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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Fifa threats prompt England to scrap plan to wear One Love armband at World Cup

November 21, 2022

England football chiefs say captain Harry Kane will not wear a One Love armband in their opening World Cup match against Iran today after Fifa threatened them with sporting sanctions. They were one of seven nations planning for their captains to wear the armband as a gesture of solidarity with minority groups in Qatar, where [...]
Qatar World Cup Group B analysed: England and their rivals’ strengths and weaknesses

November 20, 2022

Will the real World Cup Group B stand up? On the one hand, England’s pool is the only one in Qatar in which all of the teams inhabit the top 20 of Fifa’s world rankings. On the other, Iran, the USA and Wales looks, on paper, like a kind draw for Gareth Southgate’s team. Today’s [...]
Comment: Criticise me not Qatar for World Cup, says Infantino. OK then, here goes

November 20, 2022

In a speech riddled with crass false equivalences on the eve of the World Cup, Gianni Infantino had a message for critics of this tournament. “Don’t criticise Qatar. Don’t criticise the players” the Fifa president said. “Criticise me, because I am responsible for everything.” OK, Gianni; here goes. There is no shortage of material. Criticise [...]
Sir Chris Hoy: Track Champions League can win over new fans in London

November 15, 2022

Sir Chris Hoy believes the UCI Track Champions League can create new cycling fans when it returns to London next month. The five-date competition, which got its second season underway in Mallorca last weekend, features some of the world’s best riders including Britain’s Dame Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald. London’s Lee Valley VeloPark is set [...]
England and Harry Kane among most overworked at World Cup, study finds

November 15, 2022

Optimism around England’s World Cup hopes has been dented after a new study found Gareth Southgate’s to be one of the most at risk of burnout. The Player Workload Journey report by global players’ union Fifpro identified England as one of the most overworked of the 32 teams at the tournament in Qatar. Captain Harry [...]
LIV Golf announces Adelaide event as part of inaugural £344m league season

November 14, 2022

LIV Golf’s inaugural league season will visit Adelaide in April, organisers of the big-money circuit have announced. The Grange Golf Club in the capital city of South Australia is set to feature early in LIV Golf’s expanded 14-date schedule for 2023, which will run from February to September. Open champion Cameron Smith is one of [...]
Aramco Team Series Jeddah: Schoolgirl Chiara Noja beats idol Charley Hull to title

November 13, 2022

Women’s golf has a new star after 16-year-old Chiara Noja beat her idol, England’s Charley Hull, to win her first Ladies European Tour title at the Aramco Team Series Jeddah. The German schoolgirl shot a brilliant final round of 65 to finish tied with Hull on 13 under par and then made back-to-back birdies to [...]
Southgate: James Maddison ‘earned right’ to be in adaptable England World Cup squad

November 10, 2022

England manager Gareth Southgate insists James Maddison has earned the right to gatecrash a World Cup in which he has placed the emphasis firmly on flexibility. Newcastle striker Callum Wilson and Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher were also notable inclusions in Southgate’s party for this month’s tournament in Qatar, named yesterday. But Leicester No10 Maddison was [...]
Catriona Matthew on the rise of women’s golf and playing Aramco Team Series Jeddah

November 9, 2022

Women’s golf has come a long way since Catriona Matthew first swung a club, thanks in no small part to the trailblazing Scot. When she joined her local club in North Berwick in the early 1980s, prize money was a fraction of that in the men’s game, with just £5,600 on offer to the winner [...]
Aramco Team Series Jeddah: Who is vying for Pia Babnik’s crown at Royal Greens?

November 9, 2022

Aramco Team Series Jeddah defending champion Pia Babnik is back at Royal Greens this week and hoping that a focus on the team competition serves her well again. The Slovenian teenager underlined her immense promise by winning the individual competition 12 months ago, her second professional title in a breakthrough year. Still only 18, Babnik [...]

Virgin Atlantic ends British Airways grip on Team GB partnership

Virgin Atlantic ends British Airways grip on Team GB partnership

Electra/Persona at the National Theatre review: A dull mash-up of Sophocles and Bergman

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