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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Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City among Super League rebels to return to European Club Association

August 16, 2021

Nine of the rebel football clubs who agreed to join a breakaway European Super League – including six Premier League sides – have rejoined the European Club Association (ECA). The teams renounced their memberships of the influential group, which represents more than 200 of Europe’s leading clubs, as part of their decision to join the [...]
Russia planning 2036 Olympic bid as St Petersburg emerges as rival to London

August 16, 2021

London will face opposition from Russia if it pursues a bid to host the Olympic Games in 2036. Russia has confirmed it is preparing a bid for the Games, with St Petersburg its leading candidate. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan pledged to explore staging the Olympics again, following the success of London 2012, in the [...]
Roger Federer facing ‘many months’ out with knee surgery as tennis great admits he may never play again

August 16, 2021

Roger Federer is to undergo knee surgery to give himself “a glimmer of hope” of playing top level tennis again. The 20-time grand slam winner says he has been advised to have the operation even though it will likely keep him “out of the game for many months”. Federer, 40, will miss the looming US [...]
Premier League 2021-22 season preview: Fans of London clubs name their best and worst case scenarios and their players to watch

August 13, 2021

For even the most jaded of football supporters, the start of a Premier League season is a special time. The arrival of new managers and players promises to transform fortunes, while last year’s disappointments have faded sufficiently to allow optimism to break out again, at least until the first round of games. So ahead of [...]
Sutton United: How the non-league lifers did a Leicester – and why they have had to transform the club for their debut season in the EFL

August 7, 2021

Sutton United’s long-serving chairman Bruce Elliott has more than one reason to look forward to today’s trip to Forest Green Rovers. Elliott’s overriding emotion will be pride that the club he has been involved with for half a century has reached the English Football League (EFL) for the first time in their 123-year history. But [...]
£100m Jack Grealish: How most expensive signing in Premier League history compares to biggest transfers of all time

August 5, 2021

Jack Grealish has become the most expensive signing in Premier League history after completing his £100m transfer from Aston Villa to Manchester City. Grealish is also the most expensive English player ever to be traded, and the eighth most expensive transfer of all time. The England attacking midfielder, 25, shone for England as they finished [...]
CVC to enter football with £2.3bn deal for 10 per cent of Spain’s LaLiga

August 4, 2021

CVC Capital Partners is set to make its first major football investment by paying €2.7bn (£2.3bn) for a minority stake in Spain’s top league, LaLiga. The private equity giant, which has invested heavily in rugby in recent years, has an agreement in principle for around 10 per cent of LaLiga. “LaLiga confirms a strategic agreement [...]
Simone Biles wins bronze on women’s beam as gymnast makes emotional return to competition at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

August 3, 2021

Simone Biles won a bronze medal in the women’s beam on her emotional return to competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The American, widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time, was visibly relieved after producing a strong routine awarded a score of 14.000. But 16-year-old Guan Chenchen grabbed gold with the last routine of [...]
Jason Kenny equals British Olympic record as he and wife Laura Kenny add silvers to their medal collections at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

August 3, 2021

Jason Kenny equalled fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins’ British record of eight Olympic medals as he and wife Laura Kenny won silver in the velodrome at the Tokyo 2020 Games today. Jason Kenny, Ryan Owens and Jack Carlin missed out on Team GB’s fourth consecutive men’s team sprint title, losing to the Netherlands in the [...]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB win eventing gold, Tom McEwen adds individual silver and Emily Campbell claims historic weightlifting medal

August 2, 2021

The Team GB trio of Tom McEwen, Laura Collett and Oliver Townend won Britain’s first Olympic gold medal in team eventing since 1972 today in Tokyo. McEwen lated added individual silver, while Emily Campbell claimed a historic silver in women’s weightlifting. GB held off the challenge of Australia and France to ditch their perennial bridesmaid’s [...]

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