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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Shakhtar Donetsk on playing in London, Russian rockets and ‘Invest in Ukraine’

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Shakhtar Donetsk have set up shop in London at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge to show the world that Ukraine remains open for business despite five years of aggression from Russia, their CEO tells City AM. Serhii Palkin, the long-serving CEO of Shakhtar Donetsk, has just joined our call when the grim reality of trying to run [...]
Aston Villa drop Carragher legal action threat after pundit’s apology for X-rated rant

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Aston Villa have dropped their threat to sue Jamie Carragher for “unacceptable insults” to the club and fans after the TV pundit apologised for his remarks. Carragher infuriated Villa chiefs last week by saying the club’s supporters should “shut the f*** up” and recognise that their manager, Unai Emery, might be tempted by the prospect [...]
Russia wins legal bid to come in from the cold in international ice hockey

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Russia’s controversial bid to be allowed back into global sport has made further inroads after it won a legal battle with the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced today that it has upheld an appeal from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation against its ban from international competitions on safety and [...]

CVC-backed Global Sport Group raids WBD as Allera reunites with Georgiou

October 30, 2026

Global Sport Group, the vehicle for CVC’s investments in football, rugby union and tennis, has poached Andrew Georgiou from Warner Bros Discovery to be its CEO. The move sees Georgiou, who led TNT Sports’ entry into the UK as president of WBD Sports Europe, reunite with GSG chair Marc Allera, who was CEO of BT’s [...]
Are Manchester City too big to fail? Here’s what economic modelling says

October 30, 2026

Exclusive economic modelling for City AM assesses whether Manchester City are too big to fail and whether a contagion threat should be factored into any punishment of the club. You have to go back to 1984 and the US state rescue of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company to pinpoint the moment that “too [...]
LA28 Olympics leans into Hollywood heritage with ‘Stars Align’ slogan

October 28, 2026

Los Angeles 2028 Olympics organisers have leant into Hollywood heritage by announcing “Stars Align” as the official slogan for the next Summer Games. The tagline is a nod to both the city’s status as a celebrity hotbed and the slogan for the LA 1984 Olympics, “Stars in Motion”, which itself drew on the US flag. [...]
Real Madrid aim to mend Mbappe diplomatic row with grovelling apology to China

October 28, 2026

Real Madrid have issued a grovelling apology to “the Chinese people” in a bid to soothe the diplomatic row caused by star Kylian Mbappe’s “dictator” remarks about Mao Zedong. Chinese media have confirmed they are suspending their £20m-a-year broadcast deal with the Spanish league after rejecting apologies from both Mbappe and LaLiga yesterday. Mbappe sparked [...]
Burnley FC crisis deepens as parent company is threatened with liquidation

October 28, 2026

Freefalling Burnley FC’s worries have deepened after the club’s parent company, Velocity Capital (UK) Holdings, received a compulsory strike-off notice. The Clarets, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, are in the bottom three of the Championship, with just one win from their first 12 games, and currently without a permanent manager. The [...]
Fifa and Infantino at centre of escalating row among Asian football chiefs

October 27, 2026

The war of words in Asian football over the future of Fifa president Gianni Infantino has escalated further after regional chiefs turned on critic Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan. Asia has become a key battleground for Infantino as he looks to extend his decade-long tenure at next year’s elections despite a widespread backlash to [...]
Amir Khan’s union the GFA hires £500-an-hour silk to probe fighters’ rights

October 27, 2026

Amir Khan’s trade union for combat sports, the Global Fighters’ Association, has hired top barrister Jonathan Caplan KC to lead an investigation into boxing and MMA. The GFA is aiming to raise £500,000 through crowdfunding to complete its certification as a union and launch the three-month inquiry into the safety, governance and treatment of fighters [...]

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