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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The hangover: Why aren’t England’s stars of Euro 2020 shining this season?

October 5, 2021

It is less than three months since England, propelled by the goals of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane and fortified by the defending of John Stones, got to within touching distance of victory at Euro 2020. For those players in particular, it must feel like far longer. Each of that trio, firmly established as key [...]
England cricket chiefs set to make decision on Ashes participation

October 4, 2021

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) plans to decide this week whether to send a team to Australia for the men’s Ashes this winter. The series is in doubt because of Australia’s strict Covid-19 protocols, although talks are continuing between both countries. A major sticking point has been whether players’ families can accompany them, [...]
Liverpool 2, Manchester City 2: Neutrals win stalemate between clinical Reds and blunt Blues

October 3, 2021

As they caught their breath following this whirlwind contest at the top of the Premier League, Manchester City supporters could be forgiven for feeling conflicted. Glass-half-full Blues will point to the fact that they twice came from behind at Liverpool, where they have won just three times in 49 league games. Pessimistic City fans, on [...]
Why Spain’s LaLiga believes Uefa and other leagues should follow its lead

October 1, 2021

Spain has a long and rich tradition of shaping how football is played. It has given us the great Real Madrid sides of the 1950s; Pep Guardiola and his all-conquering Barcelona; the national team who swept all major men’s international tournaments from 2008 to 2012; tiki-taka. Britain may be the birthplace of the game but [...]
QPR launch bond in bid to part-crowdfund new £20m training ground

September 30, 2021

Queens Park Rangers have launched a bond in a bid to partially crowdfund their plans for a new £20m training ground. The five-year bond is aimed at supporters and retail investors and will pay five per cent interest plus a 25 per cent bonus should QPR be promoted to the Premier League by 2026. “Supporter [...]
Nuno Espirito Santo and the search for Tottenham Hotspur’s DNA

September 30, 2021

“I feel we lost sight of some key priorities and what’s truly in our DNA,” wrote Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy in a letter to supporters in May. Levy’s note of contrition was a reference to the club’s decision to join the European Super League breakaway project, which had quickly collapsed a few weeks earlier. [...]
Juventus v Chelsea: Fallen Old Lady setting out on road to recovery

September 29, 2021

Juventus have endured a more turbulent year than most clubs yet there ought to be some spring back in the step of the Old Lady when they face Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday. Over the last few days, the most successful team in the history of Italian football have recorded significant victories off [...]
Fifth Ashes Test can’t go ahead unless rules change, says Australian sports minister

September 28, 2021

Australia’s sports minister Richard Colbeck has raised further doubts about the viability of this winter’s Ashes series, insisting the final Test in Perth cannot go ahead under current Covid-19 regulations. Western Australia’s state rules require arrivals to quarantine for 14 days, but England and the hosts may only have five days in between the fourth [...]
Paris Saint-Germain boast bigger stars but Man City have found better way to spend their billions

September 27, 2021

The subplots will be as numerous as the superstars when Paris Saint-Germain host Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. It’s Qatar v Abu Dhabi in the battle of the state-backed modern-day mega-clubs. Mauricio Pochettino v Pep Guardiola. El Cashico, if you absolutely must. Fitness permitting, and perhaps most intriguingly of all, it [...]
Five things we’ve learned from the USA’s Ryder Cup landslide

September 26, 2021

The USA reclaimed the Ryder Cup in record breaking fashion on Sunday night, completing a landslide 19-9 victory over Europe that had looked in prospect from the first morning. Open champion Collin Morikawa clinched the half point needed to ensure victory by finishing all-square in his match with Viktor Hovland, before the Americans won Sunday’s [...]

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