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 to net £20m profit

November 12, 2014

CHELSEA are today expected to announce a record profit of around £20m fuelled by an all-time high turnover of £325m. The figures have been boosted by the sales of midfielder Juan Mata to Manchester United and defender David Luiz to Paris Saint-Germain for a combined £87m. The main summer signings of striker Diego Costa and [...]
Violinist Mae banned for ski fiddle

November 11, 2014

FORMER pop violinist Vanessa Mae has been banned from skiing for four years after it was found that her management had rigged races to ensure she qualified for this year’s Winter Olympics. British-raised Mae, 36, went on to compete as Vanessa Vanakorn for Thailand at the Sochi Games, where she finished last of 67 competitors [...]
Defensive fears as Cahill one of wounded Lions

November 11, 2014

ENGLAND’S first-choice defensive partnership of Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka sparked injury fears ahead of Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia by missing training yesterday. Cahill and Jagielka were among five players who did not train at all, including left-back Leighton Baines and midfielders Andros Townsend and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The absence of Roy Hodgson’s preferred [...]
Garcia airs concerns overJimenez Ryder Cup captaincy bid

November 11, 2014

WORLD No4 Sergio Garcia has raised doubts over Miguel Angel Jimenez’s Ryder Cup captaincy credentials because he fears his fellow Spaniard’s level of English is not good enough. Jimenez, 50, has made clear his desire to lead Europe in 2016 and is second only to Darren Clarke in the bookmakers’ running, having taken part as [...]
Africa Cup of Nations crisis after hosts Morocco axed in Ebola row

November 11, 2014

AFRICAN football chiefs are today expected to announce a new venue for the Africa Cup of Nations after Morocco were stripped of hosting rights and disqualified from the tournament. Morocco were barred after asking to postpone the competition, which is due to begin in January, over fears that an influx of fans from across the [...]
Adebayor: Pochettino hasn’t got ideas across

November 10, 2014

TOTTENHAM striker Emmanuel Adebayor has defended under-fire manager Mauricio Pochettino but admitted that Spurs players are still to grasp how the Argentinian wants them to play. Defeat to Stoke on Sunday at White Hart Lane was the north Londoners’ fourth loss from their last five home Premier League fixtures and left them 12th in the [...]
Mercedes chief dreading double points title win

November 10, 2014

A WORLD Championship title victory for Nico Rosberg gleaned from double points in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would taint Formula One, according to his Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Rosberg will leapfrog Lewis Hamilton and snatch the crown if he wins at Yas Marina later this month and his British rival and colleague [...]
Mental strength key to ending kamikaze run, says Chambers

November 10, 2014

ARSENAL defender Calum Chambers has blamed a lapse in mental strength for the team’s alarming failure to translate a lead into three points in back-to-back fixtures. The Gunners led Swansea on Sunday with 15 minutes remaining before two goals in the space of three minutes turned the Premier League contest on its head. That came [...]
Wembley admits pitch not at its best for England Euro 2016 date

November 10, 2014

WEMBLEY chiefs have admitted the pitch will not be in prime condition for England’s match against Slovenia on Saturday, but denied that a trio of recent NFL games at the stadium were to blame. Hodgson last week raised concerns about the staging of gridiron fixtures, such as Sunday’s clash between Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars, [...]
Hammers star acid charge KO

November 10, 2014

WEST Ham star Ravel Morrison has been cleared of threatening to throw acid in the face of his ex-girlfriend and have her killed. The Crown Prosecution Service formally withdrew the allegations against the England Under-21 midfielder yesterday. Former Manchester United trainee Morrison is still due to stand trial in January on three charges of assaulting [...]

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