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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Joshua v Dubois promoter aims to surpass record Wembley crowd of 94,000

August 27, 2024

The show on 21 September has sold out of its initial allocation of 90,000 tickets but an application has now been made to local authorities to increase capacity.
£20m Murray legacy tennis centre plans scrapped amid local opposition

August 27, 2024

Judy Murray has scrapped plans for a £20m tennis, padel and pickleball centre in Park of Keir near the family home in Dunblane – despite securing £10m in funding. The mother of Grand Slam-winning players Andy Murray and Jamie Murray blamed rising costs and drawn-out talks with planning chiefs and other authorities for the U-turn [...]
Liverpool to shell out £30m for new signing who won’t join until next season

August 26, 2024

Liverpool are poised to complete their first signing of the summer transfer window in £30m Georgia goalkeeper Georgi Mamardashvili. Mamardashvili, who starred for his country at Euro 2024 earlier this summer, was on Merseyside on Monday to finalise his move from Valencia. The 23-year-old is set to stay at the Spanish club on loan for [...]
Prince Willliam and Keir Starmer pay tribute after former England coach Eriksson dies

August 26, 2024

Prince William has led the tributes after Sven-Goran Eriksson, the first foreigner to manage the England football team and “true gentleman of the game”, died on Monday aged 76. Eriksson, who led England at three major tournaments between 2001 and 2006, passed away at his home in Bjorkefors, western Sweden, after a period of illness [...]
The on-off-on takeover saga that saved the London Lions from extinction

August 23, 2024

For the London Lions and fans of the dual British basketball champions, it has been a summer of more twists and turns than a slam dunk contest — only a lot less fun.
Liverpool and Arsenal dominate football ticket scam league

August 22, 2024

Liverpool have been named top of the Premier League for football ticket scams, with fans of the club suffering the most fraud. Reds supporters fell victim to the highest number of ticket scams and also lost the most amount of money to them, according to NatWest. Liverpool fans were conned 76 times and lost close [...]
Why Tottenham Hotspur have been named the best-run football club in England

August 22, 2024

Spurs saw off Manchester United, Cambridge United, Brentford and Norwich City to top the Index.
Matchroom gets the Drive to Survive treatment in Netflix series

August 21, 2024

Barry Hearn, Eddie Hearn and the Matchroom sports promotions empire are to feature in a new Netflix documentary series from the makers of Drive To Survive. The fly-on-the-wall show has a working title of Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen and is being produced by Box to Box, whose success has made them the go-to sports docs [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo launches own YouTube channel with two-letter name

August 21, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo has today launched his own YouTube channel called UR, promising that it will allow him to “engage further with his global fanbase”. The football superstar is already the most-followed person on social media platforms, a position that has helped to make him the world’s best paid athlete. On his YouTube channel, Ronaldo says [...]
In pictures: New stadium set to be world’s biggest and host 2030 World Cup

August 21, 2024

The stadium near Casablanca sits under a translucent tented roof made of aluminium lattice and is set to hold a record 115,000 spectators.

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