for what was effectively a dead [...]
Why Barcelona settled for Qatar Airways as shirt sponsor and will always struggle to match Manchester United’s commercial clout August 2, 2016 Despite being one of the largest football clubs on the planet, Barcelona were compelled to ignore calls from within their own fan base to cut ties with Gulf state Qatar, which included a petition signed by over 60,000 people, and sign a one-year extension to their Qatar Airways shirt sponsorship deal earlier this month after struggling to [...]