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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Baines: Centurion Rooney will be appreciated when he has retired

November 13, 2014

ENGLAND defender Leighton Baines has reassured captain Wayne Rooney that he will be remembered as a national team great regardless of his failure to help land major honours. Rooney reflected this week, as he prepares to win his 100th cap against Slovenia tomorrow, that he would not be held in such high esteem as Sir [...]
Ennis in Evans Blades threat

November 13, 2014

OLYMPIC heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis has threatened to withdraw her name from one of Sheffield United’s stands if the third tier club re-signs convicted rapist Ched Evans. It followed warnings from two of United’s shirt sponsors that they would reconsider their support if striker Evans, who is training with his former club on an informal [...]
Poulter hunting Jimenez in bid to end title wait

November 13, 2014

ENGLAND’S Ian Poulter roared into contention for a first title for two years with a blistering back nine on the first day of the Turkish Airlines Open yesterday. Poulter sank eight birdies and an eagle in an eight-under-par round of 64 that left him in second place, just one stroke behind the leader, evergreen Spaniard [...]
Dazzling Rohit sets new one-day best by hitting Sri Lanka for 264

November 13, 2014

INDIA’S Rohit Sharma insisted he could have batted for another 50 overs after obliterating the record score for a one-day international innings with a staggering 264 against Sri Lanka in Kolkata yesterday. Rohit bludgeoned nine sixes and 33 fours from 173 deliveries to emphatically surpass the previous best of 219, scored by countryman Virender Sehwag [...]
Sponsors ready to ditch Blades over Evans row

November 12, 2014

SHEFFIELD United last night came under renewed pressure to cut ties with convicted rapist Ched Evans after two major sponsors warned they would consider withdrawing their support if the club signed the forward. Evans this week moved a step closer to rejoining the League One side, who he played for before being jailed in 2012, [...]
World Cup bid probe set to clear Qatar but take aim at England

November 12, 2014

QATAR’S controversial but successful bid to stage the 2022 World Cup is expected to be exonerated of serious wrongdoing today by governing body Fifa’s official investigation. But England are expected to be criticised for their approach to bidding for the 2018 tournament, which was awarded to Russia. German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert is this morning due [...]
Springboks ring the changes for Red Rose clash

November 12, 2014

SOUTH Africa coach Heyneke Meyer insists the sweeping changes he has made to his team for Saturday’s Test against England are not a reaction to last week’s defeat to Ireland. Meyer has dropped five players and recalled the likes of World Cup winners JP Pietersen and Schalk Burger for the Test at Twickenham, England’s second [...]
Djokovic turns on style to beat Wawrinka at O2

November 12, 2014

WORLD No1 Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a third successive ATP World Tour Finals title with a blistering annihilation of Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka last night in London. Djokovic, who is seeking his fourth success overall at the lucrative season-ending tournament, won 12 out of 13 games to thrash Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0 at [...]
Crowd won’t be on my side for Federer match, admits Murray

November 12, 2014

BRITAIN’S Andy Murray expects home advantage to count for little when he faces world No2 Roger Federer with a place in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals at stake tonight in London. Murray can rely on feverishly partisan support at Wimbledon but the end-of-season event a few miles east at the O2 attracts [...]
Caterham crowdfunding helps British woman’s F1 debut bid

November 12, 2014

BRITISH racer Alice Powell is hoping to make her Formula One debut at this month’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for financially troubled team Caterham – but admits she has never driven an F1 car. Powell, 21, is in line to take part in free practice at the season’s final race after her grandfather chipped in [...]

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