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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Cook: I’m not quitting

July 21, 2014

England skipper rejects clamour to resign despite India Test defeat deepening crisis BESIEGED England cricket captain Alastair Cook refused to quit last night despite defeat in the second Test against India at Lord’s increasing calls for him to relinquish the role. Chasing 319 to win, England capitulated from 173-4 to 223 all out as Cook [...]
Gerrard: I am quitting (England duty)

July 21, 2014

LIVERPOOL skipper Steven Gerrard has hinted that he hopes to play on until the age of 38 after retiring from international football to prolong his club career yesterday. Gerrard’s decision comes weeks after England’s worst World Cup for more than 50 years, though he insisted that had no bearing on his decision to bow out [...]
Kaymer may just pip McIlroy to career grand slam, says Player

July 21, 2014

NINE-TIME Major winner Gary Player insists it is a matter of time before Open champion Rory McIlroy joins him in a select band of players to have won a career grand slam. But the South African believes Germany’s Martin Kaymer could beat the Northern Irishman to it, and warns that talk of an era of [...]
McIlroy eyes Masters next after Open triumph

July 20, 2014

FORMER world No1 Rory McIlroy immediately set his sights on completing a career grand slam at the Masters next year after clinching a commanding wire-to-wire Open victory at Hoylake yesterday. McIlroy kept rivals Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler at arm’s length with a final round 71 to win by two shots and become only the [...]
Cook feels heat as India close in on second Test

July 20, 2014

BELEAGUERED England captain Alastair Cook received the backing of his coaches last night despite yet another batting failure helping India to take a stranglehold on the second Test at Lord’s. Cook (22) was one of three late England wickets for just two runs as the hosts finished day four on 105-4, 214 short of the [...]
Hamilton riles Button but limits his title damage

July 20, 2014

BEMUSED Jenson Button took a swipe at former team-mate Lewis Hamilton after the pair collided during an eventful German Grand Prix at Hockenheim yesterday. Hamilton, who fought his way through the field from 20th on the grid to finish third, damaged his front wing by touching Button’s car as he tried to pass his fellow [...]
McIlroy sets pace at Open and vows to kick up storm

July 17, 2014

FORMER world No1 Rory McIlroy insists he is ready to cope with whatever the elements throw at him after he made the most of perfect Hoylake conditions to take a first-round lead at the Open yesterday. McIlroy’s masterful 66 means he begins today six under par, one stroke ahead of Italian Matteo Manassero and two [...]
Van Gaal fires a warning shot at United directors

July 17, 2014

Manchester United’s new manager Louis van Gaal has warned that the board’s commercial ambitions may not be compatible with the success demanded at what he deems “the biggest club in the world”. United have led the way in monetising their appeal, as illustrated this week by a £750m, 10-year kit agreement with Adidas, the biggest [...]
Rosberg told to scrub World Cup win tribute from helmet by Fifa

July 17, 2014

FOOTBALL’S governing body Fifa has forced German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg to remove an image of the World Cup from his helmet. Rosberg had changed the headgear artwork for his home grand prix at Hockenheim this weekend to celebrate his national team’s success at the World Cup five days ago. Fifa said the move [...]
Cyclist Tiernan-Locke gets two-year ban

July 17, 2014

TEAM Sky chiefs have pledged to review their recruitment policy after sacking British cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke for incurring a two-year doping ban. Tiernan-Locke was suspended and had his 2012 Tour of Britain title stripped yesterday by cycling’s world governing body the UCI following a 10-month investigation. The UCI alerted the Plymouth rider to discrepancies in [...]

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