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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A.Gain: the owners of Atletico Madrid and Leeds United that you’ve never heard of

April 28, 2026

A.Gain owns chunks of Leeds United and Atletico Madrid and has just launched a $150m fund to accelerate its take on multi-club ownership. These are heady days for Bobby Aitkenhead, a former college basketball player who also represented his native Guatemala. He is co-founder and one of the managing partners of A.Gain’s sports fund, which [...]
‘A London Marathon every weekend? I think we can get to that – and sell out’

April 24, 2026

Sam Browne, co-founder of the tech platform, Let’s Do This, which runs the London Marathon ballot, on its rapid growth… and the coming AI revolution. On Sunday 59,000 keen runners, amateur plodders and fundraisers dressed as, among other things, a pair of testicles will line up to take on the London Marathon. This year’s ballot [...]
Crypto firms ‘obvious contender’ to replace betting brands in Premier League

April 24, 2026

Crypto companies are “an obvious contender” to replace betting firms as main shirt sponsors when the Premier League ban on gambling brands kicks in next year. More than half of English top-flight teams need new main sponsors for the 2026-27 season and market intelligence platform Caytoo says that it is surprising that no crypto brand [...]
Football Focus to be axed but Alex Scott to remain key BBC Sport presenter

April 23, 2026

The BBC is scrapping Football Focus at the end of this season after more than half a century but has promised that host Alex Scott will not disappear from its programming. The Saturday lunchtime magazine show launched in 1974 and became a staple of the BBC’s sport coverage but is being axed in response to [...]
Economy boosted as Sport England reports record levels of activity

April 23, 2026

Two thirds of the adult population are considered physically “active”, the highest level on record, according to Sport England’s latest annual survey. The proportion of adults meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ threshold of 150 minutes’ moderate intensity exercise per week has risen to 64.6 per cent, the Active Lives report found. Sport England says the [...]
Hollywood consortium revives bid for Cardiff after Ospreys owners’ deal fails

April 22, 2026

A Hollywood-backed consortium is ready to revive its bid to buy Cardiff Rugby and “do a Wrexham” after the collapse of Ospreys owner Y11 Sports & Media’s takeover, City AM understands. Y11’s bid to buy Cardiff from the Welsh Rugby Union was officially called off today after three months of talks, with the WRU saying [...]
West Ham: Daniel Kretinsky named joint-chair and set to increase stake

April 21, 2026

Royal Mail owner Daniel Kretinsky has become joint-chair of West Ham United after reportedly agreeing a deal to increase his stake in the Premier League club. The Czech, whose EP Group completed a £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail owner IDS last year, is expected to up his shareholding in West Ham to more than 40 [...]
Brentford FC recruits Indeed as shirt sponsor in multi-year deal

April 21, 2026

Jobs website Indeed will become Brentford FC’s new shirt sponsor next season when the Premier League’s ban on betting brands takes effect, the club have announced. Indeed, which is already the west London team’s training kit partner, will replace Hollywoodbets on the front of the men’s, women’s and academy matchday shirts in a multi-year deal. [...]
Scrap Saturday 3pm blackout for women’s football, MPs urge government

April 20, 2026

MPs have urged the UK government to intervene and remove the Saturday 3pm blackout for women’s football in order to inspire the next generation of Lionesses. The Culture, Media and Sport select committee says ministers should demand English football chiefs exempt the Women’s Super League from the ban on matches being broadcast live in the [...]
DP World Tour events become first in sport to use Amazon Leo satellites

April 20, 2026

Golf’s DP World Tour is to become the first live sport organiser to use Amazon Leo, the tech giant’s pioneering low-Earth orbit satellite broadband network. The European-based circuit will rely on Amazon Leo rather than miles of temporary fibre at tournaments to ensure more reliable high-speed internet connectivity essential for live scoring, broadcasting and commercial [...]

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