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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Non-league football clubs set for World Cup windfall from Fifa

September 16, 2025

Non-league football clubs are set for financial windfalls after changes were made to the way Fifa distributes its compensation for the release of international players for the World Cup. The changes, agreed by Fifa and the European Club Association, mean that all teams who release players for the 2026 World Cup or its qualifiers will [...]
European T20 Premier League: Is this cricket’s next growth market?

September 16, 2025

When Italy’s men secured their historic qualification for next year’s T20 World Cup earlier this summer, the cheers reached all the way to India. Over in the subcontinent, a group backed by Bollywood royalty toasted the news as proof of their belief that European cricket is a largely untapped well of talent – and, more [...]
Netflix reveals Crawford-Canelo drew fewer viewers than Taylor-Serrano

September 16, 2025

Netflix says 41.4m viewers watched Terence Crawford beat Canelo Alvarez at the weekend, a smaller audience than the streamer pulled for a Katie Taylor fight last year. Underdog Crawford’s unanimous points victory over Canelo, for the undisputed super middleweight title, drew an estimated average minute audience of 36.6m watching live, rising to 41.4m when accounting [...]
Triathlon on the march: Why investors are piling into niche sport

September 16, 2025

Anyone keeping a keen eye on the flow of private money into sports can’t fail to have noticed that, in among the multi-billion-pound football club acquisitions, white-ball cricket investments and putative new rugby competitions, triathlon has become a hot ticket. Ironman, the sport’s biggest brand, last week trumpeted what it believes is the single most [...]
GBBL confirms delay to 2027 as British basketball plan suffers setback

September 15, 2025

GBBL, the organisation awarded the long-term licence to run the top British basketball league from next year, has confirmed that it has delayed its launch until 2027. It comes amid a continued legal battle between the British Basketball Federation and incumbent competition Super League Basketball, which has prompted world governing body Fiba to step in [...]
British Basketball Federation and SLB clubs welcome Fiba intervention

September 15, 2025

The British Basketball Federation and Super League Basketball clubs have welcomed Fiba’s decision to establish a taskforce to help resolve the bitter dispute splitting the sport. World governing body Fiba has intervened following months of civil war over the British professional game, which has plunged the future of the club game into uncertainty. In a [...]
Blenheim Palace Triathlon bought by Brownlee-backed Supertri

September 15, 2025

Supertri, the triathlon brand that’s home to Team GB stars Jonny Brownlee and Alex Yee, has acquired the Blenheim Palace Triathlon. The Blenheim Palace Triathlon is the UK’s biggest swim-bike-run race, featuring around 7,000 competitors, and takes place on a Unesco World Heritage Site. It means that Supertri now owns two of the world’s five [...]
More subs, fewer sackings: Five key trends in European club football

September 15, 2025

Every year Uefa provides a snapshot of the trends playing out across the continent’s top football leagues in its annual European Club Talent and Competition Landscape report. At 85 pages, it’s not a quick read but it is a useful window on how the game is evolving, from attendances and player workload to manager sackings [...]
Ironman inks record-breaking partnership with Experience Oman

September 12, 2025

Triathlon brand Ironman has agreed what it believes to be the biggest commercial in the sport’s history with the tourist board of Oman. The five-year deal is understood to be worth more than $40m (£30m) and will see Experience Oman embark on a multi-faceted partnership with the race organiser. It will see Muscat host the [...]
Uefa delays decision on controversial overseas games plans

September 11, 2025

Uefa has delayed a decision on whether to approve the Spanish and Italian top leagues’ controversial plans to play games overseas this season. LaLiga wants to stage a fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami in December, while Serie A hopes to take AC Milan’s game with Como to Perth, Australia, in February. European football’s [...]

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