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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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 [...]
Premier League chief denies trying to kick football regulator into the long grass

March 28, 2023

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has rebuffed suggestions that the organisation tried to “kick into the long grass” talks over an independent football regulator. Masters was persistently questioned on the point by MPs at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing on Tuesday. After denying that the expression had been used by anyone [...]
Football regulator: Tracey Crouch MP criticises Premier League’s lack of support

March 28, 2023

The Premier League has been criticised for a lack of support for an independent football regulator by Tracey Crouch MP. The former sports minister and author of the fan-led review into English football governance made the comments at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee hearing today. Crouch praised the Football Association and English Football [...]
Tottenham Hotspur face a bill of £4m over Conte’s departure from London club

March 27, 2023

Antonio Conte will receive around £4m in severance pay after his departure from Tottenham Hotspur was finalised at the weekend. The Italian agreed a settlement with the Premier League club at the weekend after his tenure turned increasingly sour this season. Conte’s contract was due to expire this summer so he is only due the [...]
Football and rugby are still getting head injury wrong. Is this headband the answer?

March 27, 2023

It is a dark irony that football and rugby have never been more concerned with head injury and concussion, yet the approaches of both sports remain dangerously misguided. In their attempts to prevent the trickle of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and early-onset dementia cases becoming a torrent, football has experimented with a ban on heading [...]
Antonio Conte: Sacked Tottenham Hotspur manager’s record is better than you’d think

March 27, 2023

Antonio Conte may have been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur but the Italian departs with the third best record of any manager in the club’s history. The former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Juventus coach registered the equivalent of 1.78 points per game in his 17 months in North London – statistics bettered only by two predecessors. [...]
England 2-0 Ukraine: Three Lions go two from two on road to Euro 2024

March 26, 2023

Gareth Southgate declared himself satisfied after England completed a perfect start to qualifying for Euro 2024 with a 2-0 win over Ukraine at Wembley. First-half goals from Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka proved enough to glean all three points and follow up Thursday’s win over Italy in the team’s opening match in Group C. “Really [...]
Gloomy end to Sunshine Swing for Brits as Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans suffer defeat

March 26, 2023

British tennis players completed a gloomy end to the Sunshine Swing, with No1 Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans both losing in the second round of the Miami Open. Norrie, who received a first-round bye, was surprisingly meek in a 6-3 6-2 defeat by world No65 Gregoire Barrere, lasting just 70 minutes against the Frenchman on [...]
Newcastle United doc from makers of All Or Nothing to put focus on business

March 24, 2023

Newcastle United’s transformation under Saudi ownership will be the subject of a new documentary series on Amazon’s Prime Video platform, it has been confirmed. The four-part series will focus on the business side of running the club, through interviews with co-owner Amanda Staveley and other club chiefs as well as behind-the-scenes footage. The show, set [...]
Activist investor Elliott ramps up Manchester United interest with bid for minority stake

March 23, 2023

Elliott Investment Management has upped its interest in Manchester United by offering to buy a small stake in the Premier League club. The activist investor had previously offered finance to any other party bidding for United, who were put for sale by the Glazer family in November. That offer remains, but after visiting Old Trafford [...]

Drinking in stands hailed as success as more clubs join WSL pilot scheme

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