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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Davis Cup 2015 final: Great Britain v Belgium to take place amid heightened security

November 23, 2015

Great Britain’s Davis Cup team are set to take on hosts Belgium in this week’s final amid an unprecedented level of security as the country hunts terrorists it believes are planning an imminent attack. The International Tennis Federation has announced strict safety measures for the three-day tie, which starts on Friday at the Flanders Expo [...]
Chelsea ease Financial Fair Play fears after revealing £23.1m loss for Premier League title-winning season

November 23, 2015

Chelsea insist they remain compliant with European Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules after revealing that they made a loss of £23.1m last season, despite winning the Premier League. The figure represents a swing of more than £40m from the previous year’s £18.4m profit and came despite the second highest annual turnover figure in the club’s [...]
Rory McIlroy’s Race To Dubai triumph reminds us why he’s the best of golf’s golden age

November 23, 2015

Another title never feels that far away with Rory McIlroy but it felt like he sort of needed his latest win, at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. Opting out of the BMW Masters in Shanghai the previous week put a little extra pressure on him in the Race To Dubai, and [...]
ATP World Tour Finals 2015: Novak Djokovic revels in best season of his career as world No1 beats Roger Federer to win title for a record fourth successive year

November 22, 2015

World No1 Novak Djokovic hailed his best season yet after becoming the first man to win the ATP World Tour Finals four years in a row in London on Sunday evening. Djokovic beat world No3 Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 at the O2 Arena to claim his 11th title of a magnificent campaign in which he [...]
Mauricio Pochettino eyes top four finish after Harry Kane fires Tottenham back into Champions League contention

November 22, 2015

Tottenham Hotspur 4, West Ham 1 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino could not hide his pride after Spurs blew away West Ham to move to within two points of the Premier League’s top four and north London rivals Arsenal on Sunday. England striker Harry Kane’s brace, plus goals from defenders Toby Alderweireld and Kyle Walker lit up [...]
Belgium terror alert hits Great Britain’s bid to win a first Davis Cup for 79 years

November 22, 2015

Great Britain’s preparations for a first Davis Cup final since 1979 have suffered a setback after their journey to Belgium for this week’s showdown was delayed by the threat of terrorism. Andy Murray and team-mates had been due to travel to Ghent on Sunday but national chiefs the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) postponed the trip amid [...]
Rory McIlroy bags Race To Dubai and DP World Tour Championship double to take 2015 prize money past £7m

November 22, 2015

World No3 Rory McIlroy saluted his happy knack of rising to the occasion after he won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship yesterday to clinch his third Race To Dubai title in four years. McIlroy had to overhaul Andy Sullivan on the back nine to claim his second victory at the tournament, carding a 66 [...]
England rugby coach Eddie Jones confirms U-turn over controversial overseas player policy that has frozen out stars Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon

November 22, 2015

England coach Eddie Jones insists he now supports the Rugby Football Union’s controversial policy of freezing out of national duty stars who choose to play their club rugby overseas. Australian Jones, who was confirmed as the successor to Stuart Lancaster on Friday, has previously been critical of the arrangement, stating last week that he felt [...]
Eddie Jones poised to be named England rugby coach – but former Australia star David Campese brands RFU desperate for turning to their first foreign boss

November 19, 2015

England rugby chiefs have been branded clueless by former Wallabies star David Campese after it emerged that Australian ex-Japan coach Eddie Jones is set to succeed Stuart Lancaster. Jones is believed to have held talks with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in London yesterday and the appointment of England’s first foreign head coach could be confirmed [...]
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 [...]

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