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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Beth England: Lioness’s transfer sets new Women’s Super League record

January 4, 2023

Beth England has become the most expensive signing between two Women’s Super League clubs after completing a transfer to Tottenham Hotspur from Chelsea. The striker, part of the Lionesses squad who won the European Championship last year, has moved across London for a fee of £250,000. That eclipses the previous record £200,000 that England’s former [...]
How does darts prize money compare with other sports?

January 4, 2023

Michael Smith’s maiden victory at the PDC World Championship earned the St Helens darts player the No1 ranking and £500,000 in prize money. It also lifted 32-year-old Smith to No1 in the PDC order of merit, with aggregate earnings of £1.24m over the past 24 months. But how does darts prize money compare to the [...]
Pele’s funeral in pictures: Brazilians pay tribute to legendary footballer

January 3, 2023

Brazilians have turned out in huge numbers to pay tribute to Pele ahead of the legendary footballer’s funeral today. Crowds lined the streets of Santos, in Sao Paulo state, to see the three-time World Cup winner’s coffin carried through the city. Earlier, his body lay in state at the Vila Belmiro Stadium for 24 hours [...]
Zhao Xintong: 2021 UK snooker champion is 10th player suspended in match-fixing probe

January 3, 2023

Former UK champion Zhao Xintong has become the 10th Chinese player to be suspended from the World Snooker Tour as part of a match-fixing investigation. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) added Zhao and compatriot Zhang Jiankang to the already lengthy banned list today. Both men are entitled to appeal but it means [...]
Chelsea set to take spending to £350m under Todd Boehly with record Fernandez signing

January 3, 2023

Chelsea are set to take their spending under Todd Boehly past £350m in just seven months with a Premier League record deal for World Cup-winning Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez. The Blues will pay Portuguese side Benfica €127m (£112m) to secure the 21-year-old in the January transfer window, according to multiple reports. If completed, the move [...]
Damar Hamlin: NFL star in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during game

January 3, 2023

NFL star Damar Hamlin is in critical condition after the Buffalo Bills player suffered a cardiac arrest during a game with Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. Hamlin, 24, received CPR and oxygen as visibly distressed players looked on before he was taken from the field by ambulance and the NFL took the rare step of [...]
Pele’s funeral: Millions of Brazilians expected to pay tribute in Santos stadium and streets

January 2, 2023

Millions of Brazilians are set to pay their respects to Pele in Santos today before the legendary footballer’s funeral tomorrow. Pele’s body is to lie in state for 24 hours at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, a coastal city to the south east of Sao Paulo, where he died on Thursday aged 82. He [...]
Australia welcome Novak Djokovic with open arms a year after deporting tennis star

January 2, 2023

He may have been kicked out of the country 12 months ago but Australia gave Novak Djokovic a warm welcome on his return to tennis Down Under at the Adelaide International on Monday. The crowd chanted his name as he made his way out onto court and overwhelmingly supported him and doubles partner Vasek Pospisil [...]
Best of 2022: How Freed From Desire became an England football anthem

December 31, 2022

This piece, originally published during the World Cup earlier this year, charts how Gala’s Freed From Desire, a 90s dance hit about Buddhist philosophy, became the official goal music for the England team, via Irish football and the lower leagues. Lashed home by Harry Kane, dinked by Bukayo Saka or headed by Jude Bellingham, each [...]
Best of 2022: Claressa Shields v Savannah Marshall and the rise of women’s boxing

December 30, 2022

Women’s boxing enjoyed unprecedented prominence in 2022, not least when Britain’s Savannah Marshall and American Claressa Shields met in a blockbuster fight at the O2. This preview, originally published in October, set the scene for the biggest night of women’s boxing ever seen in the UK. The last time Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields met [...]

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