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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Aussie Rules: Cameron Smith blitzes back nine to win first major at 150th Open Championship

July 17, 2022

At an Open Championship that for much of the week felt preordained to be won by Rory McIlroy it was always going to take something special to defy the golfing gods, but Cameron Smith provided it on Sunday. The Australian played the back nine of the Old Course at St Andrew’s in six under par [...]
Sky Sports pays more than £880m to extend broadcast deal with England cricket chiefs

July 14, 2022

Sky Sports has agreed a four-year extension to its current deal as the main broadcast partner of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The ECB said the agreement, which runs from 2025 to 2028 and covers men’s and women’s internationals, The Hundred and the Vitality Blast, would see Sky show more cricket than ever [...]
Open Championship: Prize money back on the rise in golf as all four majors boost payouts

July 13, 2022

Top golfers are earning more than ever as the cream of the men’s game prepare to tee off at the Open Championship on Thursday. Prize money for the 150th edition of the oldest major has been raised to record levels, mirroring increases at the game’s other biggest events. Payouts on the PGA Tour are also [...]
Record kit sales, bumper crowds and rising TV figures as England gets Women’s Euro fever

July 12, 2022

England is getting Women’s Euro 2022 fever after the Lionesses kick-started their campaign with a record-breaking 8-0 win over Norway on Tuesday night. The thrashing of the two-time European champions has raised hopes that hosts England could claim a first major title in the women’s game later this month. And patriotic football fans are throwing [...]
Manchester City sign up crypto app OKX as training kit partner in eight-figure deal

July 11, 2022

Cryptocurrency trading app OKX is to become Manchester City’s new training kit partner in a deal understood to be worth tens of millions of pounds per season. The eight-figure agreement is initially for one season and will see OKX replace Expo 2020 Dubai on the training shirts of both the men’s and women’s team. The [...]
European Super League: Fight for future of football to play out in European Court of Justice

July 10, 2022

Luxembourg may not be a football superpower but it is in the tiny state over the next two days where the future of the game, and potentially many other sports besides, will be decided. Fifteen months on from its launch and swift collapse, the European Super League is to be the subject of a hearing [...]
Land of hope and glory? England and what would count as success at Women’s Euro 2022

July 5, 2022

The 140ft projection of England captain Leah Williamson beamed onto Tower Bridge this week was a reminder that Women’s Euro 2022 is here and hopes, like the image itself, are high. Ticket sales have already broken records and the hosts, who open the tournament against Austria in Manchester on Wednesday night, are among the favourites [...]
All you need to do know about Women’s Euro 2022: Who England are playing and how to watch

July 5, 2022

England is hosting Women’s Euro 2022 this month – and the home team are one of the favourites to win the tournament. Here is all you need to know about the Women’s European Championship. When is Women’s Euro 2022 happening? The tournament begins tomorrow, when England play Austria in Manchester, and is due to conclude [...]
European golf chiefs disappointed as LIV stars including Poulter win Scottish Open ban appeal

July 5, 2022

European golf chief Keith Pelley says he is “disappointed” after attempts to ban players who have joined the rival LIV Golf series from this week’s Scottish Open were thwarted. English Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter, who is among the stars to have signed up to the new big-money, Saudi-backed circuit, and 15 other players won [...]
FA director Baroness Sue Campbell on applying lessons from women’s game to disability football

June 23, 2022

As Baroness Sue Campbell surveys the task ahead of her in disability football, she sees parallels with the job she took on when she joined the Football Association. “I came to the FA six years ago to put together a strategy to lead the women’s game and there are many, many similarities,” Campbell tells City [...]

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