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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Suarez axed by Adidas as star gets four month ban

June 26, 2014

ADIDAS last night dropped Liverpool striker Luis Suarez from its World Cup marketing campaign after he was handed a four-month ban from all football activity for biting Italian Giorgio Chiellini. The sportswear giant also condemned Suarez’s actions and warned it would be holding talks with the Uruguay player regarding his obligations under a boot deal [...]
Lucky Hodgson got off lightly, insists Scholes

June 26, 2014

FORMER England midfielder Paul Scholes believes manager Roy Hodgson has been given an easy ride considering the team endured their worst World Cup campaign for more than half a century. Scholes says a foreign coach, such as previous boss Fabio Capello, would have been subjected to far harsher criticism for failing to steer England through [...]
World Cup: Downed by his countrymen, but Klinsmann guides USA through

June 26, 2014

USA 0 GERMANY 1 USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann hailed a triumph against the odds after guiding his unfancied team into the knockout stage of the World Cup despite defeat to his native Germany last night. Portugal or Ghana could have overtaken the Americans in the final round of Group G fixtures, but the former’s 2-1 [...]
World Cup: Ronaldo finally gets off mark but Portugal and chaotic Ghana exit

June 26, 2014

PORTUGAL 2 GHANA 1 GHANA coach Kwesi Appiah refused to blame in-fighting after his team missed out on a place in the last 16 and ended their World Cup campaign with another defeat. Appiah sent home star men Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari just hours before last night’s clash, from which both sides could have [...]
India batsman in injury scare

June 26, 2014

INDIA suffered an injury scare to batsman Shikhar Dhawan ahead of next month’s Test series with England after he was struck by a delivery during the first day’s play of their tour. Opener Dhawan left the crease immediately after being hit on the elbow by a ball from seamer Atif Sheikh, having scored 60 as [...]
United clinch £29m Herrera deal after late buyout clause wrangle

June 26, 2014

MANCHESTER United assistant Ryan Giggs has hailed Ander Herrera as one of Spain’s brightest prospects after the club overcame a last-minute hitch to sign the £29m midfielder from Athletic Bilbao. The deal only came about after Herrera, 24, agreed to pay his own buy-out clause of €36m, with United reimbursing him immediately, after Athletic had [...]
British racing outlines a zero-tolerance rules for steroid use

June 26, 2014

BRITISH horse racing chiefs have announced tougher measures to prevent a repeat of the doping scandals that embroiled high-profile trainers Mahmood Al Zarooni and Gerard Butler last year. The changes mean it is prohibited to administer anabolic steroids, and that any horse that tests positive for the banned drugs faces a racing ban of 14 [...]
Suarez victim of English and Italian plot, say Uruguay

June 25, 2014

URUGUAYAN football chiefs claim that Luis Suarez did not bite Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini and that allegations against the Liverpool striker are the result of an English, Italian and Brazilian conspiracy. World governing body Fifa was last night considering whether to ban Suarez for the rest of the World Cup and possibly beyond after Chiellini accused [...]
World Cup: Messi stars as planets align to aid Nigeria

June 25, 2014

NIGERIA 2 ARGENTINA 3 BOSNIA 3 IRAN 1 NIGERIA coach Stephen Keshi hailed Lionel Messi as being “from Jupiter” after the world’s most gifted player scored two goals in a victory that confirmed Argentina as Group F winners last night. Messi lashed a fourth-minute opener and curled in a delicate free-kick just before half-time, though [...]
World Cup: Luis Suarez facing two-year ban over bite row

June 24, 2014

Liverpool and Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could be banned from football for up to two years after he was accused of biting an opponent during last night’s World Cup win over Italy. Defender Giorgio Chiellini called Suarez “a sneak” and urged governing body Fifa to use video evidence against the 27-year-old, who dismissed the notion [...]

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