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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Tottenham Hotspur: Daniel Levy sells majority of shares in Spurs owner ENIC

June 5, 2026

Daniel Levy has sold the majority of his shares in the parent company of Tottenham Hotspur to Eight Sports Capital. The British Virgin Islands-registered firm has agreed to buy a 24.99 per cent stake in Spurs’ majority shareholder, ENIC Sports and Developments Holdings Limited, from the trustee of Daniel Levy’s family trust. It leaves Levy, [...]
Manchester City now worth £7.5bn, says chairman Al Mubarak

June 5, 2026

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak insists the club are now worth at least £7.5bn but that owner Sheikh Mansour has no intention of selling. City have been the most successful English club of the last 10 years but have now gone two seasons without winning the Premier League title for the first time since [...]
Fifa boss Infantino pips PSG chief Al-Khelaifi in City AM Football Power List

June 4, 2026

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has topped the inaugural City AM Football Power List, a week before the biggest ever men’s World Cup is due to kick off. The ranking, compiled with a 16-strong panel of expert judges drawn from across the sports industry, is designed to be a snapshot of who controls the most popular [...]
City AM Football Power List 2026: Who really runs the world’s most popular sport?

June 4, 2026

The City AM Football Power List seeks to answer a simple question: ahead of the 2026 World Cup, who really runs the planet’s favourite sport? To answer it, we assembled a panel of experts from across the sports industry and picked their brains for nominations and, ultimately, a top 25. You can read more about [...]
City AM Football Power List explained: What it is, who judges it and how ranking works

June 4, 2026

Football has never been bigger or more prevalent, so as a thrilling club season flows into the biggest and most commercial men’s World Cup ever, it feels like an ideal time to try to answer the question: who are the most powerful people in the sport? That was the task we at City AM set [...]
The Turnover: City AM’s sport business newsletter

May 28, 2026

The business of sport desk at City AM have for five months now been firing off a newsletter into the inboxes of subscribers. The Turnover takes a look at what really matters each week in the world of sport business. Who is buying what? Who owns this and that? Where is the money? The Turnover [...]
Arsenal gatecrash top five of club valuations following return to glory

May 28, 2026

Arsenal have returned to the top five of the world’s most valuable football clubs according to the latest edition of an annual independent ranking. The newly-crowned Premier League champions, who meet Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Champions League this weekend, have enjoyed a 23 per cent increase in enterprise value to €4.93bn, according [...]
VVV Sports eyes Nasdaq listing after £5m raise for US expansion

May 26, 2026

London-listed VVV Sports, believed to be the only public pure-play vehicle for investing in padel and pickleball, is planning to join Nasdaq later this year. The company, founded by British entrepreneur Jonathan Rowland, will retain its place on the Aquis stock exchange but is seeking a dual listing as it expands its US footprint. Before [...]
Pep Guardiola to stay on CFG payroll after quitting Manchester City

May 22, 2026

Pep Guardiola is to continue working for City Football Group despite confirming his departure as manager of its flagship club, Manchester City. Guardiola will take charge of his final match on Sunday, having become the most successful manager in City history during a 10-year spell that gleaned six Premier League titles. The former Barcelona and [...]
Southampton ‘Spygate’ expulsion ‘severe’, admits commission member

May 22, 2026

One of the members of the independent panel that kicked Southampton out of the Championship play-off final for spying says the punishment was “severe” but “necessary”. The unprecedented decision was upheld by the panel on Wednesday following a fast-tracked disciplinary process triggered when Middlesbrough spotted a Southampton staff member filming their training session ahead of [...]

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