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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IWD 2025: The biggest fights ever in women’s boxing

March 7, 2025

In a move designed to coincide with International Women’s Day this weekend, the Royal Albert Hall is staging a night of all-female boxing headlined by the unification bout between Britons Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price on Friday. For one night only, the grand London venue best known for staging the Proms will be filled with [...]
T100 Triathlon World Tour poaches RFU commercial chief Stuart Ramsey

March 6, 2025

The T100 Triathlon World Tour has pulled off a coup by poaching the commercial director of the RFU, Stuart Ramsey, to join its board. Ramsey is expected to be confirmed as chief commercial officer of the PTO Tour, the circuit co-owned by athletes and investors including Sir Michael Moritz and Warner Bros Discovery and which [...]
Fifa asks Coldplay to curate first ever World Cup final half-time show

March 5, 2025

Fifa is introducing a half-time show for the 2026 World Cup final and has asked Coldplay singer Chris Martin to help curate a selection of artists to perform. The half-time show is a staple of NFL’s Super Bowl and, with the next World Cup final set to be held in the US, Fifa is importing [...]
Millwall set to fight FA bid to extend Roberts ban for Mateta tackle

March 5, 2025

Millwall are expected to contest the Football Association’s push for goalkeeper Liam Roberts to be given an extended ban for his challenge on Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta. The FA has asked a regulatory commission to increase Roberts’ ban from the standard three-match sanction for serious foul play on the grounds that it was “clearly [...]
Newcastle United boost turnover by 30 per cent – but still make a loss

March 4, 2025

Newcastle United’s return to the Champions League boosted turnover by almost 30 per cent last season, easing concerns over long-term compliance with the Premier League’s financial rules. The Magpies reported a loss of £11.1m but that still represented a £60m improvement on the previous year, thanks to revenue growing from £250.3m to £320.3m. Participation in [...]
Serie A looks to pip LaLiga to playing matches in the US

March 4, 2025

Italy’s Serie A is hoping to beat Spain’s LaLiga to become the first major European football league to stage regular-season games in the US. LaLiga has been at the forefront of efforts to tap into the burgeoning North American market, going as far as announcing a fixture between Barcelona and Girona in Miami in 2019. [...]
Meet the British volunteers trying to get the Marshall Islands into a World Cup

March 4, 2025

The Marshall Islands is the last country without a national football team but a clutch of enthusiastic Britons are trying to rectify that – and get them into a Fifa World Cup campaign. Exeter may not seem an obvious nerve centre for a mission to get a tiny Micronesian nation into Fifa, but then this [...]
‘That’s not me’: Blatter denied fraud as £1.6m Platini row returns to court

March 3, 2025

Former Fifa kingpin Sepp Blatter reiterated his innocence over a £1.6m payment made to ex-Uefa chief Michel Platini as the fraud case returned to court on Monday. Two of football’s most influential figures of the 21st century are back in the dock after Swiss prosecutors appealed a decision to acquit both men at a previous [...]
Houston Dynamo refund tickets after Messi misses Inter Miami game

March 3, 2025

Major League Soccer team Houston Dynamo have offered supporters a refund on the cost of their tickets after opponents Inter Miami left Lionel Messi out of their match on Sunday. Houston Dynamo sold out their 22,000-capacity Shell Energy Stadium for the MLS fixture only for Inter Miami to unexpectedly rest 37-year-old eight-time Ballon d’Or winner [...]
Rugby referees get specialist insurance policy from Howden

March 3, 2025

The first specialist insurance package for UK rugby referees has been launched by Howden and athlete wellbeing provider Player Support Services. The scheme costs £10 a month and promises referees policies customised for rugby officiating and swift diagnosis and treatment in the event of an injury. It is the brainchild of former ref Mike Mulroy, [...]

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