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 City need a nine-year sanction, says architect of Premier League

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Alex Fynn, who helped formulate the Premier League, discusses the Manchester City case, how it has affected Arsenal and his new book on the north London club. Integrity appears to be the watchword in much of the discourse around Manchester City and the biggest scandal in the history of the Premier League. Only one, at [...]
Rocket Padel raises £7m ahead of West London and East Croydon club openings

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Rocket Padel has raised €8m (£6.8m) as the international club operator pushes ahead with plans to open two major new sites in West London and East Croydon. The funding round values the business, which runs five clubs in Denmark, four in the UK and is building its first in Spain, at an undisclosed eight-figure sum, [...]
Manchester City manager Maresca ‘trusts’ club but refuses to be drawn on future

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has refused to discuss his future in the job until after the outcome of the club’s appeal against Premier League financial rule breaches is known. Addressing for the first time the bombshell findings of an independent commission which threaten City’s top-flight status and their legacy as England’s most successful team [...]

NBA Europe: Format revealed as uncertainty shrouds EuroLeague collaboration talks

October 8, 2026

The NBA wants its European basketball competition to replicate the dynamic between football’s Champions League and Europa League. Much of the rest of the detail surrounding a property slated for launch next year remains under wraps. A cloud may have fallen over talks between the NBA and EuroLeague but there is at least some welcome [...]
Peppa Pig gets Lionesses call-up as Football Association scores licensing deal with Hasbro

October 8, 2026

Peppa Pig maker Hasbro has struck a licensing deal with the Football Association that will see a new character, Libby Lioness, join the hit children’s animated TV show. The agreement also covers the creation of co-branded merchandise and will launch next year, ahead of the European champions’ campaign at the 2027 Women’s World Cup in [...]
Track Radio raising £3m as it eyes marketing, network and programming push

October 8, 2026

Challenger sport and music station Track Radio is in talks to raise a further £3m in funding as it plots a marketing push and expansion of its DAB coverage. The start-up, which launched in May with a heavyweight broadcaster line-up including Mark Pougatch, Sonja McLaughlan and Vassos Alexander, is understood to be in talks with [...]
Saudi Arabia still open to sport investing, insists PIF, despite drastic cutbacks

October 7, 2026

Saudi Arabia remains keen to invest in sport despite scaling back funding for high-profile projects in golf, football and tennis, says the Public Investment Fund. PIF has retreated from bankrolling LIV Golf and extravagant spending on foreign players for the Saudi Pro League as well as giving up hosting the WTA Finals as part of [...]
Arsenal can overtake Real Madrid and become biggest brand in world, say owners KSE

October 7, 2026

Arsenal’s owners believe they can become “the biggest brand in the world” after being stunned by the global celebrations which greeted their long-awaited Premier League triumph this year. Footage of Gunners fans swarming the streets of East Africa and monuments from New York City to Guangzhou being lit up red flooded social media before 1m [...]
India pledges 2036 Olympics would transform country and inspire millions

October 7, 2026

India has laid out its vision for hosting the 2036 Olympics in Ahmedabad, promising the first Games on the subcontinent would “inspire millions” to play sport and transform “every part of our society”. Ahmedabad is among the favourites to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 10 years’ time but faces competition from Doha, Munich, [...]
LIV Golf secures funding and looks to Trump for help relaunching bankrupt competition

October 6, 2026

LIV Golf chiefs are hoping for help from US President Donald Trump as they look to relaunch the league without the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The bankrupt team golf competition, home to stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, has secured funding from BC Partners and says it is in talks with more [...]

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