By: Frank Dalleres

As Sports Editor of City A.M. I cover all sports but have a particular interest in football, tennis, golf and sport business. Send stories and tip-offs to frank.dalleres@cityam.com

Andy Murray in race against time to be fit for US open after new injury setback

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Andy Murray faces a race to be fit for the US Open later this month after suffering another injury setback. Murray, 36, has pulled out of this week’s Cincinnati Open after failing to recover from an abdominal strain. The problem forced the Briton to withdraw from the Canadian Open last week ahead of a last [...]
Saudi Arabia PIF to sell its shareholding in McLaren to Bahrain fund

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is to sell its shareholding in the McLaren Group to Bahrain’s Mumtalakat fund, according to Sky News. The deal will strengthen Mumtalakat’s position as the biggest shareholder in the supercar maker and Formula One team owner, Mark Kleinman reported. PIF, which has emerged as one of the biggest players in [...]
Spurs: Fifa ban club’s managing director of football Fabio Paratici

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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 [...]

United hit out at referee after Casemiro red card in 0-0 draw

March 12, 2023

Manchester United fumed at referee Anthony Taylor after Casemiro was sent off for the second time in four Premier League games in a 0-0 draw at home to bottom club Southampton. The £70m midfielder’s studs-up tackle earned a straight red card from Taylor after a VAR review, meaning he faces a four-match ban. “Casemiro played [...]
Trossard’s assist hat-trick helps Arsenal go five points clear

March 12, 2023

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard hailed Leandro Trossard after the January signing provided a hat-trick of assists to help the Premier League leaders go five points clear. Trossard set up first-half goals for Gabriel, Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli in a 3-0 win at Fulham that re-established their advantage over second-placed Manchester City. “He has brought some [...]
Hannah Burke interview: Aramco Team Series tipped my season into profit

June 14, 2022

Sharing in victory at the Aramco Team Series in Jeddah last year was more than just a welcome boost towards the end of a long season for England’s Hannah Burke. It also marked her first success since being sidelined by injury in 2019, losing sponsors and then having to take more time away from competition [...]
Poulter predicts more players will join LIV Golf Invitational Series

June 8, 2022

Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter has predicted that more of the world’s top players will sign up to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, the £200m super league prototype which starts today at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire. Poulter, six-time major winner Phil Mickelson and former world No1 Dustin Johnson are among a 48-man field for the [...]
Wimbledon confirms ban on Russian and Belarusian tennis stars including Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka

April 20, 2022

Wimbledon has confirmed that it will ban Russian and Belarusian tennis stars, including former men’s world No1 Daniil Medvedev, due to the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. Medvedev and women’s No4 Aryna Sabalenka are the highest ranked players affected by today’s announcement from the All England Club. Others impacted are the former women’s world No 1 [...]
Saudi Arabia’s £300m Newcastle United takeover revived by truce with beIN

October 6, 2021

Saudi Arabia has signalled the end of its long-running stand-off with Qatari broadcaster beIN, in a move that could revive its £300m takeover of Newcastle United. The U-turn would involve unblocking beIN’s channels in Saudi Arabia, cracking down on any pirating of the network’s output and settling a $1bn lawsuit, sources close to the talks [...]
The City A.M. Podcast with Sam Torrance Episode 3: Reviewing Collin Morikawa’s victory in the Open Championship at Royal St George’s

July 20, 2021

In the third and final episode of this series of golf podcasts, Ryder Cup-winning player and captain Sam Torrance reviews the Open Championship with City A.M. Sports Editor Frank Dalleres. Sam discusses Collin Morikawa winning the Claret Jug at his first attempt, expands on the benefits of his ‘saw grip’ putting technique and explains why he rates [...]

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