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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Rugby World Cup 2015: England full-back Mike Brown says Michael Hooper ban is too late

October 6, 2015

England full-back Mike Brown insists that Australia flanker Michael Hooper’s suspension for a foul on him in last week’s pivotal World Cup defeat at Twickenham has come too late. Hooper escaped with only conceding a penalty during the Wallabies’ 33-13 win, which condemned England to a group stage exit, but was cited for the crunching charge [...]
Fabio Capello: Chelsea slump is down to Jose Mourinho’s habit of ruining his players

October 6, 2015

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is paying the price for habitually “ruining” his players in the first 18 months of his tenure, according to former England coach Fabio Capello. Blues chiefs this week took the unusual step of issuing a public vote of confidence in Mourinho, who has led the team to just eight points from [...]
Jurgen Klopp can restore Liverpool to the top four but a Premier League title challenge is beyond him with this squad

October 6, 2015

I was a little surprised by Liverpool’s decision to sack Brendan Rodgers but, as the dust begins to settle and the club prepare to appoint his replacement, he can harbour few complaints. None of the numbers show his reign in a very flattering light. Yes, he had to contend with the unavoidable loss of start [...]
Ryder Cup 2016 should be goal for rising star Thorbjorn Olesen

October 6, 2015

It was two years ago at the Seve Trophy in Paris that I recall being impressed by a young Danish player who helped Continental Europe narrowly beat the Great Britain and Ireland team that I was captaining. Thorbjorn Olesen, then 23, was athletic and had a good swing, as well as something in the way [...]
Chelsea give Jose Mourinho vote of confidence – but won’t hand manager extra cash for January transfer spree

October 5, 2015

Chelsea have publicly backed under-fire manager Jose Mourinho to turn around their troubled start to the season but have warned that he will have to do so without a spending spree in January. Mourinho has found his future scrutinised just months after leading the Blues to the Premier League title, having begun their defence by [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England chief Ian Ritchie rules out “knee-jerk” sacking of under-fire coach Stuart Lancaster following Australia defeat

October 4, 2015

England will take their time before deciding whether to end Stuart Lancaster’s reign as head coach five years earlier than planned, says Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Ian Ritchie. Ritchie, who appointed Lancaster in one of his first major decisions after moving from the All England Lawn Tennis Club, said the RFU’s response would [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England coach Stuart Lancaster accepts blame for tournament humiliation but isn’t ready to quit

October 4, 2015

Crestfallen head coach Stuart Lancaster admits he should carry the can for England’s World Cup humiliation but insists he will not quit before next week’s Pool A swansong against Uruguay. Lancaster has a contract until 2020 but Saturday’s 33-13 defeat by Australia, which made England the first World Cup hosts to fail to make it [...]
Tottenham’s Dele Alli earns England call up after just three Premier League starts

October 1, 2015

England manager Roy Hodgson is ready to risk a 100 per cent qualifying record in the name of experimentation after handing first call-ups to Tottenham youngster Dele Alli and Liverpool striker Danny Ings. Alli, 19, has made just three Premier League starts but has been included amid injuries to regular central midfielders Jordan Henderson and [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England are wrong to target Australia scrum and we’ll prove it in Twickenham showdown, says Wallabies coach Michael Cheika

October 1, 2015

Australia coach Michael Cheika has urged his team to prove England wrong and condemn the hosts to the ignominy of becoming the first World Cup hosts to suffer group stage elimination. England No8 Ben Morgan has indicated they will look to exploit their historic scrummaging superiority tomorrow at Twickenham in pursuit of the win they [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England v Australia tickets fetching £4,000

September 29, 2015

Tickets for England's pivotal Rugby World Cup match against Australia on Saturday are fetching a record £4,000 apiece on the re-sale market. The price is a record for seats at any match other than a final, not just in rugby union but across all sports, says re-sale platform Viagogo, where the tickets were sold. England [...]

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