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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Manchester Basketball to rival Man City and United for NBA Europe franchise

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The owners of Manchester’s Super League Basketball team are in talks over a bid, backed by private equity or sovereign wealth, for the city’s planned NBA Europe franchise. President Ben Pierson told City AM that their experience in operating professional teams in Manchester and neutrality to its partisan football scene could be assets in the [...]
NBA’s European show dazzles on and off court but new league is no slam dunk

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No one disputes that NBA Europe represents a big opportunity but the lack of detail around 18 months from launch is tempering excitement. The mascots for the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic descended from the O2’s ceiling, celebrities dotted the courtside seats, and the NBA reported a sell-out for its first game in London for [...]
Exclusive: Liverpool and Telegraph owner RedBird working on NBA Europe

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Telegraph Media Group owner and Liverpool FC investor RedBird Capital Partners is working with the NBA on its plans to launch a European basketball league, City AM can reveal. RedBird, which also owns Italian football giants AC Milan, is playing a prominent role in wooing potential investors and partners in the venture at an exclusive [...]

Richest women’s football teams 2026: Arsenal pip Chelsea and Barcelona

January 19, 2026

Arsenal have overtaken Barcelona Femeni to become the richest women’s football team in Europe, according to Deloitte’s latest annual rankings. Last season’s Champions League winners topped the list of women’s football clubs ranked by revenue for the first time, with Arsenal earning €25.6m (£21.5m) in 2024-25. Women’s Super League holders Chelsea are a close second [...]
NBA Europe open to sovereign wealth and in talks with family offices

January 18, 2026

The NBA is open to sovereign wealth funds buying franchises in its proposed European basketball league, says the US sports giant’s commissioner Adam Silver. Speaking in London ahead of the NBA game on Sunday at the O2 and a presentation to potential commercial partners the following morning, Silver said the league and its advisors were [...]
Swindon Town face expulsion for picking player who was serving seven-game ban

January 16, 2026

Swindon Town face being thrown out of the EFL Trophy after the League Two club fielded two ineligible players – including one who was serving a seven-match ban. The Robins named captain Ollie Clarke in the starting line-up for Tuesday’s 2-1 win at Luton Town and brought on Aaron Drinan as a substitute at half [...]
London role revealed for historic 2027 Tour de France Grand Departs

January 15, 2026

London will play a key role when the Grand Departs of both the men’s and women’s editions of the Tour de France are held in the UK for the first time next year. The men’s Grand Depart – a short series of stages that begin the world’s most famous cycling race – will begin with [...]
Manchester United owner Ratcliffe cuts asking price in bid to offload club

January 15, 2026

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has cut his asking price for OGC Nice as he attempts to trim the French club from his shrinking Ineos sports portfolio. Ratcliffe bought the Ligue 1 outfit for €100m in 2019, two years after the side based on the French Riviera had finished third in the domestic league, [...]
England cricket fans rivalled players’ drinking during Ashes, data reveals

January 15, 2026

The England cricket team’s alcohol consumption on the ill-fated recent Ashes tour may have grabbed the headlines but new data reveals their supporters matched them drink for drink. Figures collated by Revolut and shared with City AM show that spending in Australian bars, nightclubs, restaurants and other venues by British visitors and expats reached £6.9m [...]
Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke becomes largest private landowner in US

January 14, 2026

Arsenal’s billionaire owner Stan Kroenke has flexed his financial muscle to become the largest private landowner in the US, according to a new ranking. Trade publication The Land Report’s annual list of the top 100 US landowners places Kroenke top following his acquisition of almost 1m acres of New Mexico last month. The real estate [...]

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