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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Roger Federer calls for suspected tennis fixers to be named as Novak Djokovic explains how we was offered six-figure sum to throw a match

January 18, 2016

Former world No1 Roger Federer has called for suspected cheats to be named and shamed following allegations that a number of leading tennis stars may have fixed matches. Federer, speaking after his first-round win over Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili at the Australian Open on Monday, addressed claims that 16 players to have been ranked in the world’s [...]
Australian Open 2016: Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund lose in first round as injuries hamper Brits at the first hurdle

January 18, 2016

British No2 Heather Watson blamed injury after her miserable run at the Australian Open continued with a dramatic first-round elimination in Melbourne on Monday. On a bad opening day for Britons at the grand slam, Watson served for the match against Hungary’s Timea Babos before succumbing to a 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 7-5 defeat against the world [...]
Ryder Cup clues abound for Darren Clarke as Europe’s rookies muster emphatic EurAsia Cup win

January 18, 2016

It may only have been step one of two in a big year of captaincy duties for Darren Clarke, but the EurAsia Cup could hardly have gone any better for the man tasked with masterminding Europe’s Ryder Cup defence. Clarke had a very strong group at his disposal and he coaxed a fantastic performance from [...]
Australian Open 2016: Andy Murray vows not to be distracted by impending fatherhood as he bids to finally land Melbourne grand slam

January 17, 2016

Britain's Andy Murray insists he will not let impending fatherhood affect his game at the Australian Open this week despite pledging to abandon the tournament if wife Kim goes into labour prematurely. Murray, who begins the year’s first grand slam on Tuesday with a first-round match against German teenager Alexander Zverev, is adamant that he [...]
Manchester United can still win title, says Louis van Gaal, after Wayne Rooney goal sinks Liverpool

January 17, 2016

Liverpool 0, Manchester United 1 Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal insists his team could still snatch the Premier League title after they pilfered an unlikely three points at Liverpool on Sunday. A 78th-minute volley from striker Wayne Rooney – United’s only shot on target – earned Van Gaal’s third victory in four matches since [...]
Football betting: Arsenal face testing trip to bogey team Stoke

January 14, 2016

Arsene Wenger’s least favourite trip of the season is on Sunday, as his Arsenal side travel to Stoke. The Gunners haven’t won in their last five attempts at the Britannia and, given Stoke’s recent good form, Wenger could be in for another tough afternoon. Mark Hughes’s men will be fired up to add another scalp [...]
Football betting: Back the draw when Liverpool meet Manchester United in clash of Premier League’s most inconsistent teams

January 14, 2016

No two teams embody this unpredictable Premier League season like Liverpool and Manchester United. Liverpool have had eye-catching wins over Manchester City and Chelsea yet desperate defeats against Watford and Newcastle. United topped the table twice in the early stages of the season after a promising start but they have fallen away badly in recent [...]
Huntingdon and Warwick racing betting: Ubak ready for novices’ chase

January 14, 2016

HUNTINGDON stages a fair card on Friday afternoon where the highlight is the Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle. Sceau Royal is going to be very hard to beat, but will be priced accordingly, so I’ll focus on the novices’ limited handicap chase instead (3.20pm). This is a competitive little field, with the likes of Three Faces [...]
Warwick racing betting: Foxbridge and Russe Blanc suited to slog

January 14, 2016

This weekend is one of the lower key ones of the National Hunt season; it will be even more so if Warwick is beaten by the weather on Saturday. Rain has been the big threat over the past couple of weeks. Chepstow just escaped last Saturday, but it’s now frost that is the big worry. If we [...]
Premier League’s unpredictable season is a sign of things to come, say football industry experts

January 13, 2016

It has been one of the most notable phenomena of this season but the Premier League’s increased competitiveness is here to stay, according to industry experts. English clubs’ financial strength has allowed even modest top-flight teams to beat leading European sides to top talent, as illustrated by Stoke’s summer signing of £12m Switzerland winger Xherdan [...]

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