Manchester City owner Mansour bin Zayed named UAE vice president March 30, 2023 The owner of Manchester City, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has been named vice president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The move comes amid a number of major political appointments by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the nation. Sheikh Mohamed also named Kahled bin Mohamed as Crown Prince of Abu [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Who’s in form for France 2023 March 30, 2023 | Sponsored In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. have put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to look at which players are hot and not in the race to be part of the quadrennial event in France later this year. Player of the week London Irish back-row Tom Pearson [...]
Ed Warner: Is China about to bring Russia and its athletes in from the sporting cold? March 30, 2023 The war in Ukraine doesn’t look like ending any time soon. Just as Russia is recalibrating its geopolitical and industrial relations, so the prospect of a conflict stretching years into the future will necessitate a realignment of its place in the sporting world. Asia’s warmth towards the Kremlin points a way back into the international [...]
LIV Golf Orlando: Why the DJ and Cam Show is due a repeat as Masters looms March 29, 2023 If LIV Golf’s debut season raised any concerns that the rebel circuit would quickly become dominated by its biggest names, such as Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith, then they have knocked into the thick rough for now. Johnson, whose signing is thought to have cost Saudi-bankrolled LIV Golf more than $100m, topped the individual standings [...]
Spurs: Fifa ban club’s managing director of football Fabio Paratici March 29, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur’s search for a new manager has been plunged into uncertainty after the club’s managing director of football, Fabio Paratici, was handed a worldwide ban. Fifa confirmed on Wednesday that it had agreed to a request from Italian football chiefs to extend globally a 30-month domestic ban issued to Paratici in January. Paratici was [...]
London Irish confirm players WILL be paid amid uncertainty March 29, 2023 Premiership club London Irish have confirmed that all staff will be paid amid reports of players waiting growing anxious over payday. This comes as a buy-out for the club has reportedly been delayed, according to the Daily Mail. Premiership Rugby are doing “everything possible” to help a takeover of the club with current owner Mick [...]
Dugout rivals become first managers inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame March 29, 2023 Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have become the first two football managers to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Former Manchester United boss Ferguson and ex-Arsenal coach Wenger are the two longest-serving managers in the Premier League area, with both leading their clubs for more than 20 years and over 800 [...]
Premiership Rugby’s Newcastle Falcons deny plan of voluntary relegation March 29, 2023 Newcastle Falcons have denied suggestions that the club’s recent cost-cutting is paving the way to voluntarily drop out of the Premiership next year. City A.M. has learned of a growing belief in English rugby that the Tyneside team could be looking to ease their financial situation by joining the Championship as part of a wider [...]
Cross-code skills: Why we’re seeing rugby league coaches in union March 28, 2023 So often sports cross-pollinate: sharing ideas from one discipline to another, exchanging mindsets and capitalising on strengths. Rugby is no different. And while some of the game’s leading lights step into completely different sports – such as Gilbert Enoka, responsible for New Zealand Rugby’s “no dickheads” policy, joining Chelsea – others stay closer to home, [...]
Yung to Hava successful day with Gummy March 28, 2023 MID-WEEK racing in Hong Kong switches from Happy Valley to an eight-race programme on the All-Weather surface at Sha Tin. The majority of bettors will probably have left Sha Tin races last Sunday on good terms with themselves, with a number of well-fancied gallopers obliging on the 10-race programme. They now face a different test [...]