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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Andy Murray coasts into Paris Masters fourth round as faltering world No1 Novak Djokovic struggles

November 3, 2016

Britain's Andy Murray kept up his hopes of dethroning Novak Djokovic as world No1 later this week by progressing with greater ease than the Serb at the Paris Masters. Murray, who is on a 17-match unbeaten run, reeled off eight games in a row as he beat Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-0. The Scot, 29, can hit [...]
Fenerbahce 2, Manchester United 1: Jose Mourinho fumes at lazy and complacent United as they lose for the fifth time in 13 games

November 3, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho accused his team of being lazy and complacent after Europa League defeat at Fenerbahce capped a miserable week for the under-pressure boss. Forward Moussa Sow’s dazzling overhead kick rocked United in the second minute and an exquisite free-kick from former Sunderland winger Jeremain Lens doubled the hosts’ advantage after half-time. [...]
Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to outlaw Chelsea’s policy of stockpiling players and loaning them out

November 3, 2016

World football chief Gianni Infantino says he wants to make it illegal for clubs such as Chelsea to “hoard” legions of players and farm them out on loan. The Blues are not the only club to stockpile talent but are the best-known proponents and currently have 38 fringe payers and youngsters out on loans at clubs in [...]
Tottenham Hotspur 0, Bayer Leverkusen 1: Mauricio Pochettino ashamed and embarrassed as Spurs pushed closer to Champions League exit

November 2, 2016

Tottenham Hotspur 0, Bayer Leverkusen 1 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted to being "ashamed and embarrassed" after defeat to Bayer Leverkusen left his team's Champions League hopes dangling by a thread. Winger Kevin Kampl's second-half strike condemned Spurs to a second defeat from two home games at Wembley, meaning they must win at Group E leaders Monaco next [...]
Former Mercedes chief Ross Brawn confirms he is working with prospective F1 owners Liberty Media but denies he is set to replace Bernie Ecclestone

November 2, 2016

Former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn insists that suggestions that he is to replace Bernie Ecclestone as the most important man in Formula One are premature. The Briton responded to German reports that he has been appointed by F1’s prospective new owners Liberty Media to oversee the competitive and commercial sides of the business. Brawn, [...]
England boosted as India omit three first-choice batsmen for Test series

November 2, 2016

England received a boost as they flew to India today for this month’s Test series when it was confirmed that the hosts will be without Rohit Sharma and two other first-choice batsmen for the opening matches. Rohit, who suffered a thigh injury during last month’s one-day series against New Zealand, is definitely out of the [...]
Theresa May blasts Fifa over football body’s “utterly outrageous” poppy ban

November 2, 2016

Prime Minister Theresa May has issued a stinging rebuke to Fifa chiefs over the football world governing body’s reluctance to allow the Home Nations to sport poppies on their shirts. Both the English and Scottish football associations have lobbied Fifa for their teams to be allowed to wear embroidered poppies when they play each other [...]
Semi-finalists Manchester City earned more Champions League prize money than winners Real Madrid

November 1, 2016

Manchester City earned more prize money for their run to the Champions League semi-finals last season than Real Madrid did for lifting the trophy. City received €83.9m from governing body Uefa for their best ever run in the competition – the highest payment of any club, including Real, who banked €80.1m for winning the title for a [...]
Jose Mourinho facing touchline ban after being charged with misconduct

November 1, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho faces a likely touchline ban after he was charged with misconduct by the Football Association for the second time in five days. Mourinho's latest charge relates to an alleged confrontation with referee Mark Clattenburg at half-time of United's 0-0 draw at home to Burnley on Sunday, which saw him sent to the [...]
Louis Smith banned by British Gymnastics over Islam-mocking video

November 1, 2016

British Gymnastics has banned Olympic silver medallist Louis Smith over a video in which he appeared to mock Islam. Smith – one of the stars of Team GB's historic success at the Rio 2016 Games earlier this year – received a two-month suspension after admitting to breaching British Gymnastics' standards of conduct. Fellow gymnast Luke [...]

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