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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Sport Comment: It’s not too late to salvage season

November 23, 2014

ANY hopes of resisting Chelsea’s procession to the Premier League title vanished for Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham before the clocks even went back. But so collective is their failure that there is still much to gain for the next out-of-sorts “big” team to settle down and find a winning formula. Chelsea aside, faltering [...]
International Friendly: Germany play party-poopers on historic day for England women

November 23, 2014

ENGLAND 0 GERMANY 3 ENGLAND’S women attracted a record crowd of more than 45,000 for their first standalone game at Wembley but Germany spoiled the party with a clinical victory. The crowd might have been even greater than 45,169 but around 10,000 ticket-holders did not attend the match, amid public transport disruption and bad weather. [...]
Stenson defends his Dubai crown and banks £1.3m

November 23, 2014

RYDER Cup star Henrik Stenson is targeting a first Major title in 2015 after the Swede concluded the season by scooping a long-awaited victory and a £1.3m payday. Stenson survived a scare on the back nine to successfully defend his DP World Tour Championship title in Dubai yesterday and land a first win since his [...]
Wigan in crisis as Whelan joins Mackay in dock

November 20, 2014

CONTROVERSY surrounding Wigan Athletic intensified last night after the Championship club’s owner, retail entrepreneur Dave Whelan, was accused of holding anti-semitic views and condoning racism. The row erupted as one of the team’s sponsors cut its ties over the appointment of Malky Mackay, who the Football Association said could still face charges over allegations of [...]
Ferrari confirm Vettel arrival in place of Alonso

November 20, 2014

FORMULA One title favourite Lewis Hamilton’s world championship showdown preparations were overshadowed yesterday by confirmation of two big-money driver moves. Ferrari confirmed that current champion Sebastian Vettel is to join them next season, ending Fernando Alonso’s five-year spell at the team, in a deal reported to be worth as much £50m a year to the [...]
McIlroy hits the ground running at season finale

November 20, 2014

WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy rubbished fears of rustiness following his six-week hiatus by racing into a share of the first-round lead at the season-ending DP World Championship yesterday. McIlroy conjured a bogey-free six-under-par 66, a score matched only by Ireland’s Shane Lowry, in his bid to round off the campaign with a double celebration, having [...]
Wigan rapped for handing text-row boss Mackay second chance

November 19, 2014

WIGAN last night came under fire from equality campaigners after handing former Cardiff boss Malky Mackay a return to football despite an ongoing probe into claims he sent racist, homophobic and sexist text messages. Kick It Out called on the Football Association to clarify whether it backed the Championship club’s chairman Dave Whelan’s assertion that [...]
Hope for Bianchi as F1 driver out of coma at last

November 19, 2014

FORMULA One driver Jules Bianchi is no longer in a coma and has been transferred to a hospital in his native France, seven weeks after his life-threatening crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. Bianchi, who suffered severe head injuries when his Marussia car ploughed into a trackside recovery vehicle, remains unconscious and in a critical [...]
Blatter hits back at Dyke: We will publish – if you don’t sue

November 19, 2014

SNIPING between Sepp Blatter and the Football Association escalated yesterday when the president of world governing body Fifa hit back in the row over alleged World Cup bid corruption. Responding to FA chairman Greg Dyke’s call for full publication of a Fifa ethics committee’s investigation into corruption claims, Blatter said he was forbidden by Swiss [...]
Fans get partial refunds for O2 Federer no show

November 19, 2014

LONDON tennis fans left disappointed by the cancellation of the final of the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 on Sunday are set to receive a 60 per cent refund on their tickets. World No2 Roger Federer stunned spectators just minutes before his showdown with defending champion Novak Djokovic by announcing he was forfeiting [...]

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