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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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 [...]
England v Ukraine: Why Gareth Southgate needn’t change tack to win Euro 2020 quarter-final against leaky opponents

July 3, 2021

England have pootled carefully into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020, where they face Ukraine this weekend. Gareth Southgate has been in sensible Sunday driver mode at the wheel, unwilling to shift through the gears and happy to keep his luxury models parked on the bench. But while it may prove unpopular, the statistics suggest Saturday [...]
Burnley Women agree groundbreaking deal with TikTok to live-stream all home matches on the social media platform

July 3, 2021

Burnley FC Women are to become the first UK football team to live-stream all of their home matches on TikTok. The groundbreaking arrangement is part of a wider deal with the social media platform which also sees TikTok become the team’s sleeve sponsor. It is the latest innovation adopted by Burnley FC’s American owners ALK [...]
Sport sees steep fall in gambling sponsorship as government considers ban and demand grows for social responsibility, says new study

July 3, 2021

Gambling sponsorship in sport has fallen sharply ahead of a possible ban, a new report has found. The number of betting companies sponsoring sports teams in England has almost halved since 2019, according to the study by consultancy Caytoo. Gambling’s share of the market has dropped from 15.3 per cent to 8.1 per cent and [...]

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