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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Man Capital buys new Major League Soccer franchise in San Diego for record £400m

May 18, 2023

London-based Man Capital has been confirmed as the owner of a new San Diego franchise in Major League Soccer after agreeing a record deal with US football chiefs. The family office of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour, the Conservative Party senior treasurer, is understood to have paid around $500m (£402m) for the team, who will begin [...]
Dani Holmqvist on flying helicopters, swilling wine and fighting off venomous spiders

May 18, 2023

Swedish golfer Dani Holmqvist on training to be a sommelier, learning to pilot a helicopter, squeezing venom out of a spider bite and this week’s “home” Aramco Team Series event in Florida. For some, a long recuperation following a crash would be the perfect excuse to put feet up, reach for the biscuit tin and [...]
Kylie Henry back on tour and eyeing top-five encore at Aramco Team Series – Florida

May 18, 2023

Scottish golfer Kylie Henry on being a tourist, feeling “unemployed” and this week’s Aramco Team Series event in Florida. Watching the Lion King musical on Broadway inspired Kylie Henry to one of her best results of the season the last time the Scottish golfer teed it up in the US. The Ladies European Tour stalwart [...]
Aramco Team Series – Florida: Who is playing for $1m at Trump West Palm Beach?

May 17, 2023

Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson look to be the women to beat when the Aramco Team Series rolls into Florida for the first time this week. World No3 Ko is the highest ranked player in the field at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, while Thompson is defending champion of sorts, having won the [...]
Fresh twist in Manchester United takeover saga as Sheikh Jassim submits fourth bid

May 16, 2023

Qatari bidder Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani has made an increased offer for Manchester United in a dramatic attempt to win the takeover battle with Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Sheikh Jassim, the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank, is understood to have submitted a new bid which values United at a similar price to Ratcliffe but [...]
Jofra Archer ruled out of Ashes but England receive Stokes and Anderson boosts

May 16, 2023

England have suffered another setback just weeks before this summer’s Ashes after fast bowler Jofra Archer was ruled out through injury. Archer flew back early from the Indian Premier League last week and scans have since revealed a recurrence of a stress fracture to his right elbow. It comes as England chiefs sweat on the [...]
Taking flight: Inside the rise and rise of darts – and where the sport is heading next

May 15, 2023

“More people in this country know who Michael van Gerwen is – a darts player from the Netherlands – than who the fastest British man and woman are,” declares Matt Porter, chief executive of the Professional Darts Corporation. Porter might have a dog in that particular fight but he is on the money about the [...]
LIV Golf Tulsa: Dustin Johnson rediscovers winning touch ahead of US PGA

May 15, 2023

Former world No1 Dustin Johnson toasted a timely return to form after warming up for this week’s US PGA Championship by winning the LIV Golf League event in Tulsa on Sunday. Johnson beat Open champion Cameron Smith and South Africa’s Branden Grace in a three-man play-off in Oklahoma to claim the $4m (£3.2m) first prize. [...]
‘We have to apologise’: Mikel Arteta reacts after Arsenal title bid suffers major setback

May 14, 2023

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta criticised his team after their Premier League title challenge suffered a knockout blow in a 3-0 home defeat by Brighton on Sunday. Second-half goals from Julio Enciso, Deniz Undav and Pervis Estupinan stunned the Gunners and left them with only the slimmest of mathematical chances of catching Manchester City. City earlier [...]
Women’s FA Cup final prize money and how it compares to men’s FA Cup

May 13, 2023

The winners of the Women’s FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United on Sunday are in line to receive record sums thanks to a major boost to prize money. There is £100,000 on offer to whichever team lifts the trophy at Wembley, where Chelsea will be looking to triumph for a third year in [...]

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