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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Premier League and Manchester United named top of the table for cashing in on social media

May 12, 2021

The Premier League and Manchester United have the most valuable social media output across all sports, according to a new report. The Premier League is projected to derive £302m from activity on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by year end, more than any other sport competition in the world. Manchester United, meanwhile, have a digital inventory [...]
Women’s Super League Team of the Season 2020-21: The best performing players in the WSL, as identified by Carteret Analytics

May 10, 2021

The FA Women’s Super League champions have been crowned, but which players deserve to be in the WSL Team of the Season? We asked Carteret Analytics to answer that question using the sort of quantitative analysis used in investment banking. They have crunched the numbers on all WSL players to determine their Carteret Rating, which [...]
Jackson Wray interview: Saracens stalwart on targeting another Champions Cup and honing his financial trading skills

May 7, 2021

Sport marches to a relentless beat of training sessions and matches that can allow little time for reflection, but the forced interruption of the pandemic gave Jackson Wray pause for thought. The Saracens back-row forward has had a front-row seat for one of rugby union’s most remarkable stories: the club’s rise, fuelled by home-grown talents [...]
Week in Sportbiz: Ed Sheeran sponsors Ipswich Town; Javier Tebas blasts Gianni Infantino; Tokyo 2020 set for first transgender Olympian

May 6, 2021

It has been a whirlwind few weeks at Ipswich Town. Fresh from welcoming new owners, the League One club now has an unlikely new shirt sponsor: Ed Sheeran. The Suffolk songsmith, a long-standing fan of the Tractor Boys, has agreed to sponsor the men’s and women’s team on a one-year deal that starts next season. [...]
Sam Simmonds and Jonny Hill named in British and Irish Lions squad for South Africa tour

May 6, 2021

Warren Gatland has named Sam Simmonds, Jonny Hill and Bundee Aki in his British and Irish Lions squad for the tour of South Africa this summer. But despite expanding the party to 37 players, there is no place for Billy Vunipola, Kyle Sinckler, Johnny Sexton or Manu Tuilagi. Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will skipper [...]
Susie Wolff interview: Venturi Racing team principal on life aboard the Formula E rollercoaster and why the electric series is set for more growth

May 5, 2021

Formula E is designed to have more thrills and spills than other motorsport competitions, but Susie Wolff could be forgiven for wishing her introduction to it had been less bumpy. The former driver’s three years in the electric series has involved learning the ropes as a team principal at Venturi Racing, a change in ownership [...]
No away fans at Premier League games until next season after clubs decide to keep last two matches of the season for home supporters only

May 5, 2021

The final two rounds of the Premier League season will reopen to home fans only, organisers have confirmed. There had been speculation that a small number of away supporters would be permitted to attend games once lockdown is eased further on 17 May. But that has now been ruled out, with the Premier League citing [...]
European Super League organisers claimed Bayern had caved in order to tempt PSG to table

May 4, 2021

European Super League organisers lied about which teams had joined the breakaway in a bid to get others to sign up, sources close to the talks have claimed. Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, last season’s Champions League finalists, were among the big clubs to refuse a spot in the scuppered project. But just hours before [...]
Indian Premier League suspended after several players test positive for Covid-19

May 4, 2021

Cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended after a number of players fell victim to the country’s rising Covid-19 cases. Fixtures scheduled for Monday and Wednesday had already been called off as a result of players testing positive for the virus. Organisers said they had “unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate [...]
Hal Robson-Kanu interview: West Brom and Wales footballer on his health drink business, the Turmeric Co, and targeting more Euros glory

May 2, 2021

2016 was a breakthrough year for Hal Robson-Kanu, and not only because he scored one of international football’s most memorable goals. His strike against Belgium at the European Championship – a Cruyff turn and finish that Johan himself would have been proud of – sent Wales into a major semi-final for the first time and [...]

Gary Neville ups ante in media battle with Gary Lineker with launch of Overlap Daily

Gary Neville ups ante in media battle with Gary Lineker with launch of Overlap Daily

Jousting, goblins and furries: Dispatch from a UK renaissance faire

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