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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British Basketball Federation ignored warnings before liquidation, says SLB owner

November 17, 2025

The owner of Manchester Basketball has accused the British Basketball Federation of failing to heed the warning of Super League Basketball clubs before its collapse into liquidation. The governing body, which was responsible for running the Great Britain national teams and securing UK Sport funding for its elite programmes, appointed an insolvency firm last week. [...]
Nations Championship will bring a tectonic shift in sport, say rugby chiefs

November 17, 2025

Rugby’s new Nations Championship, which starts next year and will pit the best of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres against each other, “signals a tectonic shift in the sport” says Six Nations CEO Tom Harrison. The biennial competition will comprise three rounds apiece in July and November followed by a three-day Finals Weekend, the inaugural [...]
Official: British Basketball Federation goes into liquidation, GBBL assessing legal options

November 14, 2025

The British Basketball Federation has gone into liquidation, blaming “a significant and unanticipated reduction in income and unforeseen expenditure”. The BBF said it had been unable to meet its liabilities and had appointed insolvency firm Begbies Traynor to assist in placing it in liquidation. It follows a damaging legal battle with Super League Basketball over [...]
2026 World Cup: SoFi boss dismisses Trump threat to move games from LA

November 14, 2025

The boss of the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles says he expects the £4bn venue to play a key role in staging next summer’s 2026 World Cup despite US President Trump threatening to move games from the city. Trump has raised the prospect of stripping LA, San Francisco and Seattle of their scheduled fixtures if [...]
British Basketball Federation set to go into administration, say sources

November 14, 2025

The British Basketball Federation, the sport’s national governing body, is expected to go into administration imminently, multiple sources have told City AM. It is understood that many of the BBF’s duties will be transferred to Basketball England and that the ban on British referees officiating in competitions run by world governing body Fiba has been [...]
Crystal Palace: Steve Parish casts doubt on long-term future and eyes return to Adland

November 13, 2025

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has cast doubt on his long-term future in football, revealing that he is tempted by a return to the advertising industry. Parish, 60, made his fortune with marketing production company Tag Worldwide before leading a consortium of wealthy Palace fans who rescued the club from administration in 2010. Subsequent stake [...]
Trump International, Scotland scoops world’s best golf course award

November 13, 2025

US President Donald Trump has welcomed the “great honour” of his Trump International property in Scotland winning an award for the world’s best golf course. The New Course, which opened this year at Trump International in Aberdeenshire, scooped the top gong at the World Golf Awards, which is voted for by professionals, media and the [...]
Justice for Players: Multi-billion-pound class action lawsuit against Fifa bolstered by Dutch union

November 13, 2025

The class action lawsuit being brought against football’s world governing body Fifa and backed by the lawyers who achieved the landmark Bosman and Diarra rulings has been bolstered by support from another national player union. The Association of Contract Players (VVCS), which represents male and female professional footballers in the Netherlands, has joined the legal [...]
Exclusive: Padel pioneers to set up pro pickleball circuit in Europe and Middle East

November 10, 2025

A professional pickleball circuit is coming to Europe and the Middle East in 2026 in a move its founders hope can replicate the racquet sport’s explosive growth in the US. Pickleball – played on small courts and popular with both celebrities including Dua Lipa and Emma Watson and former tennis stars such as Maria Sharapova [...]
Most valuable teenage footballers ranking shows Chelsea approach is paying off

November 6, 2025

Chelsea’s investment in young talent is bearing fruit, with the club now boasting three of the 11 most valuable teenage footballers in the world, according to a new academic study. Barcelona and Spain superstar Lamine Yamal, 18, is streets ahead at the top of the list compiled by the CIES Football Observatory, with a valuation [...]

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