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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Champions League last 16 draw: Fiasco hands Liverpool raw deal

December 13, 2021

Just when you thought Uefa couldn’t string out its Champions League last 16 draw ceremony any longer, it found a way. The extraordinary mix-up that failed to keep the right teams apart forced the governing body to scrap and re-run a draw that had featured a plum tie pitting Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain against Cristiano [...]
Channel 4 to show decisive Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

December 9, 2021

Channel 4 will show live coverage of the decisive final race of the Formula 1 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after striking a deal with rights-holder Sky. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton is bidding to win a record eighth drivers’ championship and see off the challenge of rival Max Verstappen, with whom he is level on [...]
Australia heap more pain on England in first Ashes Test

December 9, 2021

England’s chances of salvaging anything from the first Ashes Test receded further as Travis Head’s quick century helped Australia build a 196-run lead on day two in Brisbane. Head hit the third quickest ton in Ashes history, off just 85 balls, while David Warner made 94 and Marnus Labuschagne 74 as the hosts reached 343-7. [...]
Eight Premier League stars in KPMG top 10 most valuable players list

December 8, 2021

KPMG has underlined the financial supremacy of English football by naming eight Premier League stars among its top 10 most valuable players. Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund, valued at €142m (£121m), and Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe, valued at €128m (£109m) occupy the top two places. But the remainder of KPMG’s top 10 is comprised of [...]
Australia captain Cummins hails ideal start to Ashes after England collapse

December 8, 2021

Australia captain Pat Cummins hailed a perfect start to their Ashes defence after they dismissed England for 147 on day one of the first Test in Brisbane. England opener Rory Burns was bowled first ball by Mitchell Starc, while Cummins marked his debut as skipper with figures of 5-38. “It’s all gone to plan so [...]
Champions League: Barcelona on brink ahead of Bayern Munich trip

December 8, 2021

The last time that Barcelona were absent from the Champions League knockout stages, Lionel Messi was yet to make his debut and Gavi, the club’s newest star, hadn’t even been born. But 18 years later that scenario could come to pass again on Wednesday evening, depending on the outcome of the club’s make-or-break final Group [...]
Rob Lee: Newcastle United owners should hire Alan Shearer as top advisor

December 7, 2021

Newcastle United’s new owners can bring the good times back to St James’ Park by hiring an icon of the club’s most recent glory days, Alan Shearer, to oversee football matters, says Rob Lee. Fellow Newcastle great Lee played alongside Shearer for six seasons as they challenged Manchester United’s domestic supremacy and enjoyed their first [...]
Yorkshire appoint Darren Gough interim director of cricket following Rafiq fallout

December 6, 2021

Former England bowler Darren Gough has returned to Yorkshire to take up the role of interim director of cricket. Gough, who spent 15 years at the club, replaces Martyn Moxon, who was among 16 staff to leave the club last week as the fallout from the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal continued. “Like many, I have [...]
Premier League talking points: Rangnick debut win heaps woe on Palace

December 6, 2021

It was a tale of contrasting fortunes for the men in the Old Trafford dugouts for Sunday’s Premier League clash. While Ralf Rangnick formally began his Manchester United tenure with a scrappy 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, secured through Fred’s fine late goal, Patrick Vieira saw his team lose for a third consecutive game. With [...]
Academics find fairer format for penalty shootouts, but will football accept it?

December 2, 2021

Football took a chance on the ABBA format in the hope of minimising the inherent unfairness of penalty shootouts, but that experiment swiftly met its Waterloo. Now, though, economists at Durham University have devised a new way of ordering penalty kicks that they believe could change the name of the game. They tested a score-dependent [...]

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