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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Exclusive: NBA Europe to woo sponsors at swanky London summit next month

December 23, 2025

The NBA will roll out the red carpet for a sales pitch to potential commercial partners of its proposed new European basketball league next month in London. Senior executives from the US sports behemoth will host the event at one of the capital’s swankiest hotels on 19 January, the day after the Memphis Grizzlies and [...]
Serie A overseas game cancellation is early Christmas present, say football fans

December 23, 2025

Football fans’ groups across the world have celebrated the cancellation of plans to export a Serie A match between AC Milan and Como overseas just weeks before the fixture. Milan and Como had been due to fly halfway around the world to play in Perth, Australia, on 8 February, in what would have been a [...]
World Triathlon targets T100 Olympic event as soon as Brisbane 2032

December 22, 2025

World Triathlon president Antonio Arimany on its alliance with the PTO, Olympic expansion ambitions and returning to London in 2026. After a few years of flux characterised by challenger leagues and competitions sprouting up at a dizzying pace, it feels like consolidation is in the air in the sports industry. Golf awaits the consummation of [...]
NBA Europe: Plans advance for league with London and Manchester teams

December 22, 2025

The NBA has announced it will step up plans to launch a European basketball league in conjunction with world governing body Fiba by holding further talks with prospective teams and owners next month. The project has been in discussion for months, with NBA top brass meeting existing European clubs and would-be investors during a summer [...]
Ashes: Australian media mock ‘death of Bazball’ after defeating England

December 22, 2025

Australian media have revelled in proclaiming the death of England’s much-vaunted Bazball approach after the hosts wrapped up a fourth successive home Ashes series. Sunday’s 82-run win in the third Test in Adelaide saw the Pat Cummins-led Aussies take an unassailable 3-0 lead, making a mockery of pre-series English optimism. And Australian newspapers seized the [...]
Scotland fans offered World Cup ticket packages starting at £8,000

December 18, 2025

Scotland fans are being offered World Cup travel packages that include guaranteed match tickets for all three group games – starting at more than £8,000. The “Follow My Team” packages include high-end accommodation but not flights to and from the US and are being sold by Qatar Airways Holidays, the official World Cup travel provider. [...]
Starmer threatens Abramovich with court over £2.5bn Chelsea proceeds

December 17, 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to take Roman Abramovich to court unless he hands over the £2.5bn proceeds from his sale of Chelsea FC to humanitarian causes in Ukraine. The huge windfall has been frozen in a UK bank account since May 2022, when the sanctioned Russian oligarch sold Chelsea to a US consortium [...]
Murray-backed Hexagon Cup to become global padel series in deal with LIV Golf creator 54

December 17, 2025

The Hexagon Cup, the team-based padel competition backed by stars including Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal, is to expand into a global circuit, the Hexagon World Series. It will see multiple events take place around the world each year under the governance of the International Padel Federation, and aligned with the elite Premier Padel circuit [...]
Kylian Mbappe wins £53m payout from Paris Saint-Germain

December 16, 2025

Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain have been ordered to pay Kylian Mbappe €60m (£53m) after he won a legal dispute over unpaid wages and bonuses. Mbappe had been claiming €263m (£231m) from PSG, who counter-sued the France captain for €240m (£211m), following his acrimonious move to Real Madrid in summer 2024. A French labour court [...]
Leyton Orient hire firm behind world’s biggest stadium for new home

December 16, 2025

Leyton Orient have appointed Populous, the architects behind Wembley and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, to design their new home in East London. The third-tier club announced plans earlier this year to relocate from Brisbane Road to a new ground, which will be the centre of a multi-use development also featuring shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. [...]

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