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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Lord Coe may keep Nike role despite IAAF presidency success stoking conflict of interest row

August 19, 2015

Britain's Lord Coe has refused to rule out retaining a long-standing advisory role with Nike despite being elected president of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF on Tuesday. Coe, 58, beat Ukrainian pole vault great Sergei Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in today's vote and is poised to replace incumbent Lamine Diack at the end of [...]
Oscar Pistorius: Murder charge threat grows as prosecutors lodge appeal – but paralympic athlete set for release on house arrest this week

August 17, 2015

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is expected to be released from prison on Friday despite prosecutors stepping up attempts to have him convicted of murder. Pistorius has served 10 months of a five-year culpable homicide sentence for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 and is entitled to spend the remainder on house arrest. South [...]
Tottenham agree £12m transfer fee for Njie but made to wait for Lyon forward

August 12, 2015

Tottenham have been warned that they will have to wait to sign forward Clinton Njie from Lyon, despite striking a £12m deal for the Cameroon international. The French club’s president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed the quick, versatile 21-year-old was close to a move to White Hart Lane but that Lyon wanted to land a replacement before [...]
Chelsea doctor row: Medical community round on Blues over Jose Mourinho’s treatment of Eva Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn

August 12, 2015

Chelsea have suffered a major backlash over the decision to remove club doctor Eva Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn from the bench following criticism from manager Jose Mourinho. The Blues boss complained Carneiro and Fearn had been “impulsive and naive” for rushing onto the field to treat stricken star Eden Hazard during Saturday’s 2-2 Premier [...]
Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro set for punishment after feeling the wrath of manager Jose Mourinho

August 12, 2015

Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro is expected to lose her place on the bench just days after she incurred the wrath of manager Jose Mourinho by rushing onto the field to treat a stricken player. Mourinho criticised his medical staff after the Premier League champions were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Swansea in Saturday’s [...]
Xherdan Shaqiri: Stoke transfer is just latest in European exodus to Premier League’s middle class

August 12, 2015

Leading players are increasingly quitting top continental clubs to play for some of the Premier League’s least glamorous outfits as England’s top-flight middle-class flexes its new-found financial muscle. Graphic by Chris Parmenter Stoke’s £12m capture of Switzerland star Xherdan Shaqiri from 18-time Italian champions Inter yesterday is just the latest example of the trend, which [...]
Dozens of athletes suspended after governing body IAAF retests stored samples

August 11, 2015

Athletics chiefs have suspended 28 athletes after retesting of samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships revealed they may have taken banned substances. Governing body the IAAF, which has been accused of a lack of rigour in anti-doping, said that the athletes could not be named yet for legal reasons but that most of [...]
Chelsea agree £20m Baba Rahman transfer and appeal Thibaut Courtois red card

August 10, 2015

Chelsea are expected to solve their left-back conundrum this week by signing Ghana international Baba Rahman from German side Augsburg. The Premier League champions are believed to have agreed an initial fee of £14m for the 21-year-old, plus around £6m in potential add-ons. Rahman replaces Filipe Luis, who rejoined Atletico Madrid earlier this summer, and [...]
US PGA Championship 2015: Rory McIlroy knows he’s ready for showdown with rival Jordan Spieth

August 10, 2015

Golf gets the duel it wanted this week when Rory McIlroy, back in action after an ankle injury, goes head to head with Jordan Spieth, the man with designs on his world No1 spot and a third Major of 2015, at the US PGA Championship – and it’s great news for the game. Read more: [...]
Chelsea agree £20m Rahman deal and appeal Courtois red card

August 10, 2015

Chelsea are expected to solve their left-back conundrum this week by signing Ghana international Baba Rahman from German side Augsburg. The Premier League champions are believed to have agreed an initial fee of £14m for the 21-year-old, plus around £6m in potential add-ons. Rahman replaces Filipe Luis, who rejoined Atletico Madrid earlier this summer, and [...]

Why Fifa World Cup players are drowning in commercial red tape

Why Fifa World Cup players are drowning in commercial red tape

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