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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England 2, Denmark 1: Euro 2020 final awaits as Gareth Southgate and team exorcise another ghost of tournaments past

July 8, 2021

England are in the final of a major football tournament. This is not a drill. Fifty-five years after the nation’s male footballers last contested a trophy, this England team will return to Wembley on Sunday for a Euro 2020 final against Italy with sights set on silverware. It is their reward for a hard-fought semi-final [...]
Exclusive: English cricket chiefs rethink plans to relax Covid rules during The Hundred after one-day squad debacle highlights surge in risk

July 7, 2021

English cricket chiefs have shelved plans to relax Covid-19 protocols around The Hundred, its new domestic competition, amid rising cases. The challenges facing sport were highlighted this week when England’s entire one-day squad was forced into isolation following an outbreak on the eve of their series with Pakistan. That came after the strict Covid rules [...]
Covid-19 outbreak in British and Irish Lions camp threatens tour match against Sharks and plunges tour deeper into doubt

July 7, 2021

The British and Irish Lions have been hit by a Covid-19 case in their camp in South Africa. One unnamed member of the management tested positive in a round of testing carried out on Wednesday. He and four other people – two players and two staff – are isolating and the rest of the squad [...]
British and Irish Lions tour plunged into more chaos as tour match is axed and Covid cases continue in South Africa camp

July 7, 2021

Fears are growing over the British and Irish Lions’ Test series in South Africa after a spate of Covid-19 cases hit both teams’ warm-up matches. The Lions were due to play the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday in their third tour match but that has now been postponed indefinitely after five Covid cases in their opponents’ [...]
The City A.M. Podcast with Sam Torrance Episode 1: A preview of the abrdn Scottish Open

July 7, 2021

In this, the first of three special golf podcasts, Ryder Cup-winning player and captain Sam Torrance previews a star-studded abrdn Scottish Open with City A.M. Sports Editor Frank Dalleres. Sam discusses what the Scottish Open means to him and why players can benefit so much from playing the event in the lead-up to the Open [...]
Meet Kasper Hjulmand, the ‘tactical geek, football idealist and world-class coach’ of Denmark plotting England exit in Euro 2020 semi-finals

July 6, 2021

A joke doing the rounds in Denmark is that if Kasper Hjulmand stood for election now he would be voted in as prime minister by a landslide. Hjulmand’s rocketing popularity is partly down to his steering of the national team to a Euro 2020 semi-final, where they will meet England at Wembley on Wednesday evening. [...]
Denmark given extra tickets for Euro 2020 semi-final against England after selling out initial 6,500 allocation

July 6, 2021

Denmark have been granted extra tickets for tomorrow’s clash with England, meaning there will be almost 8,000 Danes at the Euro 2020 semi-final. Wembley will have a capacity of around 60,000, the biggest crowd for a British sporting event since pre-pandemic times. England supporters will still make up the vast majority as their team look [...]
Formula E gives spectators the green light for London races but caps crowd at around 10 per cent of capacity

July 5, 2021

Formula E chiefs have confirmed that spectators will be allowed to attend the London leg of the series this month. But only 2,720 fans will be permitted on each of the two days of electric motor racing – around 10 per cent of the crowd originally envisaged. The London E-Prix is being held at the [...]
Euro 2020 success is the boost England needs after the pandemic – but don’t underestimate Denmark, says Alan Shearer

July 5, 2021

Former England striker Alan Shearer says Euro 2020 success is the tonic the country needs after the Covid-19 pandemic. England face Denmark in the semi-finals at Wembley on Wednesday amid growing optimism that they can win a first major trophy since 1966. “The country would take off” if England won Euro 2020, Shearer told BBC [...]
At 8pm TONIGHT: Three quarters of Brits expect England to swat Ukraine aside at Euro 2020 – and four in 10 think they’ll go on to lift the trophy

July 3, 2021

Three quarters of Britons expect England to take another step towards Euro 2020 glory by beating Ukraine tonight. A poll for City A.M. by OnePulse found that 75.9 per cent predict England to win their quarter-final in Rome this evening. And almost four in 10 are now convinced that England will end 55 years of [...]

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