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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RunGP founder Marcel Muenster: ‘Athletics needs more heroes’

March 17, 2025

Mo Farah may have signed up as the face of RunGP, but it was an encounter with another legend of long distance, Eliud Kipchoge, which helped entrepreneur Marcel Muenster formulate the new athletics series. After selling the healthcare business he founded, Doctor In Your Pocket, Muenster indulged his passion for road running by training like [...]
Ainslie heads 400 Olympians urging IOC to take fight to climate change

March 14, 2025

British sailing great Sir Ben Ainslie heads a list of 400 Olympians who have signed a letter urging the next president of the IOC to prioritise tackling climate change. Other signatories include swimmer Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, Ferdinand Omanyala, Africa’s fastest sprinter, refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba and Paris 2024 surfing gold medallist Carissa [...]
Abramovich aide Granovskaia wins High Court battle over Chelsea transfer

March 14, 2025

Former Chelsea chief Marina Granovskaia, a close aide of Roman Abramovich, has won a High Court battle against football agent Saif Alrubie over a payment of more than £2m. Alrubie brought a lawsuit against Granovskaia, claiming that he was owed £2,182,782 in relation to Chelsea’s sale of defender Kurt Zouma to West Ham United in [...]
Will Man United’s stadium project really deliver £7.3bn a year to the UK?

March 14, 2025

It wasn’t just the big top design and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comparison’s with the Eiffel Tower that raised eyebrows when Manchester United revealed the latest plans for a new £2bn stadium to replace Old Trafford this week. The benefits forecast for the project, which includes the wider regeneration of the area, also set tongues wagging: [...]
Frankie Dettori: Jockey ’embarrassed’ after filing for bankruptcy

March 13, 2025

Jockey Frankie Dettori declared he is “saddened and embarrassed” after announcing he is filing for bankruptcy. The three-time champion jockey in Britain is now based in America after shelving earlier plans to retire. In a statement, Dettori said: “For the last six months, my advisors have been working with HMRC in an attempt to find [...]
Mercedes F1 boss Wolff cools talk of Verstappen swoop

March 13, 2025

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff insists they are no longer pursuing a sensational move to poach world champion Max Verstappen from Red Bull. Wolff openly floated a swoop for Verstappen last year as Red Bull became embroiled in a crisis surrounding team principal Christian Horner’s alleged behaviour. But on the eve of the 2025 [...]
Scrapping relegation can help WSL dodge trap set by men’s football

March 13, 2025

The WSL’s new leadership deserves credit for seriously considering ditching relegation in pursuit of a firmer financial footing for women’s football, writes Ed Warner. Manchester City have sacked their head coach with hopes of Champions League qualification this season fading and only cup dreams to cling to. No, not Pep Guardiola, but Gareth Taylor, now [...]
England Rugby to switch to Murray-backed Castore after Six Nations

March 12, 2025

England’s rugby teams will replace Umbro with Andy Murray-backed British sportswear brand Castore after this year’s Six Nations. The new kit deal is due to start in May and follows months of talks between the Rugby Football Union and Castore, which was founded by former City workers. It means that England men’s team will debut [...]
Liverpool rocked again as Van Dijk makes contract admission

March 12, 2025

Liverpool have suffered another blow following their Champions League elimination after captain Virgil van Dijk admitted he may only have 10 games left at the club. Van Dijk, 33, is out of contract in the summer and the Dutchman insists he is still no nearer to knowing whether he will strike a new deal to [...]
Allianz extension insures IOC against further sponsor losses

March 12, 2025

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has further shored up its sponsor roster after losing several big clients by extending its partnership with Allianz to 2032. Allianz has also added a further four years to its deal with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which will conclude after the Brisbane 2032 Games. The insurance giant joined the [...]

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