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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Par amour: Pauline Roussin thanks caddie boyfriend after winning $1m Aramco Team Series – Singapore

March 19, 2023

French rising star Pauline Roussin’s ploy of choosing a loved one to caddie for her paid off again as she won the individual title at the Aramco Team Series – Singapore. Roussin made eight birdies in a bogey-free final round of 64 to finish on 15 under par and see off major winners Danielle Kang [...]
Women’s golf, prize money and the fight for equal pay: Is the sport heading in the right direction?

March 16, 2023

As women’s world No1, Lydia Ko is accustomed to breaking new ground and last month was no exception. At Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, the New Zealander became the first Aramco Saudi Ladies International champion to receive equal prize money to the winner of the equivalent men’s tournament, Abraham [...]
Aramco Team Series Singapore: The players looking to KO world No1 Lydia

March 16, 2023

It’s not all about Lydia Ko in Singapore, where the world No1 will be joined at the first Aramco Team Series event of the year by a field featuring seasoned winners and rising stars alike. Ko’s LPGA Tour colleague Danielle Kang, the 2017 Women’s PGA Championship winner, will also be teeing it up at Laguna [...]
Aramco Team Series 2023: How does the format work, where is it being held and who are the past winners?

March 16, 2023

The $5m Aramco Team Series returns for 2023 this week, when dozens of the world’s top women’s golfers will play for individual and team prizes in Singapore. Here is all you need to know about the series. How the Aramco Team Series format works Aramco Team Series events follow a unique format comprising both individual [...]
Women in Football will ‘probably’ write to Culture Secretary over White Paper diversity concerns

March 15, 2023

Campaign group Women in Football says it is likely to raise concerns with Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer about the White Paper on football governance. Women in Football director Jane Purdon said the blueprint for an incoming football regulator appeared to have “stripped out all mention of diversity” targets for a sport already lagging behind. “I [...]
LIV Golf League’s best kept secret: Why half of the field are at risk of being ditched

March 15, 2023

It wasn’t the start to the LIV Golf League that Lee Westwood would have wanted but there were no consequences for the Englishman finishing 41st of a 48-man field in Mexico last month as the big-money tournaments on the upstart circuit famously have no cuts. No cuts, that is, until the end of the season, [...]
Why Fifa’s 2026 World Cup U-turn risks a fresh player welfare row

March 14, 2023

Fifa is set to risk a new player welfare row by redesigning the format of the next men’s World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, according to reports. Football’s world governing body had planned to divide the 48 teams at the expanded 2026 tournament into 16 groups of three, in order to allay fears [...]
UK government’s letter to Visa, Deloitte and Allianz prompts rebuke from Olympic chiefs

March 14, 2023

Olympic chiefs have issued a rebuke to the UK government over its lobbying of sponsors including Visa, Deloitte and Allianz for Russia to remain banned from sport. The UK has been among the most vocal and active opponents of the International Olympic Committee’s plan to lift the suspension of Russia and its ally Belarus. Culture [...]
Pep Guardiola makes Manchester City Champions League admission

March 13, 2023

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has admitted that their Champions League clash with RB Leipzig on Tuesday will help to shape his legacy at the club. Guardiola has delivered nine trophies in six and a half years in Manchester but success in Europe’s top competition has eluded them, despite reaching the final in 2021. The [...]
World Rugby wades into tackle height debate with new recommendations

March 13, 2023

World Rugby has waded into the debate over tackle height by asking national unions to trial “belly tackles” at grass roots level in a bid to make the sport safer. England’s Rugby Football Union provoked a fierce backlash earlier this year when it announced plans to ban tackling above the waist in the community game [...]

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