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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Racing betting: Belardo a cut above the rest in Doncaster Mile

March 31, 2016

Sanwiched in the middle of Saturday's seven-race card at Doncaster is the Listed Betway Doncaster Mile (3.55pm). There is no shortage of class in the race with the 117-rated pair of Custom Cut, a winner of no less than six Group contests, and BELARDO both going to post. Custom Cut was a revelation in 2014, [...]
Tottenham face fight to keep Mauricio Pochettino and won’t win Premier League, says Sir Alex Ferguson

March 31, 2016

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Tottenham they face a fight to hold onto boss Mauricio Pochettino following his quiet transformation of the club. Ferguson expects Spurs’ most concerted top-flight title challenge for half a century to end in failure, with current leaders Leicester his tip to complete a watershed Premier League [...]
Bahrain Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso admits collapsed lung and fractured ribs could keep him out of multiple races

March 31, 2016

Double world champion Fernando Alonso admits he could be forced to miss further races after being ruled out of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix with injuries suffered in his spectacular Melbourne crash. Alonso sustained fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung in the 200mph smash that ended his Australian Grand Prix two weeks ago, the McLaren [...]
Gary Neville’s reign in Spain over after less than four months as Valencia sack England coach

March 30, 2016

England assistant Gary Neville admits that his results at Valencia were not good enough after the Spanish club brought a premature end to his first foray into management. The decision came less than four months after the former Manchester United defender’s shock appointment and just days after some Valencia supporters burnt an effigy of him [...]
David Haye to donate 10 per cent of ticket sales for next fight to stricken fellow boxer Nick Blackwell

March 30, 2016

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has pledged 10 per cent of revenue from ticket sales for his next fight will be donated to seriously injured fellow English fighter Nick Blackwell. Middleweight Blackwell remains in an induced coma following his 10th-round stoppage by Chris Eubank Jr in their British title fight at Wembley Arena on [...]
Nick Blackwell: Chris Eubank Jr reveals he eased off

March 29, 2016

British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr has revealed he eased off Nick Blackwell in the final rounds of their fight on Saturday, which saw the latter suffer bleeding on the brain and placed into a coma. Eubank Jr confirmed on Tuesday that he threw fewer uppercuts and aimed less at his opponent’s head as he saw [...]
Masters 2016: Sledgehammer Jason Day should take positives from winning consecutive events rather than worry he might have peaked too early

March 28, 2016

If Jason Day’s WGC Dell Match Play contest with Rory McIlroy is a taste of what is to come in the Masters then golf fans are in for a treat at the year’s first Major in Augusta next week. Rory was more than a little unlucky to lose a great semi-final on Sunday, which swung [...]
Boxer Nick Blackwell could come out of coma on Tuesday

March 28, 2016

Boxer Nick Blackwell could be brought out of an induced coma on Tuesday after his camp issued a positive update on his condition last night. Trainer Gary Lockett said the 25-year-old middleweight from Wiltshire remained “heavily sedated” but was “not deteriorating” 48 hours after his British title fight with Chris Eubank Jr. Blackwell was found [...]
Antoine Demoitie: Cyclists demand investigation after Belgian rider who was hit by motorbike following a crash during a race dies

March 28, 2016

Belgian cyclists have demanded an urgent investigation into the death of Antoine Demoitie, who was hit by a motorbike after crashing during a race on Sunday. Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider Demoitie, who was 25, crashed with four other competitors around 115km from the end of the Gent-Wevelgem race. He was then struck by a race motorbike [...]
Six Nations 2016: England’s Joe Marler hauled before World Rugby over “gypsy boy” row with Wales prop Samson Lee

March 23, 2016

England's Joe Marler is facing belated punishment for calling Wales prop Samson Lee “gypsy boy” after World Rugby last night summoned him to an independent disciplinary hearing. The governing body intervened because Six Nations chiefs opted not to sanction Marler despite him admitting to an offence that typically carries a minimum suspension of four weeks. Marler, [...]

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