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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Messi and LeBron beaten to top spot in athlete marketability rankings

October 22, 2024

US gymnast Simone Biles has beaten LeBron James and Lionel Messi to be named the most marketable athlete in the world by sports industry experts. Real Madrid and Brazil footballer Vinicius Jr is second, followed by NBA legend James, women’s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark and Messi in the list published by SportsPro magazine. Biles, who [...]
Gabriel Jesus needs a second coming at Arsenal. Is this his chance?

October 22, 2024

When Gabriel Jesus latched onto a loose ball, dummied a defender and slotted low into the net against Lens in November last year the Arsenal striker set a new Champions League record. It made Jesus the only player from any English club to score in each of his first four games of the season in [...]
Why English cricket is like the Premier League 20 years ago

October 21, 2024

Laurie Pinto advised Hampshire on their sale and sees parallels between the stage cricket finds itself in and the Premier League’s situation two decades ago.
US Grand Prix fined $500,000 over ‘unsafe’ end to Formula 1 race

October 21, 2024

United States Grand Prix organisers have been hit with a $500,000 (£384,000) fine after an early track invasion by hundred of spectators led to an “unsafe” end to Sunday’s race. An estimated 200 fans made their way into the start-finish straight at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, as cars were still completing [...]
Van Riel ready to gamble as he aims for three from three in Vegas

October 18, 2024

Triathlete Marten Van Riel has promised to spend his prize money at one of the city’s casinos as he chases a hat-trick of wins at Lake Las Vegas T100 this weekend. The Belgian continued his 100 per cent record on the T100 Triathlon World Tour with victory in Ibiza last month and can make it [...]
Man Utd deal was win-win for Ratcliffe and Glazers, says Raine Group

October 16, 2024

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s £1.25bn investment in Manchester United was a win for both him and majority shareholders the Glazers, insists the bank which brokered the deal. Ineos tycoon Ratcliffe shelled out for a 27.7 per cent stake in the Premier League football club in December and, in return, took over much of the decision-making from [...]
Tuchel reveals why time at Chelsea persuaded him to take England job

October 16, 2024

Thomas Tuchel has hailed his “personal connection” to English football after the FA confirmed his appointment as England manager. Tuchel has agreed an 18-month contract that will see him take charge of the team’s bid to win the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico. The German had a spell at Chelsea in [...]
FA in talks to hire German to manage England team – on record salary

October 15, 2024

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is also thought to have been sounded out about the job but talks with Tuchel are said to have progressed further.
Ratcliffe calls Fergie time as Man Utd axe former manager’s £2m-a-year job

October 15, 2024

Ferguson will leave the role, which he has held since stepping down as manager in 2013, at the end of the season.
Football is at ‘a tipping point’, Premier League boss warns

October 14, 2024

It came as umbrella body European Leagues and player union Fifpro formally filed a complaint against the world governing body at the European Commission.

Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs could claim damages from Manchester City

Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs could claim damages from Manchester City

Two countries, one holiday: Turkey’s glitzy Bodrum and Greece’s unbuttoned Kos

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