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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San Marino 0, England 10: Record win secures place at Qatar 2022 World Cup

November 15, 2021

England swaggered into the 2022 World Cup finals by hitting 10 against 10-man San Marino in their biggest ever win in a competitive match on a night when it all went right for Gareth Southgate. Harry Kane plundered a morale-boosting four-goal haul and wrote more entries in the England record books, Emile Smith Rowe shone [...]
Steven Gerrard confirmed as Aston Villa manager

November 11, 2021

Aston Villa have confirmed the appointment of former England captain Steven Gerrard as their new manager. Gerrard joins from Scottish champions Rangers, where he enjoyed success in his first senior management role, leading them to to the title unbeaten last season. He succeeds Dean Smith, who achieved hero status by taking Villa back into the [...]
Yorkshire racism scandal has torn lives apart, says England cricket captain Joe Root

November 11, 2021

England Test cricket captain Joe Root has condemned the racism scandal at his club Yorkshire. Root said the allegations made by Azeem Rafiq and upheld by an investigation “hurt” because they were “so close to home”. “These events have fractured our game and torn lives apart,” he said. “It’s my club that I care passionately [...]
European Tour to rebrand as DP World Tour

November 9, 2021

The European Tour has announced that it will rebrand as the DP World Tour from next season. The move will see the tour’s total prize money top $200m for the first time and comes amid renewed efforts from Saudi Arabia to lure the world’s top players to a new breakaway circuit. “This is hugely significant [...]
The light fantastic: How Okkulo is looking to ‘re-code’ athletes’ vision

November 9, 2021

Filmmaker Mel O’Connor has had quite the story arc. He quit his job on Emmerdale and turned down work on an Idris Elba movie to follow his dream of developing an altogether different kind of visual experience. The result is a product, Okkulo, that he believes can not only revolutionise sport science but may also [...]
BT Sport retains exclusive UK rights to show men’s and women’s Ashes

November 8, 2021

BT Sport has confirmed that it will have exclusive UK broadcast rights for the upcoming England men’s and women’s Ashes series in Australia. It will also show the one-day and Twenty20 series that follow the men’s Ashes early next year as part of a new four-year deal with Cricket Australia. “We loved bringing the highs, [...]
Barclays, Innocent and Ecotricty named in new ‘sport for good’ index

November 8, 2021

Barclays and drink maker Innocent are among five British companies to be named on the inaugural Laureus Sport for Good Index, which will be announced today. Energy providers Octopus and Ecotricity and renewable running shoe brand Hylo Athletics are the other UK companies on the global list of brands that deliver social or ecological impact [...]
West Ham in wonderland and Alisson in blunderland as Hammers stun Liverpool

November 7, 2021

Almost two years into his second coming at West Ham United, David Moyes has never had it so good. This afternoon they ended Liverpool’s 25-match unbeaten run with a 3-2 victory that lifted them above the Reds into third place. No wonder Moyes was beaming amid the bubbles at full-time. What’s equally impressive is the [...]
Mikael Silvestre interview: Cut-throat Solskjaer’s neck shouldn’t be on the line

November 4, 2021

Under-fire Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s job should not be on the line in Saturday’s derby against Manchester City, says former Old Trafford team-mate Mikael Silvestre. Criticism of Solskjaer reached fever pitch after last month’s 5-0 humiliation at rivals Liverpool, and subsequent results – a win over struggling Tottenham Hotspur and the last-gasp draw [...]
The impossible job? Upgrading manager proving no easy task for Newcastle owners

November 3, 2021

Twenty-eight days on from the club’s takeover, Newcastle United are still to make the managerial upgrade that was widely anticipated. Steve Bruce was put out of his misery two weeks ago, yet the club’s new majority owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, have not yet settled on a successor. The wait illustrates the scale of [...]

London set for £12m boost as host of Tour de France Femmes team time trial

London set for £12m boost as host of Tour de France Femmes team time trial

New Lola T70S is a reborn – and road-legal – 1960s race car

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