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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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 [...]
LIV Golf under ‘pressure’ but is ‘the future of the game’, says CEO O’Neil

April 16, 2026

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil says the breakaway tour is facing a “moment of pressure” but has dismissed suggestions that it is on the verge of collapse. Reports this week stated that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could withdraw its funding of LIV Golf, having spent more than $5bn on bankrolling the signing of stars [...]
Chelsea score £10m commercial boost with major sponsorship renewal

April 16, 2026

Chelsea FC have extended their £10m-a-year training kit sponsorship deal with crypto platform BingX into a fourth season. The agreement will see the Singapore-headquartered firm remain on the front of the shirts worn by the men’s team in training and for pre-match warm-ups. An early renewal is a boost to Chelsea’s commercial department, which has [...]
England World Cup base to get extra security, say Kansas City officials

April 16, 2026

Kansas City officials will erect fencing and close roads in order to prevent England from being spied on at their World Cup camp this summer. England will be based in the Missouri city throughout the tournament and will train at Swope Soccer Village, a $20m facility located in the middle of a public park. The [...]
London Lions CEO: We’d love to be in NBA Europe but we have a reason to exist anyway

April 15, 2026

London Lions CEO Lenz Balan on the club’s NBA Europe ambitions and the challenges of making British basketball financially sustainable. “I’m, like, an irrational optimist,” says London Lions CEO Lenz Balan as he explains why he views the impending arrival of an NBA Europe team on his patch as an opportunity, not a threat. The [...]
Big Bash future in limbo as Cricket Australia’s plan to copy England stalls

April 15, 2026

Cricket Australia’s plans to copy The Hundred and sell off minority stakes in Big Bash League franchises have hit the buffers after some team chiefs raised the alarm. CA is exploring the sale of 49 per cent stakes in the eight teams in the BBL, its annual T20 competition, to outside investors in a move [...]
Neville rivals Lineker media empire after The Overlap buys out YouTuber Goldbridge

April 14, 2026

Gary Neville is continuing to follow fellow former footballer Gary Lineker’s media empire-building after his network, The Overlap, acquired Manchester United YouTuber Mark Goldbridge’s fan channels. The deal, reported to be worth seven figures, sees ex-United and England defender turned pundit Neville join forces with Goldbridge, a 47-year-old former police officer who has become the [...]
Leeds United investor buys stake in Spanish giants Atletico Madrid

April 13, 2026

Leeds United investor IDC Sports and Entertainment has expanded its multi-club portfolio by acquiring a stake in Atletico Madrid. IDC has joined the ownership of Spain’s biggest privately-owned football club following the recent majority takeover by US fund Apollo Sports Capital. IDC has taken a minority stake in Atletico Madrid, who sit fourth in Spanish [...]

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