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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Mercedes reveals plan to quit Formula E just days after winning a World Championship double

August 18, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to pull out of Formula E just days after winning the drivers’ and constructors’ championship. The German car maker said it would step away from the electric vehicle racing series at the end of next season. It comes less than 72 hours after Nyck de Vries sealed Mercedes-EQ’s first Formula E [...]
UK’s biggest pub chain Stonegate to promote Spanish football after agreeing deal with LaLiga to show its matches in 100 pubs

August 18, 2021

The UK’s biggest pub group, Stonegate, has struck a deal with Spanish football league LaLiga to show and promote its matches. Stonegate will showcase the LaLigaTV channel, which broadcasts all live games and recently announced Gary Lineker as a presenter, in almost 100 key pubs including its London-based Sports Bar and Grill chain. The move [...]
England striker Tammy Abraham joins Roma from Chelsea in record breaking transfer for an English player moving overseas

August 17, 2021

Tammy Abraham has left Chelsea for Roma in a €40m (£34.1m) transfer that makes him the most expensive English player ever signed by an overseas club. England centre-forward Abraham has signed a five-year contract with the Italian team, where he will be reunited with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. The fee of £34.1m eclipses the [...]
Tennis ace Naomi Osaka moved to tears in first press conference since revealing battle with depression

August 17, 2021

Tennis star Naomi Osaka broke down in her first press conference since pulling out of the French Open and revealing her struggle with depression earlier this year. The world No2 took a break from the video call at the Cincinnati Open on Monday evening after appearing to become upset after a question about her relationship [...]
Barcelona president Joan Laporta reveals debts at crisis club have grown to £1.15bn following Lionel Messi departure

August 16, 2021

Barcelona, once hailed as the model for all football clubs to follow, are now £1.15bn (€1.35bn) in debt, according to their president Joan Laporta. The five-time European champions’ financial crisis was highlighted last week by their inability to afford a new contract for Lionel Messi, their greatest ever player. Laporta said Barcelona’s wage bill exceeded [...]
Goals galore: Full houses witness Premier League’s second highest scoring opening weekend ever

August 16, 2021

The return of fans to full stadia coincided with the highest scoring opening weekend in the Premier League for almost 20 years. For the first time since March 2020, England’s top-flight clubs were allowed capacity crowds at matches as the new season got underway. And supporters were treated to a feast of goals, with a [...]
Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City among Super League rebels to return to European Club Association

August 16, 2021

Nine of the rebel football clubs who agreed to join a breakaway European Super League – including six Premier League sides – have rejoined the European Club Association (ECA). The teams renounced their memberships of the influential group, which represents more than 200 of Europe’s leading clubs, as part of their decision to join the [...]
Russia planning 2036 Olympic bid as St Petersburg emerges as rival to London

August 16, 2021

London will face opposition from Russia if it pursues a bid to host the Olympic Games in 2036. Russia has confirmed it is preparing a bid for the Games, with St Petersburg its leading candidate. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan pledged to explore staging the Olympics again, following the success of London 2012, in the [...]
Roger Federer facing ‘many months’ out with knee surgery as tennis great admits he may never play again

August 16, 2021

Roger Federer is to undergo knee surgery to give himself “a glimmer of hope” of playing top level tennis again. The 20-time grand slam winner says he has been advised to have the operation even though it will likely keep him “out of the game for many months”. Federer, 40, will miss the looming US [...]
Premier League 2021-22 season preview: Fans of London clubs name their best and worst case scenarios and their players to watch

August 13, 2021

For even the most jaded of football supporters, the start of a Premier League season is a special time. The arrival of new managers and players promises to transform fortunes, while last year’s disappointments have faded sufficiently to allow optimism to break out again, at least until the first round of games. So ahead of [...]

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