By: Frank Dalleres

Sports Editor Frank Dalleres is Sports Editor of City AM. He has almost two decades' experience covering the business of sport and has reported from Olympic Games and major international football, rugby union, tennis and golf competitions, both at home and abroad. Get in touch with stories and tip-offs and follow him on X at @frankdalleres

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Storm Arwen: Heavy snow writes off Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur Premier League match

November 28, 2021

Today’s scheduled Premier League match between Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur has been called off due to heavy snow related to Storm Arwen. The game at Turf Moor was due to kick off at 2pm but the decision to postpone the fixture was announced 50 minute beforehand. “In these conditions it is not football. I want [...]
Lilian Thuram: Gareth Southgate sets a good example of what white people can do

November 20, 2021

A bespectacled Lilian Thuram reaches for a map of the world and turns it upside down to illustrate his point. France’s most capped footballer is sitting at the desk of his office for this video interview, his studious appearance and the shelf full of books behind him indicating the direction he has taken since retiring [...]
Exclusive: Sportradar signs major new NBA betting data deal

November 17, 2021

Sports data giant Sportradar has continued its spree of major deals by signing a new contract with the NBA until 2031, City A.M. can reveal. The agreement, announced today, will see the Swiss company provide betting data to the world-leading basketball competition on an exclusive basis. The eight-year deal extends Sportradar’s current arrangement with the [...]
Chelsea Digital Ventures: The tech business spun out of a football club

November 17, 2021

Look closely next time Romelu Lukaku or Pernille Harder takes a mid-match drink and you may notice something that marks Chelsea out from other football clubs. Because instead of taking a swig from a bottle of Lucozade, or another well known sports hydration brand, players at the west London club have their own in-house product. [...]
San Marino 0, England 10: Record win secures place at Qatar 2022 World Cup

November 15, 2021

England swaggered into the 2022 World Cup finals by hitting 10 against 10-man San Marino in their biggest ever win in a competitive match on a night when it all went right for Gareth Southgate. Harry Kane plundered a morale-boosting four-goal haul and wrote more entries in the England record books, Emile Smith Rowe shone [...]
Steven Gerrard confirmed as Aston Villa manager

November 11, 2021

Aston Villa have confirmed the appointment of former England captain Steven Gerrard as their new manager. Gerrard joins from Scottish champions Rangers, where he enjoyed success in his first senior management role, leading them to to the title unbeaten last season. He succeeds Dean Smith, who achieved hero status by taking Villa back into the [...]
Yorkshire racism scandal has torn lives apart, says England cricket captain Joe Root

November 11, 2021

England Test cricket captain Joe Root has condemned the racism scandal at his club Yorkshire. Root said the allegations made by Azeem Rafiq and upheld by an investigation “hurt” because they were “so close to home”. “These events have fractured our game and torn lives apart,” he said. “It’s my club that I care passionately [...]
European Tour to rebrand as DP World Tour

November 9, 2021

The European Tour has announced that it will rebrand as the DP World Tour from next season. The move will see the tour’s total prize money top $200m for the first time and comes amid renewed efforts from Saudi Arabia to lure the world’s top players to a new breakaway circuit. “This is hugely significant [...]
The light fantastic: How Okkulo is looking to ‘re-code’ athletes’ vision

November 9, 2021

Filmmaker Mel O’Connor has had quite the story arc. He quit his job on Emmerdale and turned down work on an Idris Elba movie to follow his dream of developing an altogether different kind of visual experience. The result is a product, Okkulo, that he believes can not only revolutionise sport science but may also [...]
BT Sport retains exclusive UK rights to show men’s and women’s Ashes

November 8, 2021

BT Sport has confirmed that it will have exclusive UK broadcast rights for the upcoming England men’s and women’s Ashes series in Australia. It will also show the one-day and Twenty20 series that follow the men’s Ashes early next year as part of a new four-year deal with Cricket Australia. “We loved bringing the highs, [...]

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