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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Stormzy-backed Padel Social Club raises £5.5m to open three new sites

May 6, 2026

Stormzy-backed Padel Social Club has raised £5.5m from new investors to open three new sites across London. It comes as the business prepares to add a total of 17 new courts at sites at the O2, in Kentish Town and Paddington this year. The fresh investment includes leading consumer investors Clark Group and Active Partners, [...]
Aryna Sabalenka raises Grand Slam boycott threat as pay row escalates

May 5, 2026

Women’s world No1 Aryna Sabalenka has warned that top tennis players will boycott Grand Slams if their demands for more prize money and benefits continue to be resisted. Sabalenka was among a group of stars who criticised French Open chiefs at the weekend for failing to heed their calls, which have also been directed at [...]
London Marathon ballots entries double in two years to record 1.34m

May 5, 2026

The London Marathon has broken its own world record for applications after demand more than doubled in just two years. A total of 1,338,544 people entered the ballot for next year’s London Marathon, which opened just before this year’s race nine days ago. That number represented an 18 per cent year-on-year increase and more than [...]
Mercedes bid for Alpine could be blocked by FIA multi-team rule change

May 4, 2026

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has hinted that motorsport’s world governing body could prevent Mercedes from buying a minority stake in Formula 1 competitor Alpine. Mercedes is among the bidders for a 24 per cent stake in Alpine that has been put up for sale by Otro Capital. Former Red Bull principal Christian Horner is [...]
Ascot quits Racecourse Association as Jockey Club sets ultimatum

May 4, 2026

Ascot chiefs have quit the Racecourse Association after the industry body failed to resolve “structural governance concerns” to its satisfaction. The Jockey Club, Ascot, Goodwood, Newbury and York racecourses wrote to the RCA to demand changes earlier this year. The Jockey Club has given the RCA more time to deliver reforms but Ascot has served [...]
Track Radio bets on sport, music and BBC veterans to prove winning formula

May 4, 2026

Track Radio launches today, on a mission to reach a neglected audience with a blend of sport and music, and a strong presenter line-up, founder Iain Macintosh explains. Sport and music have always been happy bedfellows – Mick Jagger and cricket, Elton John and football, Snoop Dogg and, well, just about anything – so it’s [...]
NBA-EuroLeague talks at an impasse, adding uncertainty to bidding process

May 1, 2026

With a former NBA man installed at the top of EuroLeague, conciliatory noises coming from both camps and fresh talks held this week about cooperation, the prospects of a peace deal between basketball’s two biggest club organisers looked to be better than ever. But following the meeting, at the headquarters of world governing body Fiba [...]
Big Bash League set for split as states reject Hundred-style sell-off

April 30, 2026

Cricket Australia will explore a partial sell-off of the Big Bash League after objections from some states forced it to shelve plans to seek investors in all eight teams. Queensland Cricket joined NSW Cricket in opposing proposals to copy the England and Wales Cricket Board’s sale of 49 per cent stakes in The Hundred franchises. [...]
LIV Golf to seek investment as Saudi Arabia PIF to cut funding

April 30, 2026

LIV Golf is set to announce it is seeking new investment amid reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is to cut off its funding. PIF has ploughed more than $5bn into LIV Golf since launching it as a challenger to the PGA Tour in 2022 and poaching top players including Bryson DeChambeau and Jon [...]
DP World Tour hits $300m sponsorship record after agreeing HCLTech deal

April 29, 2026

DP World Tour sponsorship revenue is set to top $300m for the first time this year after the European professional golf circuit added HCLTech as a top-tier partner. The India-headquartered tech multinational has been named the tour’s official digital experience partner, with an initial focus on building a new website and app to improve fan [...]

Is the court the new pub? New data shows Brits are swapping post-work pint for padel

Is the court the new pub? New data shows Brits are swapping post-work pint for padel

McLaren Artura UK review: Brit supercar versus the Top Gear Test Track

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