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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US Open prize money 2021: How much can the stars of men’s golf win at Torrey Pines?

June 17, 2021

US Open prize money reflects the event’s reputation as perhaps the most difficult of the four men’s majors. Whoever triumphs at Torrey Pines this week will take home a winners’ prize of $2.25m from a total pot of $12.5m. Those sums – frozen from last year – mean that US Open prize money remains the [...]
Premier League fixtures 2021-22: Manchester City face Tottenham Hotspur on opening weekend

June 16, 2021

Champions Manchester City will begin their title defence at Tottenham Hotspur after the 2021-22 Premier League fixtures were announced today. Promoted Brentford welcome Arsenal to west London, while Manchester United host Leeds United. LIverpool visit Norwich City, Chelsea play Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge and West Ham United go to Newcastle United. The new Premier [...]
United Rugby Championship: Four South African teams join northern hemisphere sides in private equity shake-up of Pro14

June 15, 2021

Club rugby union is set for a private-equity-led shake-up later this year when the United Rugby Championship replaces the Pro14. Four South African teams will join the dozen Irish, Welsh, Scottish and Italian sides already part of the Pro14 to form a new 16-team tournament. The changes, which will incorporate lucrative new TV deals and [...]
Premier League clubs slip to record £1bn loss as Covid-19 hammers income from match days and broadcasters

June 15, 2021

Premier League clubs suffered a record aggregate pre-tax loss of almost £1bn in 2019-20 as a result of Covid-19’s impact on football. The combined revenues of the 20 top-flight teams fell for the first time ever to £4.5bn, a drop of 13 per cent, according to Deloitte. A delay to the completion of the season, [...]
Coming home? Exclusive City A.M. poll finds half of Brits believe England can win Euro 2020

June 14, 2021

Fans are split on whether football really might be coming home after England made a winning start to Euro 2020. 51 per cent say they believe England can win the tournament but 49 per cent remain unconvinced, an exclusive poll for City A.M. by OnePulse found. And just 50 per cent say they have more [...]
Mo Farah handed last chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020 and bid for hat-trick of Olympic gold medals over 10,000m

June 14, 2021

Mo Farah has been handed one last shot at qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Farah is hoping to complete a hat-trick of gold medal triumphs in the men’s 10,000m in Japan this summer. The 38-year-old missed the chance to qualify at the official Team GB trials nine days ago. Farah was eighth overall and [...]
England 1, Croatia 0: It wasn’t perfect but England have won hardest game, the sun shone and Wembley sang. And that’s enough for now

June 13, 2021

An awful lot has happened in the three years since the World Cup but some things remain the same. England can look like world beaters one minute and lightweights the next, rampant for spells and then frustratingly meek in others. The difference was that this time they managed to hold onto a lead against Croatia, [...]
Christian Eriksen in stable condition in hospital after collapsing during Denmark Euro 2020 match against Finland

June 12, 2021

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing during the Euro 2020 match against Finland on Saturday. Eriksen received CPR on the field in Copenhagen after falling to the ground as he chased the ball. The goalless opening match of Group B was suspended for two hours, before resuming later [...]
French Open prize money 2021: How much can tennis players win at Roland Garros?

June 11, 2021

Tennis has been badly affected by the pandemic, and that is reflected in a further reduction in French Open prize money for 2021. The winners of the men’s and women’s singles titles at Roland Garros this weekend stand to earn €1.4m each. That is 12.5 per cent down on the payouts to Rafael Nadal and [...]
Glenn Hoddle interview: On wishing he were England manager now, what Gareth Southgate should do at Euro 2020, and why Declan Rice is key

June 11, 2021

Glenn Hoddle can be forgiven if he feels a little envious of Gareth Southgate on the eve of Euro 2020. Southgate, one of his former players, is about to lead England into a second major international tournament, a luxury Hoddle missed out on. In addition, the current England manager has at his disposal a generation [...]

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