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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Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro set for punishment after feeling the wrath of manager Jose Mourinho

August 12, 2015

Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro is expected to lose her place on the bench just days after she incurred the wrath of manager Jose Mourinho by rushing onto the field to treat a stricken player. Mourinho criticised his medical staff after the Premier League champions were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Swansea in Saturday’s [...]
Xherdan Shaqiri: Stoke transfer is just latest in European exodus to Premier League’s middle class

August 12, 2015

Leading players are increasingly quitting top continental clubs to play for some of the Premier League’s least glamorous outfits as England’s top-flight middle-class flexes its new-found financial muscle. Graphic by Chris Parmenter Stoke’s £12m capture of Switzerland star Xherdan Shaqiri from 18-time Italian champions Inter yesterday is just the latest example of the trend, which [...]
Dozens of athletes suspended after governing body IAAF retests stored samples

August 11, 2015

Athletics chiefs have suspended 28 athletes after retesting of samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships revealed they may have taken banned substances. Governing body the IAAF, which has been accused of a lack of rigour in anti-doping, said that the athletes could not be named yet for legal reasons but that most of [...]
Chelsea agree £20m Baba Rahman transfer and appeal Thibaut Courtois red card

August 10, 2015

Chelsea are expected to solve their left-back conundrum this week by signing Ghana international Baba Rahman from German side Augsburg. The Premier League champions are believed to have agreed an initial fee of £14m for the 21-year-old, plus around £6m in potential add-ons. Rahman replaces Filipe Luis, who rejoined Atletico Madrid earlier this summer, and [...]
US PGA Championship 2015: Rory McIlroy knows he’s ready for showdown with rival Jordan Spieth

August 10, 2015

Golf gets the duel it wanted this week when Rory McIlroy, back in action after an ankle injury, goes head to head with Jordan Spieth, the man with designs on his world No1 spot and a third Major of 2015, at the US PGA Championship – and it’s great news for the game. Read more: [...]
Chelsea agree £20m Rahman deal and appeal Courtois red card

August 10, 2015

Chelsea are expected to solve their left-back conundrum this week by signing Ghana international Baba Rahman from German side Augsburg. The Premier League champions are believed to have agreed an initial fee of £14m for the 21-year-old, plus around £6m in potential add-ons. Rahman replaces Filipe Luis, who rejoined Atletico Madrid earlier this summer, and [...]
Mo Farah cleared by UK Athletics investigation into allegations against trainer Alberto Salazar

July 30, 2015

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has been cleared of wrongdoing by a UK Athletics (UKA) investigation into allegations of doping made against his American coach Alberto Salazar. Read more: Mo Farah – Prove I’m doping or leave me alone UKA said it had not been presented with any evidence of misconduct by Farah, nor any material [...]
Don’t call us title challengers yet, says United boss

December 14, 2014

MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal attempted to play down talk of a Premier League title challenge after extending their winning run to six matches in emphatic style against Liverpool yesterday. United picked off their bitter north-west rivals with a clinical display notable for goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin van Persie and [...]
Pacquiao next on Khan hit-list if Mayweather dodges Brit fighter

December 14, 2014

BRITAIN’S Amir Khan has trained his sights on pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao after dazzling on his latest super-fight audition. Welterweight Khan reiterated his challenge to undefeated Mayweather after impressing in a unanimous points victory over American Devon Alexander in Las Vegas late on Saturday night. If Mayweather cannot be [...]
Coe’s woe at doping claims

December 14, 2014

PROSPECTIVE world athletics chief Lord Coe has warned that allegations of systematic doping in Russia and a subsequent cover-up have the potential to be as damaging as the sport’s very worst scandals. Coe compared the magnitude of the claims, aired in a German television programme, to the episodes that brought down sprinters Ben Johnson in [...]

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