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 betting: Southfield and Master look the best bets in the Ultima Handicap Chase

March 14, 2016

Trainer Jonjo O’Neill has won three of the last seven runnings of the Ultima Handicap Chase (2.50pm) and has every chance of adding to his impressive record with the well-handicapped Holywell. The nine-year-old has a great Festival record, securing wins in the 2013 Pertemps Final and this very race a year later. He then finished [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins to enjoy more Supreme success with Min

March 14, 2016

We are just a few hours away from that famous Cheltenham roar when the tapes go up for the start of the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm). It is the defining sound of the Festival. However, in recent years an even more deafening noise has erupted around four minutes later. Willie Mullins and Ruby [...]
Jordan Spieth shows human side with reaction to Twitter critic but pre-Masters form is a concern

March 14, 2016

As hard as it is to get to No1 in the world rankings, it’s even more difficult to stay there, and that’s something that Jordan Spieth appears to be learning first-hand at the moment. The prolific 22-year-old’s difficult spell continued at the weekend when he only just made the cut at the Valspar Championship and [...]
Manchester United 1, West Ham United 1: Dimitri Payet wondergoal not enough for Hammers but Slaven Bilic backs them to win FA Cup quarter-final replay

March 13, 2016

Manchester United 1, West Ham United 1 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has warned Manchester United to expect an FA Cup replay defeat in east London after Anthony Martial’s late equaliser denied the Hammers a famous victory at Old Trafford on Sunday. Playmaker Dimitri Payet set the visitors on course for a spot in the [...]
Arsenal 1, Watford 2: Arsene Wenger fears for home form after Odion Ighalo and Adlene Guedioura dump Gunners out of FA Cup

March 13, 2016

Arsenal 1, Watford 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is worried by his faltering team’s home form after Watford sent the FA Cup holders crashing out of the quarter-finals. Substitute Danny Welbeck gave the Gunners hope with a late strike, after Odion Oghalo and Adlene Guedioura had given the Hornets a shock lead, but [...]
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 [...]

Starmer took sport freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds while PM

Starmer took sport freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds while PM

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