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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Did Football Leaks kill financial fair play? Where breakaway threats and claims of systematic cheating have left Uefa’s rules

December 6, 2018

Credibility has always been hard to come by for Uefa’s financial fair play rules, but a series of recent claims involving some of the sport’s richest and most powerful clubs has made the European governing body’s attempts at regulation look weak at best and, at worst, doomed. Central to the current crisis surrounding FFP is [...]
Amir Khan interview: British boxer on his last fights before retirement, why he’s not like Floyd Mayweather, and his new charity project with City firm ThinkMarkets

December 6, 2018

On the eve of his 32nd birthday and now in the autumn of his career, Amir Khan is in reflective mood. On this visit to the Square Mile, Khan is mulling how long he has left in boxing, how he wants to be remembered as a fighter, the state of the sport and what he [...]
Trevor Steven: Missed opportunities cost Mark Hughes at Southampton

December 4, 2018

When Southampton needed someone to steer them away from the threat of relegation last season, they banked on Premier League experience. Mark Hughes replaced Mauricio Pellegrino for the final eight games and the former Stoke, Fulham, Manchester City and Blackburn boss saved them from the drop. He proved that he knew how to organise and [...]
Sam Torrance: Majors and world No1 spot are next on agenda for rare talent Jon Rahm

December 3, 2018

Players of Jon Rahm’s quality come around so rarely and he has already achieved so much in his short career – it is almost like when Usain Bolt burst onto the scene in athletics. So when Rahm puts in performances like the one he mustered at the Hero World Challenge at the weekend, it’s no [...]
Unai Emery enjoys his finest hour as Arsenal overpower Tottenham in pulsating derby

December 2, 2018

If the jury has been out on Unai Emery’s ability to reverse Arsenal’s fall from the Premier League’s top four then this was the most compelling evidence yet that the Spaniard’s methods are working. His team’s deserved 4-2 win over Tottenham in Sunday’s pulsating north London derby was their first over another team from the [...]
Europa League: What Chelsea and Arsenal need to do to win their groups

November 28, 2018

Chelsea and Arsenal may have already guaranteed their progress to the knockout rounds of the Europa League, but there is still something to play for in both of their fixtures on Thursday evening. What Chelsea need The Blues can clinch top spot in Group L and, in theory, an easier draw in the last 32 [...]
Trevor Steven: Claudio Ranieri’s experience and personality has given Fulham a fighting chance of staying up

November 27, 2018

You never want to see people lose their jobs but I’m happy that Claudio Ranieri is back in the Premier League, tasked with lifting Fulham off the bottom of the table. I felt sorry for Slavisa Jokanovic, the man he replaced last week, who got off to a difficult start and never managed to adapt [...]
Champions League: What do Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool need on matchday five?

November 26, 2018

English clubs return to Champions League action this week in the hope of securing their places in the last 16, although that task is looking a good deal easier for some than others. Here is what is at stake for Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool on Tuesday and Wednesday. Man City: The Premier League [...]
Sam Torrance: Belgium’s young bucks Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry are ones to watch in 2019

November 26, 2018

Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry are really good golfers with beautiful swings so I was delighted to see them claim the World Cup of Golf for Belgium in Melbourne on Sunday. Pieters is a bit of a puzzle. Having announced himself on the European Tour with a couple of wins in the second half of [...]
Second-half stars Arsenal find a way to win again – with a little help from Bournemouth’s Jefferson Lerma

November 25, 2018

It can be hard to know what to make of Arsenal’s performances since the summer arrival of Unai Emery and Sunday's 2-1 Premier League win at Bournemouth was no different. On the one hand, an own goal from Jefferson Lerma and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s close-range strike extended an unbeaten run that stretches back to August to [...]

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