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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Europa League final: Tottenham and Man United fans face price gouging

May 10, 2025

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United fans keen to attend the Europa League final later this month face eye-watering flight, match ticket and hotel costs. All remaining seats on direct return flights from London or Manchester to Bilbao, where the final will take place on 21 May, now cost more than £1,000. Regular tickets for the [...]
John Textor’s $2bn Eagle Football Holdings IPO filing ‘imminent’

May 9, 2025

Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor is understood to be close to confirming a filing with the SEC for an IPO in his multi-club group, Eagle Football Holdings. Textor has been gearing up for the IPO in Eagle Football as part of a $1.1bn debt and equity recapitalisation, and announced in November that he had raised [...]
Kogan set for football regulator role after CMS committee endorsement

May 9, 2025

David Kogan looks set to be confirmed as chair of the football regulator after a Culture, Media and Sport committee gave him a qualified endorsement for the role. In a report following his grilling by MPs on Wednesday, the committee said it was “content to endorse David Kogan OBE’s appointment as Chair of the Independent [...]
How ‘unsexy’ B2B firms are pushing out consumer brands in sport

May 9, 2025

“Unsexy” B2B firms are increasingly replacing consumer-facing brands in some of the country’s most prized sport sponsorship deals, new research has found. Manufacturing/engineering, specialist professional services, construction and software are four of the five fastest-growing industries appearing as front-of-shirt sponsors of England’s top football, rugby and cricket teams. The study by sponsorship intelligence firm Caytoo [...]
Beckham, Neville, PR guru Kelly and Lord Davies take over Salford City

May 8, 2025

Former Manchester United stars David Beckham and Gary Neville have joined forces with entrepreneur Declan Kelly and Lord Mervyn Davies to take control of Salford City FC. Beckham and Neville were already shareholders in the League Two football club as part of the Class of ’92 but Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Phil [...]
London Lions savour turnaround and eye Super League Basketball play-off final

May 8, 2025

London Lions CEO Lenz Balan has hailed the club’s “unbelievable” recovery from the brink of extinction to within touching distance of a fifth consecutive play-off final. The domestic champions were plucked from administration by new owners, Lithuanian tech incubator Tesonet, in a hugely turbulent few months for British basketball last summer. Despite shedding star names, [...]
Raiola Ratings, FPL gurus and €1m: What super agent’s family did next

May 8, 2025

The larger-than-life, occasionally combustible figure of football super-agent Mino Raiola couldn’t have appeared further from the world of number-crunching and algorithms. The late transfer broker, whose clients included Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, always seemed far more into pressing the flesh and pouring champagne than poring over data. But one strand of the [...]
David Kogan: Football regulator nominee donated to Starmer and Nandy

May 7, 2025

The man nominated to chair the football regulator, David Kogan, has revealed he made donations to both Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy but insists he will have “absolute independence of political control” if given the job. Kogan, a Labour historian, said he donated “very small sums” to the leadership campaigns of Starmer and Nandy in [...]
Trump denies lobbying for Russia to be given 2026 World Cup place

May 7, 2025

President Trump insists he is not lobbying for Russia to be parachuted into the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the US despite saying it could be “a good incentive” for an end to war in Ukraine. Russia and its clubs have been banned from international football since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and European [...]
Briatore back with bang as Alpine axe Doohan for Colapinto after six races

May 7, 2025

The Alpine Formula 1 team have announced that Argentinian Franco Colapinto will replace fellow youngster Jack Doohan for the next five races. Rookie Doohan’s future has been in doubt since Colapinto, 21, signed for Alpine from Williams in January as a reserve driver. Colapinto will now be given his chance alongside Pierre Gasly until at [...]

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