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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Arsenal can overtake Real Madrid and become biggest brand in world, say owners KSE

October 7, 2026

Arsenal’s owners believe they can become “the biggest brand in the world” after being stunned by the global celebrations which greeted their long-awaited Premier League triumph this year. Footage of Gunners fans swarming the streets of East Africa and monuments from New York City to Guangzhou being lit up red flooded social media before 1m [...]
India pledges 2036 Olympics would transform country and inspire millions

October 7, 2026

India has laid out its vision for hosting the 2036 Olympics in Ahmedabad, promising the first Games on the subcontinent would “inspire millions” to play sport and transform “every part of our society”. Ahmedabad is among the favourites to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 10 years’ time but faces competition from Doha, Munich, [...]
LIV Golf secures funding and looks to Trump for help relaunching bankrupt competition

October 6, 2026

LIV Golf chiefs are hoping for help from US President Donald Trump as they look to relaunch the league without the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The bankrupt team golf competition, home to stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, has secured funding from BC Partners and says it is in talks with more [...]
Crystal Palace valued at £900m and hire Raine Group to explore investment or sale

October 5, 2026

Crystal Palace’s owners have valued the club at £900m and hired the Raine Group to field interest in investment or a possible sale, multiple sources have told City AM. The £900m figure is more than double the valuation at which Woody Johnson acquired 43 per cent of the south London club a little over a [...]
Gary Neville ups ante in media battle with Gary Lineker with launch of Overlap Daily

October 5, 2026

Gary Neville is increasing the frequency of The Overlap’s football talk shows to daily in the latest move in his battle for eyeballs with fellow player-turned-media mogul Gary Lineker. The Overlap Daily will launch on Friday and run every weekday thereafter, with a line-up that includes former players Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp [...]
Arab nations rally behind Infantino, leaving Uefa isolated in bid to oust Fifa president

October 2, 2026

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has received a major boost to his hopes of re-election after the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) gave him its firm backing. The move, announced by UAFA following a meeting of its directors this week, is significant as it further weakens the coalition of Europe, North America and the Caribbean, [...]
Manchester City facing further punishment from FA over Premier League charges

October 2, 2026

The Football Association has warned that it could take additional disciplinary action against Manchester City if the guilty verdicts in its Premier League case are upheld. City are already facing the possibility of relegation, points penalties, fines, transfer bans and stripped titles after an independent commission found them guilty of more than 100 Premier League [...]
Manchester City appointed new CFO just days before Premier League guilty verdict

October 1, 2026

Manchester City appointed a new chief financial officer, Claire Catlin, just days before it emerged they had been found guilty in the Premier League’s biggest ever disciplinary case, City AM has learned. Catlin joined the leadership of the club’s parent City Football Group from service station group Moto after being approved as an officer by [...]
Manchester City hierarchy must also be punished if guilty, says former FA chief

September 30, 2026

Manchester City chiefs must face personal punishments if the findings that they orchestrated almost £1bn of secret payments to the club are upheld, according to former Football Association boss Mark Palios. City say they intend to appeal the decision made by an independent commission that all but one of more than 100 charges brought by [...]
Manchester City bombshell verdict finds club hid over £900m in secret funding

September 29, 2026

The Premier League has published damning details of the long-awaited verdict in the Manchester City case, which found the club cooked the books to the tune of nearly £1bn for almost a decade. An Independent Commission said that City used “sham” schemes to artificially inflate revenue and reduce costs by more than £900m during the [...]

Fifa’s disciplinary rules have changed: What clubs, players and agents need to know now

Fifa’s disciplinary rules have changed: What clubs, players and agents need to know now

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