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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Channel 4 to show Chelsea at Fifa Club World Cup

February 1, 2022

Channel 4 has snapped up another eye-catching sports deal after securing the UK terrestrial rights to show Chelsea at football’s Fifa Club World Cup next week. The broadcaster will air Chelsea’s semi-final against opponents yet to be determined on Wednesday 9 February on E4 and, should the Blues progress, will show their final on Saturday [...]
Premier League clubs exceed pre-pandemic spending in January transfer window

February 1, 2022

Premier League clubs spent £295m gross in January, their second highest total ever for a winter transfer window, according to Deloitte. The sum is more than four times higher than their outlay in January 2021 and was driven by newly rich Newcastle United and other teams at the wrong end of the table trying to [...]
Asian Tour CEO Cho Minn Thant: Saudi alliance was ‘a no brainer’

February 1, 2022

“It’s the dawn of a new era,” says Cho Minn Thant, chief executive of golf’s Asian Tour, of this week’s Saudi International, a tournament that has shaken up the sport even before a ball has even been teed up. He is not wrong. The $5m event, which begins in Jeddah on Thursday, is the richest [...]
Frank Lampard confirmed as new Everton manager

January 31, 2022

Everton have confirmed the appointment of former Chelsea and Derby County manager Frank Lampard on a two-and-a-half year contract. Lampard succeeds Rafael Benitez, who was sacked after just half a season earlier this month. “It is a huge honour for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton Football Club,” [...]
Christian Eriksen returns to football with Brentford

January 31, 2022

Danish footballer Christian Eriksen, who suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest while playing last year, has signed for Brentford. The 29-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has not played competitively since collapsing at Euro 2020 last summer. Eriksen, who was subsequently released by Inter Milan, has signed a short-term deal with Brentford until the end of the [...]
Rafael Nadal: Back from the brink and out on his own after Australian Open win

January 30, 2022

Rafael Nadal has built a record-breaking tennis career on resilience and, at two sets down in the Australian Open final against a man 10 years his junior, the sport’s answer to the Duracell bunny proved that he still simply cannot be outlasted. US Open champion Danniil Medvedev started the final as the favourite and was [...]
Padel: The racket sport proving a smash but heading for the courts

January 28, 2022

It’s loved by footballers, boasts celebrity investors and is among the fastest growing sports in the world, yet you may not even have heard of padel. The fast and furious hybrid of tennis and squash has long been hugely popular in Latin countries but recently participation has rocketed elsewhere, including the UK. Now it is [...]
Cinch and Cazoo zoom into top tier of sports sponsors

January 27, 2022

Online car marketplaces Cinch and Cazoo, takeaway service Just Eat and social media platform Tik Tok were the biggest entrants to sports sponsorship in the UK last year, according to a new report. The four brands were the only new entrants in consultancy Onside’s Top 10 Most Appealing UK Sports Sponsors, which is published today. [...]
Premier League tightens rules on Covid match postponements

January 26, 2022

Premier League clubs must have at least four Covid-19 cases in their squad in order to request postponement of a fixture under stricter rules agreed today. It follows concerns that teams were able to game the previous system, which has seen more than 20 games being called off in the competition this season. The new [...]
England captain Owen Farrell ruled out of Six Nations

January 26, 2022

England’s Six Nations injury crisis has escalated after captain Owen Farrell was ruled out of the entire championship. Farrell needs surgery on an ankle injury that prevented him from making his comeback for club Saracens last weekend. Wing Jonny May will also miss next week’s opening fixture with Scotland, while Courtney Lawes, Joe Marler and [...]

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