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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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 [...]
Roy Hodgson must decide on his best England team and stick with it against Spain and France if he hopes to succeed at Euro 2016

November 10, 2015

The last thing I want to read next Wednesday is that coach Roy Hodgson rested players for one or other of England’s friendlies against Spain and France because he didn’t want to upset their club managers. These two matches over the next seven days are a chance for England to raise the bar against better [...]
Wada’s report on Russian athletics shows it’s been too easy to corrupt current anti-doping system

November 10, 2015

The long-awaited independent commission report of an investigation into allegations first revealed in a German TV documentary shocked but does not surprise those who remember state institutionalised doping of the 1970s. The documentary itself was controversial, alleging doping practices, bribery and corruption in the Russian national anti-doping system involving national doping control officers, laboratory scientists, [...]
Russell Knox takes his place in golf’s elite with breakthrough WGC-HSBC Champions win

November 9, 2015

I had to double-check when I heard that his landmark win at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai was Russell Knox’s first on either the European Tour or PGA Tour. Being a Scot, I’d been aware of him for a while and had kept an eye on his progress in the United States, where he plays [...]

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