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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Cheltenham Festival 2016: Davy Russell gunning for more glory

March 13, 2016

As tension builds on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, one man who is remaining ice cool is former Irish champion jockey Davy Russell. “There’s no point going into the Festival with your hopes too high – if you do, you’re in for a rude awakening. “If you fancy one horse too much, you’ll end up [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Experts share their tips with racing-mad City audience

March 13, 2016

Ruby Walsh plans to leave the decision on which horse he rides in Friday’s Cheltenham Gold Cup until Wednesday morning, but John Francome, who won chasing’s most coveted crown on Midnight Court in 1978, has no doubt that he will side with Djakadam. Having been entertained by the legendary champion jockey amongst other sporting luminaries [...]
Racing betting: Art Mauresque can land another Greatwood at Newbury for in-form Paul Nicholls

March 3, 2016

Second-guessing the weather in this country is a dangerous pursuit, but if it stays dry then I’m confident that Paul Nicholls can add to his already impressive record in the Greatwood Gold Cup (3.25pm) at Newbury Saturday. The champion trainer has won a staggering seven of the 13 renewals of the 2m 3f Chase run [...]
Racing betting: Progressive Le Prezien to justify 800-mile round trip to Kelso

March 3, 2016

Kelso's richest day’s racing has attracted some interesting runners to the Scottish Borders on Saturday with the most eye-catching being Paul Nicholls’ LE PREZIEN in the Grade Two Premier Kelso Hurdle (3.15pm). This is the first time that Nicholls has fielded a runner in this race and he doesn’t send his horses to Kelso for a [...]
Football betting: Tottenham and Arsenal title challenges on the line in nervy north London derby

March 3, 2016

Since 1995, Tottenham have finished above every single club in the Premier League in one season or another – except Arsenal. Sat three points above their old rivals ahead of Saturday's north London derby with only 10 games left, they will fancy their chances of altering that statistic. In doing so they may even scratch [...]
Football betting: Slaven Bilic to mastermind end to West Ham’s Goodison blues at former club Everton

March 3, 2016

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic returns to Everton on Saturday hoping to end his team’s remarkable and unwanted run against their opponents. Since Bobby Zamora’s winner in a 1-0 win in April 2007, the Hammers have gone 18 matches without a win over the Merseysiders . However, with his side flying high in sixth place, [...]
Arsenal 1, Swansea 2: Petr Cech injury compounds sorry night for Arsene Wenger as Gunners waste chance to close gap on Tottenham before north London derby

March 2, 2016

Arsenal 1, Swansea 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger banned title talk after his team's Premier League challenge crumbled further with a dispiriting defeat to struggling Swansea. The Gunners missed a huge chance to close the gap on leaders Leicester and rivals Tottenham — ahead of Saturday's north London derby — despite winger Joel Campbell putting them in [...]
Antonio Conte to Chelsea: Guus Hiddink has turned the Blues around but they need to be bold and Italy boss is a better choice for a long-term project

March 1, 2016

I don't think even Guus Hiddink realised how big a job he was taking on when the experienced Dutchman returned for a second stint as caretaker manager of Chelsea in December, following the sacking of Jose Mourinho. Confidence seemed to be at rock bottom but less than three months later the mood at Stamford Bridge [...]
Manchester United 3, Arsenal 2: Marcus Rashford strikes again but Arsene Wenger insists the Gunners are still in title race

February 28, 2016

Manchester United 3, Arsenal 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists his team are still in the Premier League title race despite seeing their hopes severely dented by Manchester United’s newest hero Marcus Rashford. Eighteen-year-old Rashford took his tally to four goals from his first two senior games with a quickfire first-half brace that laid the [...]
Racing betting: Well-handicapped Ericht to bounce back for Henderson

February 25, 2016

Kempton is the last big trials day before Cheltenham and it’s normally the Adonis and Dovecote Hurdles that punters associate with potential Festival winners. There are some promising horses in both of those races on Saturday, but in the past four years the winner of the 2m4½f handicap chase (4.45pm) has gone on to land [...]

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