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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Kevin Pietersen calls England selectors pathetic and ridiculous after Ian Bell is dropped for tour of South Africa

November 19, 2015

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has blasted selectors and accused them of double standards after stalwart Ian Bell was axed from the Test squad for next month’s tour of South Africa. Pietersen called the decision to drop Bell, who is England’s eighth highest run-scorer of all time but has just two centuries from his last [...]
Premier League clubs to play La Marseillaise before this weekend’s games in tribute to victims of Paris terror attacks

November 19, 2015

La Marseillaise is to be played before all of this weekend’s Premier League fixtures as a tribute to the 129 people killed in last week’s terrorist attacks on Paris. England football chiefs were praised for encouraging all 70,000 supporters to join in the French national anthem before Tuesday’s poignant friendly between England and Les Bleus [...]
Arsene Wenger considers dropping Laurent Koscielny from Arsenal team because France defender was “deeply affected” by Paris terror attacks

November 19, 2015

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger fears that defender Laurent Koscielny has been so deeply affected by the Paris terrorist attacks that he may need time away from the team. Koscielny was in the France side whose friendly with Germany was targeted, largely unsuccessfully, by suicide bombers last Friday night, when 129 people were killed across the [...]
Paris terror attacks mean England-France match will be no normal friendly, says Roy Hodgson

November 16, 2015

England manager Roy Hodgson admits that Tuesday evening's international at Wembley against a France team reeling from Friday’s terror attacks in Paris will be “no normal friendly”. Hodgson said the match would primarily be an act of solidarity with France, who rejected an offer to cancel the fixture despite some of their players’ relatives being among [...]
Rory McIlroy’s seven-way fight to win the Race To Dubai shows that the European Tour has never been stronger

November 16, 2015

For an illustration of why the European Tour has never been stronger, look no further than Andy Sullivan, the Englishman who has won no fewer than three times this season. Despite that hat-trick of successes, Sullivan goes into this week’s season finale, the DP World Tour Championship, knowing that even a fourth title of 2015 [...]
Paris terror attacks: France footballers Lassana Diarra and Antoine Griezmann refuse to skip England match despite family members being caught up in shootings

November 15, 2015

France have confirmed that they are bringing a full-strength squad to England for Tuesday's friendly at Wembley, despite some players being profoundly affected by the terror attacks in Paris on Friday. Former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder Lassana Diarra’s cousin was among the 129 killed, while forward Antoine Griezmann’s sister was caught up in – but [...]
Russia ready to admit some doping charges from Wada report in attempt to avoid blanket ban that would keep their athletes out of Rio 2016 Olympics

November 12, 2015

Russian athletics chiefs plan to admit to some of the doping charges levelled against them in an attempt to avoid a ban from next summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. World governing body the IAAF, led by Lord Coe, has given the country until Friday to respond to a litany of allegations contained in a [...]
England part with Stuart Lancaster and ready to raid the coffers for top international coach

November 11, 2015

Rugby chief Ian Ritchie has insisted that he is prepared to break the bank in order to secure a candidate with proven international experience to replace Stuart Lancaster, whose departure as England head coach was confirmed on Wednesday. Lancaster left his post by mutual consent following a review into England’s dismal World Cup showing, a [...]
Russia doping scandal: Britain’s drug-testing system is worse than ours, says under-fire sports minister Vitaly Mutko

November 11, 2015

Russia's under-fire sports minister Vitaly Mutko has responded to claims that he was complicit in a state-sponsored doping programme by attacking British anti-drug efforts. A bombshell report by a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission on Monday said the London 2012 Olympics had been “sabotaged” by the avoidable presence of Russian drug-cheats. Former Wada chief [...]
Andy Murray and Great Britain would beat Belgium in the Davis Cup final eight times out of 10, says John McEnroe

November 10, 2015

It may be almost 80 years since they last won the Davis Cup, but John McEnroe insists Great Britain should be considered hot favourites when they face Belgium in the final this month. Britain also faces the dual inconvenience of being the away team and playing on clay, although talisman Andy Murray has been practising on [...]

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